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HE FOUND HIS NEW YORK DULL.
1t Was Suburban New HOrk-village visi.
tor Makes Its Dfsadvanta ges Felt.

Il had an old gentleman from a rural
village to V sit me" said the suburbanite
"and he found New York dull. He is a
very old man, and he seemed so bewildered
and uncomfortable on his way through
the city that l thought it unwise 80 make
any attempt to show him the sights, 80
e.. 'ertained him al best l could in the
SUI, 'u.'bs.
Il ?--er before realized how dull our
place co "t be. My guest made no COM
plant, ant rofessed to enjoy himself,
but could see that he pined for home.
1t probably had not occurred to him that
there could be anything 30 quiet as our
suburb within the limits Of great city. He
missed in New York the cheerful hustle Of
his own village.
He was accustomed at home to get his
mail at breakfast time; ours did not arrive
until nearly an hour later. He expected
no letters, but after waiting some time
for mine to appear. he said he would just
step round to the post Office and ask for
the mail. We had to explain that there
was no post Office within two miles of US.
and that we never visited it; we just waited
until the postman came round Now at
home, the post Office is just across the street
from his house. and he never goes for his
mail without meeting half dozen 40
quaintances. He discovered, too, that
we had but three postal deliveries a day;
at home he receives four or five mails
daily.
He missed the marketmen. too. Our
place is 90 retired that few hawkers find
us. Two or three lads drive in at some
time during the morning for orders, and
deliver our purchases few hours later.
The old gentleman at home has a word
with butcher and greengrocer and fruit
peddler. He sees and handles his pur-
chases before he buys. and am bound to
say gets most things cheaper and fresher
than we do. When he remarked on the
advantage Of being able to pick out your
own purchases, We had not word to say;
we had realized the same thing for dozen
years; we knew we were paying high for
what we called our conveniences, but we
were all too busy to go to market every
day
when the old gentleman was baked
of going to the post Office he said after a
while that he really must get shaved. Would
we direct him to the barber shop? Then
had to tell him that really did not know
Q clean barber shop within a mile OF the
house. shaved myself, and when needed
the services of a barber found one some
where downtown.
THAT seemed TO shock him, for at home
his visits to the barber. a cheerful. neigh
borly. laxative fellow. are among the
pleasantest incidents Of the old gentle
mans week. 1t also set him thinking,
and we had to confess under cross-examina-
ton that We hardly bought 90 much ~ .
paper OF pins In our suburb. We did not
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l told her to report on Monday. Two or
three dozen more of them came along during
Friday and Saturday, men and women.
l took the names and addresses Of half
dozen of them, and had my Office boy dis
pose Of the rest.
Il let my correspondence slide on Friday
and Saturday, figuring on rafting it all
Cd in a bunch when my new shorthand
girl reported on Monday morning. She
got along on time all right, and I imme-
diately heaped my letters together and went
at 'en.
"The girl appeared to get on all right with
the dctation, slapping down the notes in her
book in a way that struck me as being mil hty
workmanlke. Several times, though, when
thought that perhaps l might have
on too much steam, checked myself and
asked her if was going too fast.
No, indeed she replied every time. in .
tone Clearly meant to imply that it would
take pretty swift talker to get ahead OF
her
Her notebook was full up. forward and
backward, when I got through with the
dctation just before noon. and it was a
weight of my mind to get rid Of that cor
respondence.
when the girl returned from lunch
she sat down at the typewriter full Of BUSH
ness, and thought that she was just going
to eat up those letters. But she didn't.
She got away haltingly. scratched her nose
lot, looked up at the ceiling and studied
considerable, and then she began running
to my desk to ask me what her notes meant,
after about an hour and quarter she
had latto ami
all balled up and impossible, at that
was noticing her moves out Of the tail Of
my eye, and the conviction grew upon me
that she couldn't read her notes.
"To try her out, l asked her to read aloud
to me letter about in the middle OF the
diotation. Well, she only got to the Your
favor Of the sth received and contents
noted before she broke down. Her note
book was just Sanskrit tome to her
"She flushed when she came to the dead
halt in trying to read that letter. and said
that she thought perhaps she had used
too many word signs, owing to my talking
so rapidly. paid her for days work ar d
let her go, and she left that stuffed note
book on my hands-it was just as much
Greek to her as 1t was to me.
Il wired to one of the applicants whose
name l had taken to report for duty at
my office on the following morning-Tues-
day--and then l dug into that stack OF
letters that thought was all of my hands
except the signing Of the letters, and wrote
brief answers to the important ones my
self with pen. 1t was the toughest after
moons work I'd put in in long time.
THE young man for whom I'd wired
turned up on Tuesday morning. He was
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p~eanesd q ViIise~ rssp
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sven ~ vho fttn~ rsn rsss', sfflhs@ 's'
4, tse tss--,ls~, ssys ih- cynl~, - o
er,l.,v hs,ll, ytrrh fl~es ~ drivrf ~ Ysle
Sts,Syy 'fhsf hs slil evrf f-rorte fwfs
~slser fb~w - ls'Nf sTnW 'hs'
fhr rls-s VsirHlc'Dflsn slwsfs dis~pis''r's
Nv ea,sstes sosye s,,eh Irnns,Woa sefeef
ssd Tho AWfr fses that uru deHvrf@
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Tho valriIgfofv wss motifs rNnr hnhlf
hs rassr,rss se,,ssa ~ rnufs~ ff"se
wss mrn,ion Nsie ~ e'ernsl fnr'nss
" tho ffsnyisi,lta ,isdr w ihe classlr srlh
vI,cb to,ild o,Tls'' Nc hern rNnts'lr
srf fLs diTefrnee hef errr The dfenTuf
Me N aims ms'er dsfp anl 'hH' ~ /"
wofld rFaiir ess nr'~f WHY mt w"
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somest also. reversion 70 Grectan methods
which Is respectfully called to the attention
of the Barnard maidens. ..
man was mentioned-he who had received
il ia supposed to have accomplished this
without undue wire pulling trio OF maid
ems In the centre Of the gym we're nearly
convulsed it looked for a moment as IL
ambulance calls would be necessary. JUST
what their laughter meant was not ex-
planned It isn't possible that the senior
class. being the most watchful as well as
the clev class that ever graduated from
Columbia, has been deceived.
There was the same trilogy in the class
by sophoniores the same explanation given
pof certain yellow-tinted walls In. college
buildings, due to the hurting Of rotten
eggs by Infatuated partisans, the same
Jokes on the faculty. the same personal
illusions to love affairs. Even the COM
familiar. They were all true to tradition.
the rockbound tradi' ion Of class day:
There s apparently some unwritten law
which demands that a senior called up,
by the presentation ode orator. shall re-
spord to his name, and conscious OF r1dl-
cule, the hardest test man Is calico upon
to hear face the expectant audience while
he feels his weaknesses rddled by the
shafts Of wit.
A grave and reverend senior responds
TO his name. He is noted for his penchant
for the fair sex. He has been seen in the
moonlight and the sunlight, in light and
shade, by day and eve; Honstant to incon-
stancy, faithful to the sex, hut unfaithful
to the unit. 1t is touchingly related that
in the rain he has brought the Barnard girl
because she is near at hard and because
cabs are luxuries-to the college functions,
ard when the weather permitted he has
gone farther afield even to Brooklyn.
And, drops the voice Of the, narrator.
Greater love hath no man than this.
To him is given rag baby, symbol Of the
aex he adores, and with 1t hanging over
his shoulder. and the big tassel Of his NOR
with elastic step down the platform, while
pink and blue girls watch him with inter
est and furtive questions in their eyes
The son of the Governor of the State ia
called up. The trials of his father in recon-
cling certain political organizations are
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What is the sound, Sister Anne, that
comes through the open Window
1T is only the class day poet speaking
of Woman, murmurs Sister Anne.
The women in the audience represent
the various types Of sister. sweetheart,
devoted parent and friend. There are few
unprecedented outsiders and when Woman
is mentioned each takes to herself a little
of the need Of praise. Chances are ex-
changed and pink and blue rivals. glare
ominously across narrow aisles The girl with
the perpendicular tucks and the girl with the
horizontal shirrings say strenuous things
to each other without moving lip or eye
lash Language is given" says Talley-
rand ito conceal our thoughts Talley,,
rand must have attended class days and
seen some such play of wit.
To each of the ii9 seniors will come, a
little band of feminine admirers when he
goes out into the world; they may be his
household divinities, bohcmians, daughters
of Heth or the sisters of his friends, but never
will he rece i've such ,mqualiied admiration
as he does when he stands on class day
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-14

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lsss srn,,.rs itRios fttatru ~ flaif aims
s,s,~ " bobuoFe'hrl 'Nis 'i''of'e"'"''ll
Th~t- "a USUALLY sH'n" aFm'wii' m"'n'hf
hl,l,irn IN aotal n" fn'iprs "" nav"
icsfned'o ssauoisir ~" as"r' fifl e. "lu''",
Tho cotnfnu' lcsn' 'he lrii" Nv" hes' innn,
Tho inhor, oven the cutfsc. vii', r"ri tin ~
p,opflsa hornl svirluis s" II "ur weto
ssut eric onuush ~ dnul' hr rrild disr"'cf
l,,s, VIVA, straight row ~ NJ irc"- means
when ,ia~,I ~ 'hr only background ngn,n''
which u class ~ 10 mon iHrla w eniiinF
sxpcc,sncy fpf tho applause r..." u'N'f
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HEADS Barred TO THE CHURCH.
4 Small Religious Observance Faithfully


Kept by Catholics in New York.
One of the oldest Roman Catholic GUS
toms is that Of barring the head and droop-
ing the eyes when passing the door Of a
Catholic Church. 1t may be noted in
almost any part Of New York from the
Battery to The Bronx.
During the frenen's parade last Mon
dav two women. viewing tho procession
from the steps Of one OF the Vanderbilt I
residences, asked: "Why do they all tax e
of their hats when they reach the middle
OF the block?'
"They're in front of the church." an
swered the pinafored child on the sidewalk,
IAN they know the Lords in there
The same act was noticeable in the po-
licemen's parade. The conductors and
motormen on the elevated stations between
the Battery and Harlem pass eleven
churches on every trip, and many Of them
will bare their heads eleven times on that
run. There are at least two Justices Of
the Supreme Court who never pass Cath
Ole church without removing their hats.
The mark OF reverence for women IL
the lowering OF the head and eyes. This
Is not conspicuous, but It can be seen
thousands Of times daily In New York.
In the distriets given up to foreigners
the women hurying by a church fire.
Quently pause moment, and crossing
themselves. murmur some native prayer.
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To him is given a small trunk, and rice
r thrown "a he HES away with the feet OF
love.
Two men are called together They
respond amiably. One IL described with
the, touching reserve o. college eloquence
the noi re OF cable cans and subway ex-
plosions: the other with equal fairness ~
catalogued as being like the pianissimo Of
a pianola. To the former Ia given bottle
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Certainly.
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She has u
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she shot at nd
her lips wer
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side. opened h
her pockettoo
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res that her
the distance
them, she pr
brooch and II
handed them d
q Twelve
said After
brooch and II
pawned for on
.The man a
out 81 $50. l
and then went
and the earrin
from the litt
to the counted
Lets see
q. quiet tone v
to overhear.
But she did
Don't you
a scream. 'BH
from me and
he means to
when he came
Offering to rex
stretched out
"The mans
that was boil
oTer the count
tho. diainonds!
!. You hand
4 commanded,
b getting. TIN
IL them, anyhow
Y Il don't lik1
with me as all
take the wom
anyway, aside
entertain for
"'Your NOM
les your wife,
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she had the .
doesn't make
r1edeerns I hem
upper end Of
her the dismt
"@e tucked
and closed the
@..Say. look
leaning still
dye mean to &
rpe out Of wv
dollars in this
I'm not i
tbld him with
which outside
people on thd
Tn here 10
The persons ID
TO act as a
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ar just felt
trying some
my things
aud you're I'd
not so smart
you? And yo
I've got them
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pass up a cha
when the N
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enough for ~
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| triumphant a
| on a woman's
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| was going ia
| things away
purple. and q
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ghastly leer a
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I've got to LIN
her.
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she waited U
corner befory
hailed anothe
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scotched?' sh
passed out.
1T wasn't q
another OF
youngish, I'd
and he made
effort to got
Say he
the counter
breathing int
names Blank
sunbuIst in
Well, she's al
West to-day.
burst out for
got the tickS
u wouldn't I'D
for the ticket
SOS I can rex
This Inju
work. He s1
about the orig6
IF he had q
and describe6
mentioned th@
said the ticket
to redeem it, 4
OF the Gust on
and have let z
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Of soothing syrup; to the other mega
phone.
The Hudson River commuter receives
a miniature English basement house with
a request that he establish himself in the
city and not become a lobster la New
burgh.
To the Jersey commuter, vino has estab-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-20
WEDDING TODAY OF MISS
 WINTER AND MIR. JACKSON

The marriage of Miss Lucie Ellen Win ter and Mir. Alfred Roland Jackson will be celebrated this afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church at o'clock, Rev. G. w. Patterson officiating. Miss Ma rion Winter will be maid of honor, and Mrs. M. w. Stuart will be matron of homer. Both are sisters of the bride.
 The bridesmaid will be Miss Alice Pet tus of Selma, Miss Helen Winter. Miss Libbie Vass, Miss Sallie Jackson and Miss Annena Smith of Louisville. Ky They will all wear white gowns of lace and soft mousselin, and will carry pink carnations.
 The bride will be gowned in white tissue over taffeta, and will wear the wedding veil that was worn by her mother thirty years ago. She will carry bride roses.
 The maid of honor will wear white cr- gandie, and will carry white carnations The matron of ..onor will wear a gown of white chiffon and lace and will carry white carnations.
 The best man will be Mir. Henry Hob bic. and the groomsmen and ushers Mir James Wyman, MT. William Van Felt, Mir. William Blakey, MT. M. W. Stuart, MT. William Whiteman and Dr. o. B. Wright.
 Mir. Jackson and his bride will go to Louisville and Lexington, .Ky., on their wedding trip.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-20
Buying Up Lands.

It is understood that the Pittsburg ano Southern Coal and Iron Company recent ly capitalized at $3OO.0oO. with permission to increase the stock to $S.OOOOO IS ouy' ing land near Trussville and Boyles. A strip about eight miles long running be- tween these two places is under. consid eration and it is the intention of the com pany to make immediate and expensive improvements. In its declaration there was mentioned about 1000 acres of coa land and $50 acres of ore lands which | was the intention of the company to op crate. Transfers of this land. it is said are now under way The incorporators O the company are Walter Remedy, Georg' Hale and Mahlon BosworthaH or Pitts burs and Hinton E. Carr of Birmingham A S1O.OO0 purchase was recorded thi' morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-20
eAYETY FOR THE SPONSORS.

. In New Orleans the reunion of the Con
 federate Veterans is the absorbing topic
 at present, aRd many entertainments have been planned in honor of the visitors, who
 include some of the most prominent
 Southerners. says The Picayune Among the social features of the reunion will be
 the reception given at the Palm Garden
 by the Confederated Southern Memorial
 Association in honor of Mrs "Stonewali''
 Jackson. The reception to be given Wednesday afternoon at O clock by Miss Myrthe Stauffer, the sponsor for New Or leans, to the "State Heralds' will also be charming affair, with a number of dis tinguished visitors present. A re- ception will be given this evening (Sun- day) by Mrs. James A. Ware in honor of Miss Frances Ware Blocker of Texas and Miss Florence Hobson of Greensboro, Ala. (sister of Capt. Richmond Pearson Hob son) to which Mrs. Wares friends are invited, as also those of Miss Hobson and Miss Blocker. Thursday, from 4 to o'clock. Miss Yvonnie Capdevielle, the daughter of Mayor and Mrs. Paul Capde- vieile. will entertain at a reception in hon. or of the sponsors and State heralds. On Wednesday evening the Sons of Veterans will entertain at ball. Thursday evening the ball of the vete- rans will be given. both of these func- tions being in honor of the sponsors, maids of honor and the veterans, and are freq to all veterans and sons of veterans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-20
Farmers Greatly Behind.

Denmans Mill. May 19.-(special. )-Far- mers are very much behind with their work owing to the excessive rains for the past ten or fifteen days. A few have not finished planting cotton seed and many are planting second time, the first planting having failed to come up on ac- count of the continued cold weather. None of the bottom land and but little of the uplands has been planted in corn. Scarcely any of the low bottoms on the river and creekS have even been broken the first time. Unless the season Is fa- vorable from now on 1t will be almost impossible to make a full crop.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-20
NAMES OF BATTERIES.
Distinguished Officers of the Army
 Honored.

The War Department has recently as- signed names to a large number of sea coast batteries. The names are in honor of officers who performed distinguished services in the Continental Army of the Revolution, the war of 1872. the Seminole Indian war and the civil war.
 From the list is taken the following for gallant conduct in Alabama:
 At Fort Monroe, Va.-Battery Mont gomery, in honor of Major Lemuel P. Montgomery, 39th United States Infantry, who was killed March 27, 1874, in action at Horseshoe Bend, Ala.
 At Fort Taylor, Fla.-Battery Burch- sted. in honor of First Lieutenant Henry A. Burchsted, End United States Infant ry, who was killed November 30, 1Sl3, in action with Indians on the Alabama Riv- CT, Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-20
aRANDDAUaHTER OF MORSE.
Miss Hadley May Be Descendant of
 Forrner Alabama Official.

Joshua Morse, Republican Attorney General of Alabama from 1868 to 1870, is believed to have been the grandfather of Miss Louise Hadley, the young woman who resigned her position as chamber maid in the English Hotel, Indianapolis, Ind, rather than make up bed in which Booker Washington is said to have slept.
 Although Southerner and an officer in the Confederate Army Joshua Morse, then a prominent lawyer of Choctaw County allied himself with the RepubIi- can party. He represented Choctaw County in the State Legislature and was twlce<elected Attorney-Genertl. He own ed and lived in the fine country home now owned by the estate of the late Judge John Bruce, on the Red Bridge road, and died there. He is buried Is Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-20
YfShf af Negro picnic.

John Suttenra a negro, was placed in jail here today charged with killing another nss Abe yans tns Sunta st MaFps sst a sr .ae noon. A big negro, picnic was i held ell day q yesterday. at Warner. Late i'm the afternoon s +dificulty started among a number of negroes! and prontiscuous shooting e followed :. Not les than fffty shots were fired. Williams was, almost instantly killeds Henry Brown. sanother negro, was shot through the brcastIa Oth- CTS were slightly hurt. Sutton was ac- cused of killing Williams and friends of the latter attempted to get hold of him. Sutton surrendered to an officer. claim ing self defense. Brown is in the hospital
 
 here and may die
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-20
MEETING OF THE
 TENNYSoN CLUB.

The Tennyson Club met last evening with the leader, Mrs. J. A. Rice.
 The class took up the study of "The Gardeners Daughter" and Dora" con- trasting Tennyson's luxuriant style in the one with the plain. almost severe style of the other. They considered Love and Duty" as an autobiographical story, this having followed the breaking of Tenny- sons engagement with Miss Emily Sell wood whom, however, he finally married
 Ulysses" was next taken up. In this the members considered the breadth of Tennyson's aspirations as expressed in the poem, and his great will to do, and not to yield to circumstances about him. The class will next consider "Locksley Hall'' and The voyage"