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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

The rush of spring books is 'on. The fight for pre-eminence is begun.
 A glance over the field is interesting, and leaves one to believe that the year 1903 will be different from other years, in that more powerful novels than for pos sibly twenty years are being issued by the leading publishers. The historical novel has had its day. Very few or the spring books have even a historic flavor On the other hand, the love story IS more in evidence than for several years peculiar fact about the love stories of the spring books which have fallen un- der the writer's eye Is the absence from their pages of the usual string of jeal- ous feeling between the rival lovers. They are simply pure love stories, free from immoral suggestions and free from thoughts that pollute; and this is one of the most encouraging signs that have appeared in the literary world for long while The novels of the past few years have been reeking with filth. And the love stories have been calculated to carry with them a besmirching of char acter. In no book more than the novel Is the influence for good or evil more to be noted. These books appeal to the heart excite the passions. and lead to higher lives. or down the rugged path of destruction. Out of three or four of the spring novels gathered at random no one of them shows the vicious tendency to be found in the novels of the past few years Instead of telling of love that is degrading. they tell of love that is pure and sweet. Instead of pointing to love that is calculated to lead men and women astray, they picture the purest and sweetest home-love that 1t Is pos
 sible to imagine; which fact should cause great thankfulness amongst lovers of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29
Editor by May Cartiedge.

Editor by May Cartiedge.
 Edward stanwood is just completing g new Look on American Tariff Contro- versies." which will be published early in the autumn.
 Arthur Sherburne Hardy's latest novel His Daughter First" which is arousins keen interest during its serial publica. ton in The Atlantic, will be ready ir book form in May.
 Miss Annie Eliot Trumbull, who has already written a number of short sto- ries for the magazines under the nom de plume of Annie Eliot" is engaged upon a novel entitled 'Idfe's Common Way to be published In the spring.
 MT. George Appleton, author of "A Narragansett Peer" was educated on leaving the university, as a journalist and thus having opportunity and the in- clination to probe to the pith of things, he has given some inner Views of what will claim the willing attention of a wide circle of readers.
 Mir. Alfred Ward Smith, the author of "A New Theory of Evolution" like a number of other deep and original think CTS. is not a college graduate. but, to a great extent, a self-educated man, whose original ideas and scholarly efforts have already won for him some fattering rec ognition.
 Junius l.. Hemstead, author of "Thomp- son, the Detective" has attained fame in varying directions. He won the first prize, offered by Dr. Van zandt, for the most original statuette In marble. It was carved from black Vermont marble The next year the prize was again taken by him, so Dr. Van Zandt offered to de | fray all expenses for six years study 1T TAaI, Da,-l. AAa | ever. preferred a literary career, and 1: l now spoken of highly as a poet, and g
 writer of numerous short stories. C. Hanford Henderson's new book
 John Percyfeld," is a romance. not a novel, combining the admirable quail ties of "The Reveries of Bachelor" and '"The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, ' and pleasantly recalls John Inglesant, qualities which insure its ready welcome. Its scene is laid partly in Switzerland and partly in America. At a chateau upon the shore of LakeGeneva the reader meets a group of interesting and attrac- tive people. and his sympathies are pres entIy engaged by an idyllic love affair. Hon. John W. Foster, whose history of American Diplomacy in the Orient. recently published was the one selected to take charge of the United States in the presentation of the Alaskan boundary question to the special commission with the terms of the confirmed Alaskan boun- dary.
 For the last twenty years hardly a spring has gone by that has not welcomed a new volume of short stories from the pen of Bret Harte. His death last May brought many expressions of regret that his annual contribution to good litera- ture could no longer go on. MT. Harte's literary executors have found. however, that he left material ready for one more book which will be published in April under the title of "Trent's Trust" It contains seven stories. in which some of Bret Harte's favorite characters have one more word to say.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29
Old Plantation Days. ss

Alabama has given to the world many interesting people. This thought came to us when we were looking over "Old Plantation Days" and found it was writ ten by an Alabama woman. Certainly Mrs. Geiow Is interesting. With a dis tinctive Southern appearance and manner, and with a history to elicit sympathy; and with a talent for elocution, that she may illustrate to us, her own compre- hension of the work she has essayed to do-the portrayal of the true negro char acter, and the perpetuation of the planta- tion dialect. Mrs. Bellows instructor in elocution said to her, flor simple natural art. these sketches are perfect" As a deIineator of this peculiar style she is un- usually successful There is no strain upon the imagination in her pictures; and neither Is there effort for pathetic effect
 Naturalness Is the strength of her writ ing It has been remarked that some of of her work Is not new; for instance: "Old Plantation Days" and Dat Chile
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29
INTRODUCTION TO
 PROTESTANT DOGMATICS
BY DIR. P. LoBsTEIN.

Professor Lobstein's admirable book has for several years been for French and German readers and it is cause for con- graduation that American students and pastors can now use 1t. Thee is nothing quite like 1t in the English language. The translator has undertaken what must be labor of love, because he feels that the book will help to a more sympathetic appreciation of the real nature of what Is somewhat vaguely done as the new theology Really, according to Professor Lobstein. 1t is not a new theology which our age Is seeking so much as a new method of studying the content of the gospel, Accordingly he discusses such questions as the following: What is the fundamental differences between Roman Catholic faith and Protestant faith? Does the more vital meaning of faith for the protestant demand a theological method different from Roman Catholic tredition- alism? Can We use the Bible as a com pendulum of dogmas and make the result Ing theology a vital expression of faith? What should systematic theology attempt to do? Where does it find it's materials and by what form does it organize them? What service does the theoogian render to the preacher? How is theology related
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

and that therefore they have not the required seal of originality. We think these two sketches as well as, that tear bringing one. Looking for Marse Willie" " are stamped with the old time negro in- dividuality, peculiarly the product of Mrs.
 Bellows fidelity to nature. Harris, Page and Stanton may have furnished models for her. and If so she has caught the wit of Uncle Remus," the pathos of "Marse Chan" the song of nature of "1n the Springtime;" bat 1t Is evident that Mrs.
 Geilow has felt of the "Darky" pulse she has learned the beat of his heart, as truly as the jist of his vocabulary This latter has suffered some change at her hands, but to the advantage-as in her intention-of future understanding of her subject The spelling that will best per petuate the peculiar information of the vanishing negro dialect, especially ob- servable in her writing. The author makes some explanatory comment upon her use of the "e;" calling attention to the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

to practical life? In spirit of reverence and honesty the author seeks to answer these and similar questions He believes that systematic theology is indispensable if Christianity Is not to become weakly emotional and indefinite But he de- plores on the one hand the attempt to cut loose from history and adopt subjective speculation, and on the other hand the habit of merely tabulating orthodox doctrines just because they are orthodox Theology must take the middle path be- tween, "a subjection without any positive control and an "objectivism without any inner life. Since Christian experience involves objective and subjective factors the gospel and the appropriating faith theology will he true to its task If it aims 10 give scientific formulation of that truth that is practically embodied in Christian experience. The author calls his point of view "Christocentric.' If every pastor and theological student could read this stimulating treatise a clearer conception of the problems which the modern theologian must face. The translator has rendered the book into vigorous and idiomatic English without denarting from the spirit and exact thought of the original,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful 1t M in Preserving Health and Beauty.

in Preserving Health and Beauty.
 Nearly everybody knows that charcoal is the safest and most efficient diainfactS ant and purifier in nature, but few real. lze its value when taKen into the human system for the same cleansing purpose.
 Charcoal IS remedy that the more you take of 1t the better; 1t is not A drug aT all, but simply absorbs the gases and ims purities always present in the stomach and intesttnes and carries them out of tha system.
 Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking, drinking or after eating onIona and other odorous vegetables.
 Charcoal effectually clears and improvea the complexion. 1t whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and epninentIv safe cathartic.
 It absorbs the injurious gases which col. feet in the stomach and bowels; if dtSin. Iects the mouth and throat from the pot
 All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another, but probably the best cnar- coal and the most for the money Is in Stuart's Absorbent Lczenges; they ara composed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal and other harmless antiseptioa in tablet folm' or rather in the form of large, pleasant-tasting lozenges; the char coal being mixed with honey,
 The daily use of these Iozenges will soo, tell in a much improved condition of thS general health, better complexion swaa,~ CT breath and purer blood, and the beau ty of it Is, that no possible harm can ra. suit from their continued use, but on ths contrary, great benefit.
 Buffalo physician. In speaking of the benefits of charcoal, says: T advise Stu arts Absorbent Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas in stomach and bow. els, and to clear the complexion and purify the breath, mo lth and throa.s r also believe the liver is greatly beneftsd by the daily use of them; they cost b,,t twenty-five cents box at drug stores and although in some sense d natent preparation. yet believe get more ana better charcoal in Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges than in any of the ordinary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

difference in the sound of "chiIe" and ''chil'' for the word child" The former more perfectly poetrays the cadence of the negro tone. So in the words. mind, blind, cold, etc, she says that plan tation dialect will soon Je a dead lan- guage, the musical rythm and tender pathos we shall try in vain to reproduce" And hence her desire ito put as much of the tone into each word of my written Interpretation as can be conveyed by the method of simple spelling" When we remember that upon the spelling will largely depend the representation of the contradictory spirit, run, and sadness, which inevitably characterizes the planta- ton negro's feeling and talk, we can un- derstand how such a natural personator as the author of "Old Plantation Days" will discover error in past method. Simple in her style. that her sketches may be read aloud at first sight, without diff fculty. (R. 1T. Russell, N. Y, H.50)
 Aaron Nosirrah.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29
ETHAN ALLEN.
BY cHAs. WALTER BROWN.

Only few years ago all material avail able for an historical novel of the rev. olution was eagerly sought.
 To delver for such wealth Ethan AL lens life would have proved rich vein He possessed attributes that fitted him for hero-boidness, daring, endurance, fidelity. He was easily the bold leader of the party in that controversy between New York and New Hampshire that ac- complished the preserving of Vermont to the Union as an independent State. That telling stroke, the capturing of Fort Tic onderoga, against naughty Britain, was executed by his dash and daring. His long imprisonment, 1ull of privations, in- suits and bribes, furnishes striking ex- ampl eof endurance. of fidelity to and love for his native country. All this and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

more. you get in detail from Charles Walter Browne's biography of Ethan Allen of Green Mountain Fame" Aftef you have waded through six chapters of unadorned facts and state papers you wish inexpressibiy that 'the find" had been made. that the historical novel had been written with Ethan Allen for ita hero.
 True, your interest is aroused in tho seventh chapter and continues to within a few chapters of the close. However, when the book is finished, there is q feeling that while you have been told the facts truthfully and chronologically. that it has been done with a painful lack of literary style. QS A. Donohue 6 Co.,, Chicago.)
 Nora Belle Starlxe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

tire absence of smoke The value of ] pyrogas even makes it profitable to burn fuel of low grade for its smoke alone, and 1t Is computed that plants of small , cost will enable cities to derive a mate l rial income from the conversion of their 1 garbage into purified smoke for light and power. Large factories and small estab- lishments in Belgium are making exper- | iments both in saving and in producing , smoke for it's combustble gas.
 One of the earliest steam engines ever built is still the main source of power in some of the rolling mills at Birming ham. It was set up In l767. and the origi- nal wooden beam has lately been re- placed by an iron one after 135 years of continuous service. Aside from this iron beam and a cylinder that was put in new in 1892 the engine is the same as at first, even to the connecting rod. For its special purpose the old engine has been pronounced more economical than many modern engines, and it is likely to do duty many years more.
 The silk worm secretes silk in two glands of coiled tubes. which have single orfce. from which the honey like thread issues and Is hardened as it reach es the air. Though usually colorless silk is sometimes yellow or greenlsh Va rous theories of the color have been offered, but that 1t is due to the green of the food appears from a late exper- iment in which both silkworms and silk took on the red and blue of artifcially dyed mulberry leaves.
 By his method If feeding through the stems instead of the roots. s. A. Mokrs- hezki, the Russian entomologist, believes that trees and plants can be cured of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

, ed and bottled up. Two ounces of them would kill 10000 guinea pigs. The object is, if possible. to extract the poison from the germ bodies, feed animals with 1t and try to discover an antidote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

disease and greatly stimulated in growth. His. special apparatus to introduce salts of iron-either solid or in solution-into apple and pear trees, and he has used 1t for applying chemical treatment to 800 fruit trees on the southern shore of the Crimea. The weak and diseased con- dition of the trees was remedied, while an unusual development followed. An important new field seems to be opened up, and the possible effects of varied die tary, administered to different plants in this way. remain to be shown.
 An old theory is that the earth is slow ly drying through chemical combination of the wtaer with the crust. French geographer, M. Martet. has been investi- gating numerous caverns and drying val leys, and has convinced himself that a more rapid absorption is taking place, and that our water supply is being swal- lowed up at an appreciable rate by the Assures and cavities of rocks and soil. He urges a more thorough study, with a view of lessening absorption if possi- ble.
 The milky sea, as it is known to ma riners Is not yet fully understood. It seems to be most common in the trop- ical waters of the Indian Ocean, and is described as weird, ghastly and awe inspiring. and as giving the observer on shipboard the sensation of passing through a sort of luminous fog. in which sea and sky seem to join and all sense of distance Is lost The phenomenon Is probably due to some form of phosphor- essence.
 The fireproof suit of a French Canadian inventor consists of a smook of asbestos with gloves, cap and boots of the same material. The asbestos mask is fitted with a kind of respirator that enables the wearer to breathe without inhaling dangerous vapors. In this costume man has remained in a burning building performing the work of fireman without injury or serious discomfort.
 Recent British experience is claimed to show that propeller blades of circular shape have a much more powerful grip of the water than those of oval form.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

The eyes of ants appreciate the ultra-violsl rays of light which are beyond human TanKl of vision. Therefore the ant sees a color ol which we can form no conception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

The average life of s and s2 bills from is sue to redemption as mutilated currency is little more than two years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29
Ann Arbor's Typhoid Experiment.

With the object of discovering a cure for typhoid fever a remarkable expert- ment Is being conducted at Ann Arbor University. Michigan. Six big tanks have been constructed with a layer of gelatin. and on these IA square feet of the fever germs are grown at a time.
 ThSse living germs are scraped of, kill
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

Selfishness is one good cause of lone@ hness. If a man builds a wall around himself. so that he may keep all he has to himself, he soon finds that he has built walls around himself which shut out all that might come to him through others. So 1t is possible that the cure of lonelinesG may be the overcoming of selfishness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29
CHOICE NUGGETS
 FROM LITERARY FIELDS

A novel of more than ordinary interest is "The Stumbling Block The whols story is clever to a degree. The origin ality of conception, the quality of att mosphere imparted to each changing scene, and the very clever and striking l analysis of character are very unusual.
 Those engaged in teaching children domestic science will be interested in the announcement of a new book, soon to be issued, entitled The Child Housekeeper." by Miss Elizabeth Colson and Anna Crittendon. It is the outcome of actual experience in teaching small girls to do intelligent work in their homes,s using the material and utensils there provided. In Hidden Manna," a romance of Mo- rocco. by A. J. Dawson. two effects have been marvelously achieved. Not only the delicate finesse of the romantic Moorish tongue reproduction in the English trans lation. but Morocco the real, the esteric. spreads out before the eyes with the viv- idness of wonderful painting.
 PUNGENT ExERPTs FROM CURRENT FICTION. (Edited by Edward Young Clark, Jr.l
 Discover thy self and the whole world will discover thee.
 Good character rests upon a record. and not upon prospectus.
 Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.
 Wealth is good in it's place. but true riches are made upon character. d51.H Kindness may not make bad servant good, but Kindness will make a good ser- want better
 Let no man presume to give advice to others that has not first given good council to himself"
 Minds by nature great are conscious of their greatness. and hold it mean to bor- row aught from hattery.
 Put smile on your face when you Ro out for walk and 1t will be surprisinm how many pleasant people you will meet.
 Be as cheerful as you can in we'll doing. There is double grae in good actiona when they are done cheerfully and brightly.
 Any coward can fight a battle when hx Is sure of winning. but give me the man . who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing.
 There are no actions so unfortunata from which skilIful men will not draw some advantage. nor so fortunate that foolish men will not turn them to their hurt.
 Selfishness is one good cause of lone< liness. If a man builds a wall around himself, so that he may keep all he had to ha Ard 4hak kah haa f.,,E1N walls around himself which shut out alk that might come to him through others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

Recent British experience is claimed to show that propeller blades of circular shape have a much more powerful grip of the water than those of oval form.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

There are no actions so unfortunate from which skillful men will not draw some advantage. nor so fortunate that hurt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29

Any coward can fight a battle when hx Is sure of winning. but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-10-05

NO Sc sabe cuales han sid0 las
gestiones del Departamento
para cobrar esas snnaas " cual
ha sido Ell resultado obtenicio.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-10-05
DE LA MuLTITuD

Cue han usado nuestra prepare
cf6n que la estan usando en- la
actualidad, jamas hemos sabido de
ninguno que no haya quedado salts
fecho del resultado. No pretende-
mos NADIA que no haya sido amplia-
mente iustificado por la experiencia.
Al recomendarla q los enfermos no
tenemos mas que hacer referencia &
sus meritos. Sc han obtenido gran
des curaciones Y de SECURE que so
obtendran muchas mas. No hay Y
podemos asegurarlo honraGamente,
ningun otro medicamento, que pue-
da emplearse con mayor fg y COM
fanza. Alimenta sostiene Las fuer-
zas del enfermo dnrante esos perio-
dos en- que falta 81 apetito J los
alimentos no pueden digerirse. Pa
ra evitar las falsifcaciones ponemos
eata marea on cada botella de Ia
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-10-05

No hay dinerO en- GAIA per0 hay
creditos q. deben ser cobrados
para aliviar Ia situaci6n de los
Fnaestros jubilados.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-10-05
Busn servlcIO pdbIlcO

Cada dia Sc aprecia mas por ell pd-
bIico el magnffco sistems para barrer
las calles, establecido por los rematis-
tas de ese arbitrio.
Seg6n tenemos entendido, piensase
introducir muchas meioras en- ell indi-
cado serVicio, de manera que pueda
ser possible el que simultaneamente Sc
barran rieguen las GALES.
Ello serfa de gran provecho q Ia hi
giene y & la salud del pueblo, aunqne,
en- la actualidad. como mas arriba de-
cimos, es muy bueno el servicio.