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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19
Coburn's Badge Taken Up.

off the track with orders never again to ask for admission Failure to keep engagements and inability to make weight owing to allged dissipation caused the exclusion of the once popular poclSey. Corburn is under contract with George C. Bennett at salary of Ss, GOO a year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19
Games Today,

At Nashville-Montgomery and Nash ville.
 At Atlanta-Birmingha and Atlanta. At Little Rock-Mempnis and Little Rock.
 At New Orleans-Shreyeport and New Orleans. ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19
League Standing.
Games Yesterday.

At New York-Chicago. 1; New York, c At Boston-Pittsburg, [; Boston, 2. At elphia-Cincinnati, Il; Phila- delphia, 2.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19
Cincinnati, II; Philadelphia, 9.

Philadelphia, June 1S.-The home teams pitchers were weak and their fielding was bad today. The result was an easy vic tory for Cincinnati. Attendance, 2,Sa. Cincinnati. .. .. ..ooo5o3soo=n E Q Philadelphia. .. ..2 0 0 0 0 0 O. 0-2 10 '
 Batteries-Hahn and Bergen; Duggles- by, McFetridge and Roth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19
League Standing.
Games Yesterday.

Games Yesterday. At Nashville-Montgomery 8; Nash vile, 0. At Little Rock-Memphis. 6; Little Rock, A. At Atlanta-Birmingham s; Atlanta, g. At New Orleans-Shreveport, Z; New Orleans, Q.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19
Riots in Croatia

Budapest, June 1s.-According to dis patch from Agram, serious riotinK has occurred at Varasd. Croatia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19
WestcOtt Arms Co. a2 Dexter Ave. Phone 4Sl.
FUNERAL NOTICE.

EIIRCH-the friends and acquaintances of MT. and Mrs w. J. Burch and Mrs w W. Burch
 and family are respectfully invited to attend
 the funeral of the former from his late resi- dence, 224 Sayre Street, this (Friday) atter-
 noon at o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19

Harry Manners had a batting average of 1000 yesterday. at bat twice and two hits. with one put-out and an assist that started a double play.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19

The Travellers seemed to be as crazy about hitting yesterday as the Black Sox were in Birmingham Tuesday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19
Pro6Gte Notice.

THE STATE OF ALABAMA, Montgomery
 County.-Probate Court, June 3, 1903
 Notice is hereby given to Ed D. McManus who resides at Yxtahuaca, in the Republic of Mexico, that Lou McManus the adminis- ceased this day filed in this court her re- port of the sale of all the real estate belong fnR to said estate, for distribution among the heirs stating among other things that at said sale she became the purchaser of all of sid real estate and praying that said sale may be confirmed and deed made to the purchaser, and that the 7th day Of July, 1903, has been appointed for the hearing of said report and prayer. J. B. GASTON,
 fri-3t Judge of Probate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19

The Black Sox are only fraction be hind Nashville now for third place. and victory today means third place, and pretty close to second. Make it sure, old Black SoXl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19

MT. Herman seemed to have lost his magic yesterday. In other words, he was a statesman out of a job.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19

President Kavanaugh has instructed Fischer not to play Hill until the Kansas City squabble is settled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19
A Few Foul Tips.

OiiI NS"N'
 President Kavanaugh has instructed Fischer not to play Hill until the Kansas City squabble is settled.
 MT. Herman seemed to have lost his magic yesterday. In other words, he was a statesman out of a job.
 The Travellers seemed to be as crazy about hitting yesterday as the Black Sox were in Birmingham Tuesday
 Harry Manners had a batting average of 1000 yesterday. at bat twice and two hits, with one put-out and an assist that started double play.
 The Black sox are only a fraction he hind Nashville now for third place. and a victory today means third place and pretty close to second. Make it sure, old Black SoX,
 A feeling of depression seemed to set tie over the entire crowd at the matinee yesterday when Jack Higgins announced Sprats accident The clever young Tar heel Is great favorite in Montgomery, and it is to be hoped that he is not badly hurt.
 In yesterday mornings Atlanta Consti- tuition Keefe was said to be the best um- pire that ever officiated in Atlanta. Last night the Associated Press states that the loss of the game was caused by Keefe's decisions, All depends on whose OK is gored, don't it?
 The eternal and offensive roasting to which ballplayers are subjected by a few soroheads in the grandstands is not only an annoyance to the players. but to the gentlemanly part of the audience present, not to speak of the ladies, who should not be subjected to the remarks that often are made. The knockers are start ing up in punches since the locals have | struck a streak of hard luck and are not satisfied with knocking while on the streets. but vent their spleen by making personal remarks to the players, which l is quickly resented, as they have feelings as we'll as other human beings. WheE
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19
c. Y. B0CACKI,

sas-, Doors, Wall Paper, Cabinet Mantels, Builders Hardware and
 Supplies. Mail oredrs solicited.
 and given prompt attention. Phone 33O. 34 Commsrcs St
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OWN STATUE.

nature to sacrifice anything to gain an OBJ
1ect upon which he has set his desire At
Newport this summer, while Alex was in
Paris, Mr.. Hamilton told me he would kill
any one who aspired to become my bus-
band, and swore a terrible oath of VEN
geance against Alex. 1 was angry forbade
him the house. and refused to meet him
until Alex came back What power he ex-
ercised over Alex do not know, but they
became great friends. But look! look!'
she cried. pointing to Dandy, who had
given one bound into the air, and then fell
motionless on the rug where she had been
playing. tremble ran over her BODY
and my pretty pet was dead.
She still held the brush she had seized
with the brush end in her mouth. Instant
ly the whole devilish scheme flashed across
my mind. and turning. 1 said to Miss Matt
land: You are right. He was murdered
poisoned. There is the proof, and on that
brush is the confirmation of It,"
She reeled and fell into my arms laid
her down and rang for the janitor. Taking
decanter of brandy poured little into
glass and forced 1t between her lips AS
the tanitor came in she revived a little.
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profession, for he was a thief mean enough
to rob blind man, and that's just what he
did. too"
The old man laughed heartily at the way
he had been taken in, refilled his pipe, and
as he applied a match said:
Did Not Like His Brand
This pipe may not smell very good, but
it's a blamed sight better than the cigars
my one-time friend Representative John
Wesley Gaines of Tennessee smokes. Did
he ever offer you a cigar? No? Well, my
good friend, if he ever does, don't take 1t
If you value your health He gave me one
once and L was just congratulating my
self 1 would enjoy a first-class smoke at a
congressman's expense, but 1t was the
vilest thing L ever put between my lips
l don't believe SO mean smoke could be
gotten up in America. l will never take
another from him, sure. But | have some
times thought Mr.. Gaines gave me the
cigar to get even with me. 1t was this
way. l am given to speaking plainly on
all occasions, and more than once I've got
my foot into it, by being too plain. One
day Mr.. Gaines and two ladies came into
the store and L showed him some very rare
and valuable prints of Jefferson, and he
agreed to take them, telling me to put them
aside and he would call Before he left
the store l let fly something about the
empty pated men in the House and SEN
ate,' and bless your soul, that Tennessee
statesman got as mad as a wet hen and he
never came back for the prints. Now,
don't tell this yarn on him, for he is a
good fellow after ALL but don't smoke his
cigars. l was mighty proud to receive a
visit from Tom Watson the other day
Tom Watson, that little why fellow who
came here as a representative from Geor-
gia several years ago and who showed that
he was able to hold his own with the best
and Oldest men in the House.
Mr.. Watson, by the way, was one of the
best customers / ever had. He bought
more books while he was in Congress than
did any other member. Fact is, / guess he
bought more than any other senator or rep
resentative save Sam Randall.
He Loved Old Books.
"Mr. Randall was the greatest lover of old
books I ever knew. and when he gave me
an order would fill it even ii 1t was nee
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''Mr. Randall was the greatest lover of old
books ever knew. and when he gave me
an order would fill it even If 1t was nee
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men who have been my customers. and let
those who wish to come along and rob me
Of what little l have left. But, tut, tut, tut
II only out of fifty steals a book or
two from me I have still enough left to
last several decades, or, anyway, until 1
am called to go where old book stores are
unknown and where book thieves thrive
not
about the meanest trick played on me
since l lost my sight was by shrewd
young fellow who came in here and made
himself agreeable. He told me he was
an artist doing some portrait work for
Mrs. Senator Blank: that his eyes failed
him at times, and he was forced to walk
out and give them rest. l wish he had
walked in some other direction. Well, he
hung around my place for several days,
talking books and asking me If L had GER
tain rare editions. l really got to the point
where l liked to see him come in, although
he had not spent more than seventy cents
with me. He visited me often enough to
get the lay of the land-books, 1 mean
and when he ceased dropping in l dis
covered that he had got away with about
$50 or $40 worth of valuable books. I saw
that had been worked and 1 never even
had the face to make inquiries to see if
one Mr.. Adolph Henderson was an artist
employed by Mrs. Blank. What would
have been the good? He lied about his
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of books in the world and the collectors
are not all wealthy men. either. / know a.
mechanic who spends every spare dollar
he has for rare books and l guess his col
lection will make him rich some day But
l can't take the pleasure in my books and
business that 1 once did. for the loss of
my sight places me so that 1 can only sit
here and think of what L have read and
what l have seem and wonder. too, when
the next unprincipled fellow will come
along and hook a book or two You see,
l have the price of each book marked in
the back and when person picks up one
out of the pile and. asks me the price why
l simply tell him to look and See and IL
he says it's fifty cents why I've got to take
his word for it, Just the other day a fell
low came in here and picked out a book
Dreams and Witchcraft-say wing 1t was
marked fifty cents. He handed me over
the money and went out. About two hours
afterward an officer came in with a man
and a negro and asked me If / had sold
the book. 1 told him | had if it was mark
ed to sell for fifty cents. No, said the
officer, the price mark is one dollar on
the fly leaf Then L didn't sell it,
replied. The man who was with the ofncer
confessed that he had misrepresented the
price to me and offered to make good, but
l told him no, I didn't want anything fur
Their to do with him. You see, it was this
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days in Kashmr it will be seen that 1t is
not an unusual occurrence, and not OF
enough consequence to put Off the arriva!
of chota hazri at 7:30 The small boy Of
the crew, Sidika, Is usually given the care
of our tiny mongoose. when he is allowed
ashore without his harness to explore the
day he (the boy was seen flying wildly and
silently along the crest OF the bank, cyl.
IDENTIFY pursuing his small charge. or
course, we were all after him in moment
with visions of bloodthirsty dogs in our
minds The stout colonel called from his
boat to know the trouble, and we all stood
upon the bank and watched our wicked
mongoose rout whole flock of sheep. 1t
seems that one large and tnquisitive sheep
had looked over the side and seeing the
mongoose had signaled to his companions
to come. The small creature, busily en-
gagged in digging a hole had not at first
springing partly from curiosity, he at once
flew up the bank and went to sniff the
Sheep at which That much larger animal
jumped back in fright, and in an instant
the whole thirty or more were in full flight
pursued by a creature so small that at the
distance of a few yards he could not be
seen at all.
A new houseboat had arrived the day be-
fore, the property of three young men, and
had been moored not far below us on the
river. One is always interested in the in
habitants of the various Households and
dungas as they float by, and we could not
help seeing that theirs was very well set
up boat and owners, and that they also re-
garded us with interest. Our colonel had
signified his intention of calling upon the
young men the next day, and Nutkut may
have overheard the decision, for as soon as
the sheep had fled in disorder he turned a
yellow eye upon that greedy houseboat and
was soon flying down the bank in it's direc-
ton We watched with interest. knowing
that it was useless to call him back, as he
never by any chance obeys and saw him
run along the plank leading to the boat and
enter the door. A moment later a great
noise arose, loud laughter and sound as
of heavy men running and jumping over
chairs and two minutes after the whole
three came forth from the boat, the one
ahead having our inquisitive mongoose by
the end of his long tail, and they brought
him in solemn procession to our dunga and
presented him to his right4ul owners with
great polteness and twinkling eyes. 1t
seems that they were seated at breakfast
when they heard the patter of very small
feet, and in ran a tiny, funny thing which
they recognized at once. as they had seen
it with us the day before. They had had
a great scamper to get 1t, as the little
things are almost impossible to catch and
bite dreadfully IL they are not taken by the
tail. In this way an acquaintance began
which has added greatly to our pleasure in
floating about the Sweet Vale of Kash-
mir" MARGARET STERLING.
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seemed in disorder except for the usual
lack of orderly arrangement in the studios
OF artists and sculptors.
The hurried examination of the physician
who had been called disclosed no wounds
or abrasions. The sculptor had fallen, evil
IDENTIFY standing before the bust l looked
at his hands Upon the very tips of the
fingers were faint, hardly discernibe traces
of clay. That drew my attention to the
bust itself.
1t bore marks of fingers and modelling
tools. AS looked at II closely. just where
the beautiful curves of the bust emerged
from the flower petals. i saw a faint CLEAN
of light, and bending over discovered. to
my surprise. small diamond lying I'm the
clay. did not at first remove 1t, but gazed
earnestly at the surface of the surrounding
clay. / remembered seeing large reading
lens near a portfolio of European photo
graphs. Taking 1t up. 1 returned to the
bust.
AS I stopped. bending over to study 1t
with the glass. a pencil that had hastily
placed in my outside pocket on stepping
from the car fell. Picking 1t up from the
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AMONG HIS OLD BOOKS
A Dealer Who Loves, but
Also Sells, His Wares.
TRICKS PLAYED ON HIM
FAMOUS MEN WHO GATHER
THESE TREASURES.
And the Mean Thieves Who Fool the
Blind Dealer on His Own
Price
TRICKS PLAYED ON HIM

"For thirty-five years" said the old book
store man. Il have been here at this stand
selling books, buying books, reading books,
and studying human nature, and about the
most distressing conclusion at which /
have arrived is that about one person in
every fifty is a thief. How do 1 arrive at
that conclusion? Well, you see, more than
a year ago my good eye began to fail me
through sympathy for the other one. which
! had lost by cataract. / was foolish
to let some doctors pry at 1t and the result
was that l have about lost my sight en-
tirely. In conducting my business for sew
eral months past 1 have been forced to
depend upon the honesty OF my customers
and have found that some of them can no
more De depended upon for honest dealing
than the average politician. In all these
years l have not accumulated very much
wealth. but 1 thank God that 1 have i'm
proved my mind by reading every spare
moment, and now that 1 am denied nv
greatest pleasure-reading-I can only sit
here, smoke my pipe. think Of the great
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way. After the thief-for he was nothing
less-bought the book he left it on seat
III the Baltimore and Ohio depot, the ne
gro picked it up. and the fellow had him
arrested for stealing it. and the officer APP
pealed to me TO get straight of the trans
action. 1t was settled by giving the negro
the book, and guess he's been playing
policy of some of the dreams told
about in it. That fellows meanness came
home to him quicker than he thought it
would.
Will Die in Harness.
No, have no desire to sell out and quit
business. L feel more at home here among
my books than anywhere else in the world.
and even if l can't see to read the very
presence of the books seem to give me
comfort. l shall remain here as long as
L can pay rent and get customers l would
not be contented or satisfied anywhere. ex-
cept right here surrounded by my books
and these old pictures and prints 1t would
be difficult to tell Just what treasures L
have in these rows, shelves and piles of
BOOKS. for some of them have been here
undisturbed for many years. 1 never did
take much care or pains in keeping things
In Ship-shape, and when | bought books
they We're just dumped around anywhere
to get them out of the way. OF course the
rareSt and most valuable have been ar
ranged so that they can be reached without
a great deal of trouble, but the all kinds
mixed from Jerusalem to Mexico, and
will never be sorted out during my stay
in this world l have taken things easy
all my life and when a customer came in
just let him browse around and pick out
what he wanted. If asked question I
answered; If they kept quiet / did the
same. One day Mr.. Speaker Reed stop
ped here, as he frequently did, and picking
UP a book asked the price. L told him
fifty cents and he said it was too much.
l said he didn't have to buy it at any
price unless he wished to. AS he started
off l glanced at the title of the book and
CIV hnf Cor mi 1r,I
called to him that L didn't see what in
the thunder he wanted with a book like
that anyway. He looked around grinned.
and ambled on up toward the Capitol"
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Walter Besant's Monument
From a Harper's Bulletin

T rom a Harper s Bulletin.
There is now on exhibition in the ROYAL
Academy, London, George Frampton's mon
ument to Sir Walter Besant which will be
erected in st. Paurs by the Society of
Authors. The inscription reads: ''Sir Wal
ter Besant, Novelist, Historian Of London.
Secretary of the Palestine Exploration
Fund Originator of the Peoples Palace
and Founder of the Society of Authors
This monument is Erected by his Grateful
Brethren in Literature. Born August IA,
1896. Died June. 1901" The Inscription
conveys some idea of the activities of the
man outside his books, of which there are
many In America. alone, the Harpers pub
lished ten Of his works Of fiction, includ-
ing "All Sorts and Conditions of Men. An
Impossible Story" which is famous for
having suggested the founding Of the Peo-
pies Palace. The Harpers also published
his London" and Fifty Years Ago"
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my carriage, my maid" she faltered.
The janitor hurried to the stairs, and pres
emily returned with a young woman nan who who
waited below with the carriage. The maid
and half helped, half carried her down
the stairs and got her into the carriage.
from the floor where it had fallen from the
released jaw Of the cat. wrapped 1t care
fully in paper, put it securely in large
photograph book, and fastened to the
rooms of one Of the best chemists in the
United States. I told him the incident.
Come with me-" he said, and we went
into his little laboratory. He soaked the
brush in alcohol. A few moments testing
with various reagents, a rapid changing
Of colors. and the chemist turned to me
and said: There is combination OF pow
erful alkaloids producing almost instant
death when absorbed by the tissues. It is
by the blood vessels of the lips or tongue
is instantaneous. and immediate paralysis
OF the heart ensues'
II have one more test for you to make"
I said. Il will bring the material tomor-
row."
Bidding him goodnight, I went home to
think over the most remarkable poisoning
case had ever heard Of.
In the morning l hurried to Van Cruger' 8
studio and carefully cut from the lips OF
the Clytie thin film of clay. carried 1t
to the laboratory of the chemist.
The same tests were applied. with the
Sdulc IeSulIS. van CFuRoF Hdu UeeH pOiS-
oned by kiss upon the lips Of his own
statue of his betrothed.
The autopsy afterward revealed the
slight, though noticeable change Of tissue
due to the action Of the alkaloid poison. A
careful washing of the artists mustache
with alcohol again revealed the poison.
l did not know how to connect Hamilton
with the murder. His former eminence as
Psychologist was evidence. however.
His offices were searched by night and
his rooms by day. But no bottles Of poisons
were found, nor anything which would In
dictate that he ever had any. The days
went by. The sculptor's belongings were
sold at public auction, and Hamilton
bought the clay bust Of Clytie, Miss Malt
land having sailed for Europe. 1t was
toms desk in his private office. When the
tremendous windstorm of the following Oc-
tober took place huge ventilator top was
blown from the opposite block and hurled
with terrific force upon the Carter build
Ing. Clerks from the inner Office, rush.
Ing into the private room, found Mr. Ham
ilton at his desk, his head upon his hands.
his skull fractured, the heavy bust thrown
from it's support and broken into a hundred
pieces. Plainly 1t had struck him as it
fell.
Upon lifting his head a small, bright red
puncture was found in his forehead. Upon
been made by his ring. The mouth of the
snake was open, a tube-like sharpened
tongue protruding and containing several
drops of clear liquid, which, upon exam
ination, proved to be a deadly alkaloid
poison The ring is now in my possession,
and when 1 look at 1t 1 say to myself:
There is such thing as poetic Justice
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essafy 10 huht IN tns marts or other cities.
MI. cummings OF view iork was good
. us.oinei no. .. al c"olcy ABOUT his auo.
JeS.s, Su' oushs any uvoh w"ch seemed
" s.Iihe Iis fancy. anu tne same wa true
vi Sena'oI ance oi North SaToIina. ana
~ s,. ~ y. ."e uee' uhe" Ever hao
az "eatuss WIN, ae never CAME IN my
&c p ".ou' a I'Ne W zen me. anu Seha-
49, n ,i,s. uoo. was a proh.aple GUS
wan,s -, ou. 50 ua' ueu poli,e .hat was al
Tasa On my pms wniie ne was IN the den-
Senator Daniels of Virginia is a digger
ara yari.d anu .ne supJects ne wants
paws the price and onits The shns mah's,
pleasant goodbye. A powerful good cus
toner OF mine was Elijah Morse OF
1850. n. was caiied Stove Polish
of a stove noItsb NJ NJ. ,,. y. .' el
bovs saw an advoca,a az ~, 80, as ZIG
and he We a,arnau,, 49, ""soii,
touching temneranca ana tha o,t, &c Ing M,
drink habit 7 believe he is a. y, ,iie
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weary, dey want 10000 farm hands in
Iowa"
"Limpy I've already cut de state out OF
me inerary."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. ,