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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
SOCIAL ITEMS.

The following invitations nave been is- sued:
 Mrs. William Franklin vandiver
 At Home,
 Thursday, December Tenth.
 Four to seven.
 Mrs. Louis Brighton Whitfield. c
 Mrs. Henry Franklin Vandiver.
 Mrs. Robert Merritt vandiver. Miss Katie Blanton of Montgomery is the guest of Mrs. Harry Stringfellow.- Miss Mary Kirkpatrick, who has been the guest of Miss Ethel Clifford, has re- turned to her home in Montgomery.--Miss Fannie Mae Mason Is in Montgomery Birmingham Ledger.
 H. R. Betts and Mrs. Betts were here Monday on their way to Montgomery to spend a few days.-Mrs. Henry W. Dunn entertained informally Friday in honor of the Misses Neil of Selma and Miss Pitcher of Montgomery.-Evergr Cou- rant.
 MT. and Mrs. ]. H. Baxter and little son, Willard. who came over with the remains of their infant daughter. returned to their home in Atlanta on yesterday after a brief visit to the parents of Mrs. Baxter, MT and Mrs. Willard M. Sweatt
 Mrs. Ed DeBardelaben and daughter, Miss Jessie, spent Monday in Montgom- ery.-Miss Kate Neville spent several days last week with relatives in Mont. gomery.-Wetumpka Herald. Miss Mildred Jones will not return to her home in Montgomery until next week. She Is still the guest of Miss Bes- sic Milner.-Birmingham Age-Herald. - Mrs. Hardaway and daughter, Miss Mae. will spend the winter in Las Vegas, Mexico, with MT. Jim Hardaway, whose health continues to improve. Miss Maude Brooks. who has been visit ing her sister. Mrs. J. H. Grant, returned to her home in Montgomery this morn- ing.-Eufaula Times.
 Miss Julia Robertson has returned to her home in Charleston, S. C., after a visit to Mrs. William M. Marks on Will kerson Street.
 Mrs. J. T. Roberts of Birmingham. who came to attend the Peabody -Hannon we'd ding. is the guest of Mrs. J. M. Dawson. Mrs. D. IT. Rhodes and children spent a few days in Montgomery last week. Georgiana Enterprise.
 Miss Lillie Mckenzie visited friends in Montgomery last week.-Greenville Advo- cate.
 The Misses Dinkins leave today for a visit to Montgomery.-Doth Daily Slft. ings.
 Mrs. J. D. Gafford left this morning for visit to Montgomery.-Troy Messen- ger.
 Mrs. H. H., Callen of Selma is visiting Mrs. D. w Troy at TAP S. Perry Street
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
J. I. MCKINNEY DIVISION

At the regular meeting yesterday af- ternoon of the J. I. Mckinney Division. POT. Grand International Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the business of the session was the election of officers for the coming year, which re- suited as follows:
 President. Mrs. Ladye Whitehead Wright; Vice-President, Mrs. J. B. Hud- son; Secretary, Mrs. Richard G. Morgan; Treasurer, Mrs. Fred W. Taylor; Chap lain. Mrs. J. c. Conner; Insurance Secre- tary. Mrs. Thomas J. Cowell Guide Mrs. W. M. Hulen; Sentinel. Mrs. w. E. Young.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
BANKHEAD-sTIcKNEY.
Marriage at the Home of Mrs. Pull
 man in Chicago.

Chicago. Dec. 3.-Lieutenant Henry Bankhead, U. s. A., son of Congressman Bankhead of Alabama. and Miss Alice Stlckney. whose guardian was the late Judge Long. at one time Consul General to Egypt. were married here today at the home of Mrs. George M. Pullman.
 Miss Stickney has spent several sum- mers with Mrs. Pullman at Elberon, N. J.
 The wedding was quiet one, as Mrs. Bankhead is in mourning for her late guardian. The young couple after the wedding left for the South. They will sail for the Philippines in February, Lieu tenant Bankhead having been ordered to report for duty at Manila.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
FRANKLIN. JAIL BURNED.
Believed That It Was Fired by the
 Prisoners.

Russellvilie. Dec. 3.-tSpecial )-I'he county jail was burned today. and the loss was total It caught in the ceiling and it is supposed was set on fire by the prisoners. The five prisoners. ali negroes, wer taken out in safety and held in the sheriff's office. The jail cost 800 and there was no insurance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04

John and Houston Wills are at home with their mother during her sickness. Lieut.. win Wills of the 22nd United sttaes Infantry. who has been stationed for two years in the Philippines with his regiment. Is expected home this week. He has been in the Government hospital the last four months with fever.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
Charlotte's Street Car Strike

Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 3.-About half the usual number of cars were run over the Charlotte street car lines on which strike was declared yesterday by the conductors and motormen because of the failure of the company to provide heat for the cars. There has been no disorder, although efforts are made to guy the strike breakers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04

cover the wirdow Sill," by Dr. John A. Rice, tonight, 8 p. m. Perry Street Methodist Church.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04

Don't forget to use little Prickly Ash Bitters whenever the stomach or bowels are disordered. It quickly cures such troubles and makes you feel bright and cheerful. adV-Wed-tri-su,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
LEAVES THE A. P. I.
MT. Culver Will Remove to Mont
 VomerV

Auburn. Dec. 3.-(Special. l-Tasso N. Culver, who has been Superintendent Cf the Experimental Farm of the A. P. l. for the past eleven years. has resigned and will move to Montgomery. MT. Gull yer has been a good citizen of Auburn and will be much missed by the college. the town and the Methodist Church.
 Mack Floyd has been elected to succeed MT. Culver and no doubt will make an efficient superintendent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04

Morgan Siyin, representative of The Ad- vertiser. was here yesterday soliciting subscribers and met with much success.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04

We launder your complete outfit. The Montgomery Steam Laundry. Phone TAO. The best work in town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04

Mrs. B. A. Wills has been sick several weeks, and is tonight extremely low.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04

Dolls and Lunches, 11e Montgom- cry St. Ladies Aid of Clayton St. Baptist Church. St
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
aADsDEN's STEEL PLANT.
Work Being Rushed on the Nam
 moth Industry.


 moth Industry.
 Gadsden, Dec. 3.-(Special. )-During the past two weeks great prograss has been made at the mammoth steel plant of the Alabama Steel and Wire Company. The covering and siding of the large buildings are now being put on and 1t will take Eev- eral weeks longer to complete this part of the work. In the open-hearth build ing the brick work is progressing rapidly. The soaking pit has been completed and the rolling mill Is being rushed forward. At the furnace there seems little to be done now except apply the torch. A great deal of raw material Is being unlo lded and the ore bins are nearly half full. When the plant is put in commission there will be plenty of material on hand.
 Captain J. M. Elliott, Jr., has just com pleted a pretty and comfortable school house on his farm two miles south of tho city. which will be used by the children of the tenants. Captain Elliott will em- ploy the teacher for the school and pay
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
.cln1en and Society.
BY MRS. 2. V. DE cvTTEs.

The appointed officers win be: Musi- clan, Mrs. George Morgan; Marshals, Mrs. J. c. sprueli and Mrs. H. J. Mo Grade; Pillars, Mrs. Charles J. Wicker. Mrs. Edward sherman, Mrs. smithers and Mrs, Arthur Ansley. >
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
IoNIAN cLup MEETINo.

Mrs. Claude Cobbs was hostess at the meeting of the Ionian Club yesterday af' ternoon, when the subject of the program for the meeting was English classics and was as follows:
 Gray-Mrs. Boykin.
 Beading. "Gray's Eiegy." by Mrs. Charles Coleman.
 A talk. "Cowper," by Mrs. Teasley.
 Reading, Hines on Cowper's Grave" Mrs. Browning-by Miss Williams.
 The guests at this meeting of the club were. Mrs, Andrews of Raleigh, Miss Robertson of Charlotte, Miss Thrall and Miss Kate Bethen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04
The Prescription 0f an Ennnsnf Rhyacian fov aN Diseases PscuEar to Women. se

Laxo Pills are mild, geptie aud reliable laxas tive, designed to promote the healthy and nor. to correct hshitual constipatiea. At drnHaiats
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04

Mrs. J. D. Gafford left this morning for visit to Montgomery.-Troy Messen- ger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04

Mrs. H. H. Callen of Selma is visiting Mrs. D. w. Troy at 742 S. Perry Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04

The Misses Dinkins leave today for a visit to Montgomery.-Dothan Daily Sift. ings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04

Miss Lillie Mckenzie visited friends in Montgomery last week.-Greenville Advo- cate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-04

Note to Women.-A book concerning diseases peculiar to women will be mailed, in q plain, sealed envelope, free upon request, # addressed Ala,
Arizona republican., 1903-03-12
PROGRESS OF SCIENCE.

The average watch represents but twelve hours of human labor.
 The electric motor is fast displa ein.s the leather belt in factories.
 ThIee of the eleven dirigible balloons made in fifty years have killed their inventors.
 The missing link from Fashoda to Ujiji in the telegraph line from Cape Town to Cairo will be supplied by wire less instruments.
 Ar English writer has recently de- scribed a b2ttleship as the last word mechanical genius, naval construction, and cash payment can say in aggres- sivenoss.
 A few years ago quartz mines that would not yield $50 to the ton were de spised and rejected as unprofitable. Now. with improved methods of eX- tracing, ore containing as low as s3 9 ton pays fair dividends to the stock holders.
 The gas used in the modern gas en- zine performs nearly or quite double the work obtained from it when used for steam heating purposes. In time the gas engine, in utilizing the blast furnace gases, will make pig iron pro- duction more than doubly profitable.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-12

They will plunder their countryman with a fine impartiality. though now and again justice comes by the dagger stab driven home in the shadows of 2l alley.
 Not long ago there landed at the docks 9 German with visions of rich tips in an English restaurant. He spoke no Eng fish: but what then? There were many such. While staring around him. our worthy Hernann-for so let us call him -espied a well dressed fellow country man, with whom he entered into friend ly barley. He informed him that he had sos, in cash and when the stranger promised to get him a place as waite at 35s. a week, all found, he readily agreed to hand over his capital in re turn.
 CUriously enough, d well dressed Ger man appeared at a Soho lodging house some two hours later with a story Of
 rich friend wanting rooms. His friend would pay fl week. he said; and the landlady smiled her sweet contentmen1. But I shall want f2 fer der introduce ticn'' he added That was easily ar ranged; and he disappeared to fetch his rich friend
 Poor Hermann was the plutocr2t in question. He arrived in q hanson with the pleasant stranger. On the doorstep the latter received Hermann's thirt2 shiilings and inside. the landlady slip ped two sovereigrs into his hand. Whereupon he bowed, smiled and dis | appeared.
 Hermann was conducted into the best room of the house, wondering greatly at the attentions bestowed upon him. When alone he pulled out his cid dress suit and a clean dicky. arrayed nim- self, and descended into the kitchen.
 The turin gent as made a mistake said the cook and Hermann. protest ing Teutonically, was led back into the dining rccm. Even there he was not left in peace. They politely edged him away from the sideboard where he was polishing the plates, and set him down at the head of the table.
 'Mein GCtt" said Hermann in his own tongue but these English are q brave, 6 noble, a generous natiOn." But next to him there presently pumped d German Frau. also a lodger to whom Hermann at once turned,
Arizona republican., 1903-03-12
THE BABY CROP.

Let us get to having more babies if we do not want the good old American stcck to run out. It is evident that native Americans of the better class a1e not doing their duty in this matter. The Philadelphia Record makes this comment: "The discovery has been made in Chicago that nearly all the babies belong to persons of fcreign birth or to the immediate descendants Of such persons; that the native Ameri- cans have almost given up parenthood. The Tribune is so excited by the dis coveTy that it has interviewed the doc tors, who affirm that it is not only the Americans in fashionable society who are childless or nearly so, but also those in every walk Of life. The percentage of marriages. tco, has declined among Americans. It is believed that the birth rate of France, which has fallen of steadily for more than a century until there is actual decline in the popula- tio.l, is higher than that of native Americans. The condition is not pe- culiar to Chicago, but has been notei in all parts of the country. Perhaps it is most marked in New England
 It is noticeable that those who are least able to take proper care of chill dren usually have larger numbers than those who are best prepared. But even among the poorer class of native Amer jeans, babies are becoming less numer- ous.-Nashville American.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-12
FOREIGN ROGUEs IN LONDON
Some Tricks of Notorious Thieves in
 the Great City.

The alien criminal in London has small resemblance to the thief Of home manufacture. He loves to take his ease in his little restaurant. rarely visiting the public houses: it is seldom that he is a drunkard-a fact which adds to his chances Of success. Above all. he de- velops a capacity for crime a cunning, . forethought, and an Imagination that are utterly beyond the powers of even the most astute of British burglars
 Personal dangers he avoids. Only in gangs of overwhelming strength does he show fight. But in his methods of ingenious lawbreaking he is e..traord- inarily efficient.
 Every week, as the records of the po- lice courts openly proclaim, the alien criminals grew more numerous. Every week our detectives are faced with new organizations and fresh schemes that are matched among the immigrants that lave arrived from overseas.
 Our detectives have no information to aid them in the work of checking and discovering these malefactors. Every London thief Of distinction is known.
 
 methods of work are tabulated. BuL the most expert of alien criminals, who may have acquired a European repu> tation and in his time. visited half 2 dozen Continental prisons, arrives in the metropolis unmarked and unsus- pected. He sinks into the bewiiderins mass of his countryInen that have ap- 2. I.opriated great sections of London. and, until he is caught red-handed there is nothing to direct the attention of the police to him and his subtle prep arations.
 For examples of the ingenuity of the foreigner let me give you some stories that I heard in. recent walks through alien slunland. They are all absolute ly true.
 There is an old saying that hawks dinna peck cut hawks een.' But what is true in Scotland does not apply to Poles, Germans and Russian Jews.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-12

eager to sing his song of jubilation i'll a sympathetic ear. Alas for pocr Her mann! In another minute the nnys- tcry had been explained and he was shot into the street
 The foreign tricksters who prepare and carry out such schemes have nc mercy, no regret in their twisted na- tures Let me give two further exam pies of their cruelty. It is commoc enough to find them pushing 2n ac- quaintance with those of their country> men who seem the most respectable they may learn the names and address, es Of their friends abroad. They then dispatch piteCus appeals. stating that Hans CT Jacob has fallen into trouble with the English police, and that un- less f5 is forwarded to q given addres.. the unfortunate young man will be inn pI IisCned for life in enc of the frightfui dungeons which the brutal British cali prisons. Often enough the money ls sent to the address, where, of course, the sharper is waiting to carry it away rejoicing.
 Again, many of the women who lead their wretChed lives among the bullets of Soho have been the victims of a clev- er gang which is still at large. poor girl is met in the street by a German, who loudly declares that she has stolen his purse. She protests her innocence, and in the midst of the turmoil the smart confederate lounges by.
 Here is a shentleman who will de- eide dot which is right cries the Ger man. The girl produces her purse, ard the confederate examines it, listening the while tC the Germans imaginary description Of the contents. You have made d mistake mein Herr" he says. This purse is not yours. it is undOubt- cdly the ladys Whereupon he hands it back and the group disperses. But when the poor girl comes to open it she finds that all the money has been taken and disks of base metal have been sub stituted.
 One of my detective friends amazed me the ether night by fierce denuncia- ton of the technical schools of the Con- tinent.
 They are the curse Of England" he protested.
 And why?"
 The criminals they send us nova
Arizona republican., 1903-03-12

days are scientific experts. Look at their banknote forgc:ies, look at their burs,aries. Do you remember the Post Office safe robbery in Percy Street.
 Only vaguely. What happercd?'
 Why. it was the sm2rtest thing that ever happened. It has been discover cd that the flame of q blOwpipe fed With oxygen and ordinary gas will cut metal as if it were butter. There have beel lectures on it in the German universi- tics within the year. A gang of Ger mans came over. brought the proper ap- pliIcces. and started off to lob this safe. They fixed enc India rubber tube to the gas bracket and another to . cylinder of compressed oxygen which they had with them. The flame of the blovpipe cut right through the metal around the lock and the door feli open.
 When the Post Office people came ia the morning they coaldn't imagine what On earth had happened "-B. Fl-tcher Robinson in The London Ex press.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-12

making an honest deal when the end came. Kansas City Star.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-12

Mrs. Frances Stafford, of z43 E. lIAth St., NY. City, adds her tes- flmOny to the hundreds Of tllou- sands on Mrs. Pinkilan1's files.
 When Lydia E. Pinkham's Reme- dies Were first introduced skeptics all over the country frowned upon their curative claims, but as year after yelr has rolled by and the little group of women who had been cured by the new discovery has since grown into a vast army of hundreds of thousands, doubts and skepticisms have been swept away as by a mighty flood, until to-day the great good that Lydia E. PinIxham's Vegetable Compound and her other medicines are doing among the women of America is attracting the attention of many Of our leading scientists, physicians and thinking people.
 Merit alone could win such fame; wise, therefore, is the woman who for a cure relies upon Lydia F. PinlSliam's Vegetable Compound.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-27
100 MUCH truth In II.

The editor of the Hutchinson News in admitting the
BUSINESS criticisms the legislature its
extravaganza appointing ridiculousy number Of
employees offers an explanation or excuse which will be
readily appreciated at by the average partisan Mr.
Morgan says:
"The newspaper criticisms Of the unnecessary en-
poyes of the legislature viii have least good
suit The legislature will be careful and will
permit the scandal to occur again. Chairman Al
baugh's opinion that the Republican party which was
responsible for the legislature should eorfess its mis-
take and promise it. is the manly and proper
position for the party TO take The legislature Of 1908
was not different from the legislature of 1891 on
this point but public attention called the sub
tect 1t IS the product Of politics and is the natural
suit of the ordinary workings Of public business. Every
department at Washington ana every Office in the saIe
house has employees than individual corpora
ton would have 10 10 the same business.
apart this fault IS with the people There is TOO
much Judging Of the service Of representative in the
legislature in congress b the number Of appointments
ne can secure for his constituents How often co We
read a dispatch from Washington saving that Senator
Long or Congressman Curtis some other CT our deega
ton had landed a Office and the statement Is
Followed by compliment the legislator his
when Z member the Kansas legislature goes to To
for worthy Old soldier OF . sood party worker aud
the representative is told ~ his home people that re
IS any good he VIII lana Least Of his towns
in places for the session The resale ta exag-
gerates the political importance G.. The proposition
feels that be VIII be considered of influence
unless he can do something Under ordinary clrcum-
stances there are places enough for every member
to name an enpoye so BY general agreement OF the
hers by courtesy each other the list is sSeea until
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-27
ANOTHER RAILWAY BRANCH TO WICHITA.

a number Of railway extensions of branches and links
OF the trunk lines which would have bearing WITCH
as been discussed of late by the various
arrangements At least Of these contemplated by
Missouri Pacific It the intention Of the late Jay
Gould to the branch that links Wichita
with Geneseo Hutchinson, direct from An
dale at which point north by the
company local bonds. Mr.. Gould when he
found done expressed his regrets to the
the Eagle, who had previously the
advantages Of such proposed line several times His plan
was to construct the Wichita Colorado lire due west
from Andale in this county, Olcot in south Reno,
thence to Larned
It that the link between Andale and Olcot
is to built This connecting with the Denver Mem
phs Atlantic the latter point will give direct line
to Larned One link northwest of Larned a
nection with main Kansas City line would give the
Pacific the shortest line between Wichita and
Pueblo for that matter between ST Louis and Denver.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-27

every member has his constituent in job In that pro-
active members fudge and get two jobs
Then the chief clerk the sergeantatarms discovers
that OF certain qualifications and that
none have been chosen he gets few. nore Then
good taker gets up in the house and offers reso
luton making place for veteran widow worthy
person fitted for the place What member is so
mean as against it? Then somebody screams be-
cause Shawnee county the colored vote is not prop
erly represented the pay roll The faithfuiness OF
Shawnee county and the colored vote remembered
and something IS done them That is the way the
pay roll padded with straw but with worthy
citizens Of Kansas who needed That is the true
story of why the legislature has too many employees
1T takes a cold-booded OF duty to resist the
appeals OF members think that the appointment Of
their constituents is necessary TO their success 1t re
ues willingness face unpOpularity and the opposition
Of those whose stepped on to your own meas
ures The member who the folly of the thing
orally considers worth While to kick and if
he does protest is often for his pains. Even
the newspapers who crtcse the legislature were
silent the time object at hand when the ap
pointments were being made
"It is the fault Of the system and it should be cor
rected.7
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-27
THE MINDS EYE.

What is the minds eye and has the mind any eye?
Men endowed with the of sight can see wildly IN
their dreams often from them hardly knowing
whether or not the dream real Science says that
dreams are caused by disordered stomach sympathetic
ally acting upon certain nerves in the brain.
But blind these nerves seem TO have departed
With the blind the sensations Of sound all that re-
main The blind dream Of scenes and places,
for he has never them BY this is meant one who
was born blind One who has always been blind can
never dream Of seeing.
This subject is occupying the attention OF the
learned in London upon the subject OF the rea-
lions Of mind to matter which still remain profound
mystery.