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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19
McNE1LL BROUGHT BACK.
Former Saloonkeeper Was Not Hand
 cuffed by the Sheriff.

cuffed by the Sheriff.
 J. R. McNeill. charged with running a lottery and keeping a d's1rderly house, was brought to Montgomery from New York yesterday morning at 3:30 o'clock in charge of Sheriff w. R. Waller
 Contrary to reports sent out by New York newspapers, the prisoner was not handcuffed, but made the trip as any other pa assenger. along win Sheriff Wal Ter. McNeill gave the officer no trouble whatever on the trip.
 County jail and said yesterday afternoon that he would in few days make bond.
 McNeil Is charged with running a lot tery in the Palace saloon on Commerce Street formerly operated by him and with keeping a dis rderlv house at the "Eleven Lights S7loor" on the corner Of Deca tur Street and Dexter Avenue. He was indicted by the las' grand jury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19
MARRIAGES AT ROANOKE.
Two Popular Young Couples the
 princiuala.

Roanoke. Nov. 1S.-(Special. )-This af. ternoon at 4:15 o'clock at the residence of Dr. W. D. Gaines in Lafayette, Asa R. chant of thIs city was married to Mia Sarah Elizabeth Hart. At the residence of the brides parents. Mr. and Mrs s. b. Burdett. ia this city, at o'clock thia was married to Tyler M. Swann, who was until recently in business in thia place. These events are among the most interesting of the season, the principals families of this section.
 The fourth quarterly conference for Roanoke Station was held last evening" anj everything was reported as paid out In full.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19
SELL FARMS
 TO BUY VOTES
KANSAS WOMEN WORKING TO RAISE BIG CAMPAIGN FUND.
Went Legislators Elected Who Will Be in Favor of Equal Suffrage. Real Estate Donated by Sym pathizers to be Sold at
 Auction.
Chicago Chronicle.

Chicago Chronicle.
 Five Kansas farms and a plantation of S0,00O acres will be offered for sale at pub lie auction in one of the banquet rooms of the Great Northern Hotel Thursday night and two Kansas women will be the auctioneers. The proceeds will be devot- ed to the election of a Kansas Legisla- ture that will give women the right to vote.
 A bazaar will also be held at the same hotel, beginning tomorrow and continu- ing until November %. Kansas products will be sold by Kansas women and the proceeds will be applied to the task of making Kansas Legislators see the beau ties of equal suffrage for women.
 Turn Hall Into Granary.
 The largest banquet hall in the hotel will be the scene of the bazaar. Parts of 1t will be converted into a granary. where the wheat, corn. potatoes and garden pro- ducts that have made Kansas famous will be on exhibition. In another part will be displayed crazy quilts, cushions, Jellies and other handiwork of the Kan sas women, along with an ideal Kansas kitchen, where pretty girls will preside and bake cake, bread and rolls. using nothing save the products of Kansas soil
 The Kansas Equal Suffrage Association has long been recognized as a strong or ganization Its members have fought for the right to vote for years. but they say they have been handicapped by their lack of funds. This year they planned an in- vasion of Chicago. Some of them. ar- rived yesterday and the first thing they did was to organize the Kansas Women's Bazaar Association, with Miss Helen Kimber as President Miss Kimber told the members of the new association that the women of Kansas had not come empty-handed and then sad that a car load of exhibits had already reached the city and was standing on q side track. ~
 Sell Farms at Auction.
 Miss Kimber then announced that five farms had been donated to the cause and that they would be disposed of at public auction. One of the farms contains s2D acres and the other four 16O acres each.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19

family blood talnt.
 Scrofula is bred in the bone, is transmitted from parent to child, the seeds are planted in infancy and unless the blood is purged and pu- ri6ed and every atom of the taint removed Scroll ula is sure to develop at some oerioCI in vour life
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19
For Stomach, Liver and Bowels.

Laxo Pills are mild gentle and re- liable laxative designed to promote the healthy and normal action of the stom- ach, liver and bowels, and to correct habitual constipation. Druggists. 25 cents,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19
on also advocated meas.

lege of Washington also advocated meas ures to improve military instruction.
 About 200 of the delegates called at the White House today to pay their respects to President Roosevelt. He gave each a cordial greeting
 They attended a reception tonight given by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19

Vice-Regent, Miss Mary B. Temple, Knoxville; Secretary, Mrs. Morgan Ket- chum. Memphis; Treasurer, Mrs. J. N. Mckenzie, Lebanon. The next conven- tion will be held in Memphis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19
When Tired Out Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate.

It vitalizes the nerves, assists the diges- ton, refreshes and invigoratet the entire body. A Tonic that permanently benefits. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19
D Al R oficers off Tennessee.

'shville, Tenn, Nc 1S-The State ention Daughters of the American
 lution today elected these officers:
 mt. Mrs. c. B. Bryan, Memphis;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19
SCROFULA*S!3 * S! 3';EAsG H2xsi1.

Scroua manies itself in Swelling the neck and throat Caa weak white swelling skin euptons loss strength
 miserable disease and aceable to some
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19
ADJUSTMENTS. Montgomery Theatre Matinee Today 2:30
 And Tonf0ht
George 0ber

@IFEH11SU
 And Tonight
 George Ober. The comedian. Mir. George Ober, will present the eminently successful comedy, Why Smith Left Home," at the Mont gomery Theatre matinee today. Tonight will be presented the great comedy ''The Wrong MT. Wright Popular prices are announced for this engagement. Seats now on sale
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19

Scrofula appeared on the head of my little grandchild when only 16 month1 old, and spread rapidly over her body. The disease next attacked the eyes and we feared she would lose her sish ht. Em- 1nent physfcians were consulted. but could do nothing to relieve the little inc nocene: It was then that wo decided to . speedy and complete cure. She is now Q young lady, and has never had a sign of the diseass to return.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19

some periodin yourlife ~ @'p'H O'n 0"ee' sana kan- Noremedy the blood makes it rich and great Blood Remedy the general health the digestive strengthened and there gradual tsurere (( E% (C( to health The deposit of tubeuar joints and glands is carried of the blood )1 NO1 )/ is restored to normal condition and the
 tons and other symptoms of Scoua disappear. S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable and ideal blood purifier and that all blood tnt builds consu tons physicians will advise charge their Book mailed free.
 nGE SWIFT SPECIFIC cO., ATLANTA. e.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23
euREosFIIn De s0BaD



An very high "a mountainous regions
sounds become diminished ia 1oudness,
So that a conversation cannnt b naE
RED On q an ordinary tone Of voice. "a
minea 81 I'M q diving bell the reverse of
this the case Speech becomes So
startling that i must he carried on is
whispers to be at all endurable to the
ear Sounds Of all kinds become
musical If the vibrations 81 air are unis
form and rapid enough. 1t is said that
the puHs 81 an engine would make q
tremendous organ peal of music if they
could be made to attain the rapidity Of
50or 80 second. Everything in nature
has its keynote, as it were, and attuned
to particular musical sound. This
fact can be very easily verified in every-
day life. Stand near an open piano and
speak in an ordinary tone; while speak
ing you will suddenly hear a string
within reverbeHate TO your voice. The
tick of a watch, the sound of every
human voice, the bark Of a dog, the
NEW of a cat, the noise Of a wagon, the
roll Of thunder, the fall of rain, the
running Of water; in fact, everything
about US can easily be placed by an att
tentive ear on its proper musical note
lone of the sounds of the scale. This
is q most interesting experiment, and
easily verified.
II is said that the ear can distinguish
IA Octaves Of sound. but as a rule those
made by quick, short vibrations are
more easily conveyed. For instance.
the whirr Of q locust makes more dis
tinct Impression than the signing Of
the wind through the trees. A whirI4
wind In its approach is noiseless; it is
only when it strikes some obstacle that
the volume Of sound becomes terrific
to us. Then We receive the secondary
shorter ave from the destruction Of
this obstacle. Tyndan says AL fric-
ton is rhythmic. Flames are notori-
ously sensitive to sound. They will
bend and flicker, and even respond with
a leap Of quivering light to a high,
shrill sound, This is another interest,"
ing experiment. 1--we use a glass tube
with a small jet of gas, by lowering or
raising it to certain points, we can
cause it to shrek out shrilly or to an
swer sympathetieally to its own key
note when sung or spoken by The voice.
If we could only hear the roll OF the
vast cean in harmony all round us in
our everyday life Ne could say with
truth indeed what the poet only imag-
ined:
There's not the smallest orb which
thou beholdest but in its orbit like an
angel sings still quiring to the young
eyed chernbim," Baltimore American.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23
SOME HUMAN FoIBLEs.
An illustrative Instance Of what thS
Doctors somsbimes Come
Aeron.,

Nothing is more curious than the
different ideas people have about ow-
ing the doctor" remarked a good
looking, middle-aged physician, accord
ing to the Detroit Free Press. 'Only
to-day I encountered two singular
manifestations Of what might be
called 'superstitiOns concerning sick
ness. At one house, the lady who was
in bed murmured to her husband;
"'John, pay the doctor before he
goes; you know how I feel about that.
/ am always sick longer if we let a
doctors bill run on
although / ridiculed the idea, the
sick oma persisted, and the little
debt was discharged on the srot. In
the evening a highly v lady of
cheerful spirits-a business woman
came bustling into my office ami ejacu-
lated:
"'Oh, doctor, give me something for
fits, quick. I'm dreadfully run down.
I hear door-bells ring when they don't
ring, 1 see black cats when there are
no eats of any kind in the house
Il a u some sedative powders,
and when / handed them to tie excit-
able patient she said:
I'm not going to pay for this med
icine, doctor. I've always noticed that
when 1 don't owe you anything I'm
sure to get sick. While / have a little
debt hanging over me, 1 feer that I
can't afford to collapse until il is paid.
You needn't laugh, doctor, it is SO.
I'm going to make a small bill row, and
see if l can't get rid of door-bells in
my head and black cats in my optic
nerve
These are only specimen instances"
concluded the doctor. ''The world is
full of people who have queer super
stitions about taking medicine and
paying doctors bills"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23
\ CONSTANTLY increasing number

A CONSTANTLY increasing number
"A of physicians prescribe Peruna in
their regular practice. II has
proven its merits so thoroughly that
even the doctors have overcome their
prejudice against so called patent medi-
cines and recommend it to their patients.
Peruna occupies a unique position In
medical science. 1t is the only internal
systemic catarFh remedy known to the
medical profession today. Catarrh, as
every one will admit, is the cause of one
half the diseases which af1ict mankind.
Catarrh and catarrhal diseases aflict
One-half of the people of United States
F. d. Brand, M. D., of Mokena, ILL.,,
uses Peruna in his practice. The follow
ing case is an example of the success he
has through the use of Peruna for ca
tarrh.
DR.. Brand says: "Mrs. c. age %,
had been a su1fererfrom catarrh for the
past seven years; could not hear plain
and had watery eyes. She came to me
almost a physical wreck. She had tried
the Copeland cures and various other
sO-called specialists, and had derived no
benefit from them. She told me shedid
not want to spend any more money on
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23

adapted Especially for the Three-Phase
Cireuitl
the wav are damped back or form q
adjective electric valve, which allows
Impressed electromotive force of a Ger
tain character only to Tow through the
apparatus. The practical utility of
such a device becomes Immediately APP
parent, for it forms a method of pro
ducing a direct current from an alter
mating circuit, and extends the field OF
acknowledgement transmission into
those fields which have required undi-
rectiOnai currents, such as the storage
battery and e%lectrolytic work.
"The device used for this ~selectiye
converter is as simple as an incan-
descent lamp. The containing shell in
the device exhibited is made OF glass
and Of spherical shape. Into this shell
project the terminals from the alter
mating current circuit whereas the
terminal for the direct circuit is taken.
from a separate terminal at the bot
tom OF the globe. Al starting terminal
fs also introduced into the globe, which
is used for starting the converter, and
to this a higher tension 5 first applied.
After being once started, the action is
continuous as long as the impressed
alternating electromotive force Is ap-
piled.
"Lhis ~selective ccnvetter is snrpris-
ingly small for the energy it converts.
in Que, rated al eight kiIoWatts, the
vapor globe is seven inches in diameter
and weighs moi over four pounds,
whereas a rotary converter to9do the
the same work would weigh over 100
pounds.
*We feel that Mr.. Hewitt has madea
great stride, and has, at least, thrown
down the barrier which separated the
alternating and direct-current fields,
and it is hard to predict at this early
date the Influence on-4he4aE+4hisrad
zeal innovation will make"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23
UNIQUE FIRE ESCAPE.
Et conslstl 81 2 series Of sDring Plate
forms which Break the Force
OF q Fall.

The accompanying illustration rep
resents a fire escape which stands in 3
class alone as far as novelty is con-
cerned, having a unique feature which
has probably never before been applied
to the work Of saving people from burn
ing buildings. There might possibly be
one objection to the erection Of this
apparatus on buildings, end that is the
strong temptatioh II win present to the
boys as a plaything.
AS win be seen, the idea is TO erect Z
series of rigid platforms alternately on
opposite sides Of well inside a build
ing or between sc buildings, setting
each platform at such an angle that
anything sliding from it will strike on
the nextTplatform at right angles to
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23
- ~nREAn-w1KINa.
sqae seieHtiae Peinta Q the lnfen
nntlem af EnventiEatlve
~H9uaeW6Vsas


Ait breads are very nutritious foods.
The fats carbohydrates. protein com
/ pounds and water are present in such
proportions that the nourishment is
practically complete without the adj
dition Of much other food. Bat bread
must be correctly made to insure its
digestibility that is, that its nourish-
ing materials may be extracted, says
q. y. Ma~rcSworth, manager Ohio tests
ing laboratory, Columbus, o., in Med
zeal Talk for the House. The salt must
moi be added too soon in the process of
making it up, as this tends to prevent
the full action of the yeast plant, maxi
ing a heavy loaf; nor must a thorough
kneading be overlooked. The raising"
temperature must not be below 20 de-
grees r., and the oven temperature
must be carefully controlled. If the
lneading is not thorough, the ingredi-
ents, especially the yeast, will not be
evenly distributed and consequently
when the bubbles of carbonic acid gas
form to raise the dough there viii be
large air spaces in one part and small
ones IN another. If the temperature
falls below 7OdegreesF r., the yeastplant
itself develops slowly and the products
of other ferments increased duly,
thereby giving the bread peculiar, un-
natural favors or spelling its constitu-
ton.
AS examples Of such abnormal ac-
tions "sour bread in the first case and
"slimy bread" in the second case may
be mentioned. If the oven is too hot
when the bread is placed therein a
crust viii be formed too soon and the
bubbles OF gas still being formed by
yeast and continually expanding until
the temperature reaches, 1873 degrees
I'd will be held under the crust and
in their effort to escape will raise same,
leaving the large holes which are oc-
casionally seen.
Soggy bread is the result of adding
too much water to a poor -four and
~neglecting to bake thoroughly. To
have redeemed that bread the baker
who made it should have added more
gluten Chat is a stronger" -FOUR or
less water in making up his dough.
Furthermore he should have baked his
loaf longer and allowed it to cool well
in a free circulation of air, after having
drawn it from a crisp, hot oven.
Packing bread too soon after draw
ing from the ' often results in spoil
ing the best of bread. Many house,
wives go so far as to wrap towels
around their bread while still hot; this
results in causing the steam coming
off to be condensed on the crust and
making both it and the crumb soft and
spongy. Such bread also grows stale
very rapidly.
Bread making is an excellent exam
pie of an important household science.
Solid quantities should be weighed ON
scales, liquids should be measured in
accurately graduated glasses and tenn
peratures should be noted with Their
mometers.
Select a good formula, note accurate
" all the requirements and follow each
detail systematically. Neither hasten
nor retard the process, nor vary n of
the amounts, for as sure as this is done
the composition will be marreda and the
result will be bread other than that de-
sired if not absolutely unfit to eat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23
STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
BngEish Scientist Declares II TO he
a Comet which Appears Once
In 5B Years.


1t has been supposed that the star
Of Bethlehem. the herald Of the Chris
tian era, was in conjunction with two
planets. David Forbes, of London,
hazards the supposition that it was
the comet called Halley's comet, which
has an interval Of approximately rs
years, ten months and six days. It was
last visible in October, 1885, and will
probably, therefore, been again in
1911. Haley, who saw the comet in
1852, predicted its return in 1859.
Several temperance have been OBJ
served. Pompey's defeat of Mithri-
dates in 152 B. c. was s~ignalized by one
appearance; ~Josephus mentions an
other at the destruction OF Jerusalem,
about Is a. ID.
ar. Forbes contends that one of the
returns Of the comet between these
two dates must have been about the
date Of the birth oil Ehrss. Some
months before the birth the wise men
saw 'his star in the east. The comet
would then be on its course toward
the sun, on its return six months later
il would be in the zenith above BathIe.
hem about the end Of December.
If the subsequent dates are COM
puted IT viii be noticed that the comet
was apparently IS years out, and
should have reappeared in 1920 instead
Of 1885 Mr. Forbes suqmounts this
difficulty by remarling that it was not
until the sixth century that Dionysius
made ont the present chronology and
that he then made an error Of IS years,
which became stereotyped. This year,
therefore. should be 1855.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23

Wash a small quantity of rice and
put it in q deep pie dish with a little
water; set ii in the oven and when
the water eyaporates pour alittle milk
ove the rieeg stir and again sst in the
oven and continue to stir now and
then, adding milk as required, until
the rice is soft. If a little Itch, sweet
cream is added at the last it viii inn
prove the dish When the rice Is done
6ll a deep earthen pie dish nearly full
Of well-sugared fruit and place the rice
oy ]spoonfuls in rough little heaps over
the fruit. Put it in the oven and bake
a nice brown; then serve. Do not have
oven too hot; let the fruit stew gently.
IN. Y. Post.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23

bic her any more.
'This is only one case of the many ]
have treated with your valuable medi-
cine. "-F. II. Brand, M, d.
Catarrh may invade any organ of the
body; may destroy any function of the
body. IL most commonly attacks the
head, nose and throat, but thousands
npOn thousands of cases of catarrh of
the lungs, stomach, kidneys, bladder
and other pelvic organs have been cured
by Peruna.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23

Subjective c~aNHERIER
Eavsptiah Whc Hea Earov Dow.
Nffes Bettseen Alternatives
ana m3reet Carremtn.

Ut has long beeu knows That certain
media present much easier path to Q
current of eleetfieity hen "a IS pass
ing il one direction than when the low
g reversed Peter Cooper Hewitt,
whose invention 81 the merourY-vapor
lamp has alreadV made him known,
has been inTe gatng This phenom-
enon and has based upon it what he
calls . se.eetlFe eohFerter," which is
expected to have impor ant results in
the electrical transmiseion Of power.
The device is thus explained By q
writer In the Electrical Age;
"The basis o. which this apparatus
works is; when an alternating cur
rent is caused to jump through a
space filled with mercury vapor Of a
given degree Of attenuation, it presents
g ready passage to certain portions Of
The wave, whereas other portions Of
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23
SPRING PLATFORMS BREAK FALL

the first. This ofitself would break the
force Of a fall, and d person could drop
from the roof to the ground with no
more serious injury than a severe shak-
ing up; but the inventor has placed a
spring cushion on each of these plat
forms, which would reduce to a mini-
mum the jar occasioned by a fall from
one platform to the next.
AS a person drops on one of the eush-
ions it yields beneath his weight and
then discharges its burden to the next
cushion, and so on, until the bottom Of
the wen is reached, when the person
picks himself up and makes his escape
through one of the exit doors provided,
none the worse for his fall, The in-
ventor is Philip II. DERRICK, of Grand
view-on-Hudsoh, N. Y.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23

The sandblast has been successfully
applied to the cleansing Of ships bot
toms. An ironcIad was recently dry-
.docked in an English seaport, and, by
means Of compressed air, sand WAS
forced against the sides Of the vessel,
cleansing ard polishing the iron and
steel until they became almost as
bright as silver.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23

"Iput her on Pc
runa and told her
to come back in
two weeks. The
effects were o
derful. The cast
down loolEs she had
when / first saw
her had left her
and a smile adOrn-
ed her face. She
told me she felt a
different woman,
her hearing was
improved and her
Hgl 49,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23

leaders the responsibility Tor One
origin 81 results Of The war. lhe5
had etaked everything fora principle
and lost Courageous and true Ihe9
eecepsod their fate, and turneu agaii,
brifa up dior wasted fortunes and
Has FMN91 MpAA0A2.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23

The individual who obtains celebrity in
. single night is likely to lose it in q day
Chicago Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23

somehow the game that is not worth the
candle never lacks for either players or aaNs
dles.-Puck.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23

Experience y q keen knife that hurts.
while it extracts the cataract that blinds
De LinOd.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23
atience-She's a smart woman, /,

Patlence-She's a smart woman, is
Yes; she manages an auto
death claimed ai kill-Stray Stories.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23

The heait beat 6ed on an
for some time me ways, but
the heaF drous and cCwardly
A0efa fhair civil or mile
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-05-23

Knobloch & RainoIa
this city. Mr.. KnoblS s
in ST. Mary Parish when
Tragedy, and Immediately
Thibodaux, where he took
ltheremains Of his-father.