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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
Very Ingenious Method of Discou1
 aging Feline Marauders.

Very Ingenious Method of Discour- aging Feline Marauders. Philadelphia Record.
 A genius hailing from North London has been struck with a brilliant concep- ton for ridding back gardens and out house roofs of philandering cats, says The London Express.
 It consists of nothing more than the invention of fearsome automaton tom cat made up of tin frame and covered with fur coat
 Tom Is as black as the darkest night. with stiff black tail standing up defiant ly In the air, and a Ehostly look in it's sightless eyes, which, when reused toI an- ger. send forth q light calculated to make even Ulysses tr@nble This banefui glare Is produced by a four-volt electric bat tery slowed away in that portion of Toms" anatomy generally occupied by the digestive organs.
 The general principle of construction, according to the British inventor, Is based upon powerful clockwork, released by a lever when the tail of the animal is moved.
 The clock works pair of bellows, with two loud screeching reeds, at the same time forming contact to light the lamps in the eyes. and forcing outwards a dozen long needle points which come up through the skin of the back. The tail also acts as a trigger, and releases a hammer formed of the lower jaw of the cat, which explodes two percussion caps in the mouth.
 One night an experiment was made. The ciockwork was wound up and the beast placed in a back garden. In due course a ferocious tabby of loose charac- ter and with chips off its ears walked up to the stranger to give battle. while a dozen of his lady friends sat around to see the fun.
 In feline language, the tabby appears to have asked his lady friends not to crowd into the ring, and to watch closely while he prepared Tom for the undertakers. He began by Walking up to a wall and sharpening his claws. Then he came back wagging all that was left of his tail in an aggressive and insulting manner, and took the measure of his silent ene- my.
 Without the slightest provocatlon he flew at the automatic cat removed a lump of loose hair from his back, and broke his tail in half.
 That ended the first round. but 1t was only the signal for the tin tom cat to get into action. The tail exploded the per cusslon caps in the cats mouth with a sound resembling that of a Al; the cleo tric eyes blaxed out like Ladysmith Searchlights. while heartrending shrieks rent the air from the bellows inside, ana the needle points got their business ends into the tabby cat.
 Within a few seconds the garden was clear. and pale-faced pussies were tear ing on through the quies streets in search of home comforts. It was more than a mouth before they ventured to peep over the wall to see if the black terror was still in possessir.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
DuN's TRADE REVIEW.

New York, July l0-R. c. Dun 6 G. 's weekly review of trade tomorrow will say:
 Business again responds to improved conditions. Retail distribution of mer- chandise is acc slerated by more season able weather and fewer labor controver- sies, while wholesale and jobbing trade, especially at the interior shows the en- ccuraging effect of brighter agricultural prospects. There is the customary ex- cessive demand for farm hands. Reports of holiday traffic and trade in holiday goods indicate no diminution in purchas- ing power and semi-annual inventories show more gratifying situation than expected except in the cotton industry. Commodity prices advanced slightly dur ing June. Dun's index number of July being $S9. 456, compared with $9e,936 a month earlier. A decline of s.4 per cent is recorded in comparison with July, 1902, chiefly in articles of food.
 Railroad earnings for June, 1903, are B.1 per cent larger than last year.
 Installation of new converters and other repairs interfere with work at some prom inent steel mills, which explain in part the quiet condition of the market. Bes- bought for 31S.s5. which is the lowest Eoint thus far of the recent decline. Structural material is again an active feature, especially for large buildings and railway bridges at the West. Makers of agricultural implements and vehicles are liberal purchasers of bar iron. Tin and copper are again lower, the latter selling below the official quotation which has been reduced to IA cents.
 Violent changes in quotations of raw material are never good for business in finished products, so that as yet the cotton goods manufactures shows no inn- provement in reSponseNto fluctuations at the cotton exchange But it is certain that there will ultimately come a revival or normal activity at the mills when the material reaches a less inflated level at which goods can be manufactured with profit. Meanwhile stocks of goods in dealers hands have fallen low and sell CTS are insisting on generally higher prices than they did week ago.
 New lines of medium and low grades have been opened at full prices and met with an average demand. Recorder busi- ness in heavy weight woolens is moderate and quotations gre irregular. Raw wool is firmly held fair prices being secured at the London auction sales. Supplement tary orders for fall footwear are received by New England factors from Eastern jobbers. but Western wholesalers are still holding back contracts.
 Failures this week numbered 194 in the United States against 193 last week and 24 in Canada, compared with ls a year ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
Actresses' Lucky Jewels.

Miss Violet Vanbrugh. the favorite actress, never enters theater without wearing her lucky turquoises.' The jewels are uncut, but beautiful, and form very long necklace-so long, In fact. that if she has to wear an evening dress with which the turquoises do not go well she can hide them without any trouble below the dress.
 Miss Ellen Terrys lucky stone Is large diamond. which she always carries some- where on her person. Mile. Janotha, the pianist. has ring which she invariably kisses before beginning to play In public. An opal Is Mrs. Langtry's lucky stone. and a eats eye ring Is Mrs, Brown Pot ter's.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
A Distinct Crime,
Portland oreeouIsn.

Portland OregoniAn,
 The treatment of negroes guilty of the nsmeless crime against woman" Is hor- rible-but so Is the nameless crime. The protesters of the Afro American Council say that "the number of our race accused of this crime Is SO small as compared with the whole number that 1t is scarcely necessary to discuss this as a distinct will always be, so regarded It is crime whose horror Is intensified when a white woman is the victim; for race antipathy adds & new horror to 1t. It is perfectly just to say that a whole race Is not to be condemned for this crime, perpetrated by a very few members of 1t. There Is no such sweeping judgment If there were ths negro race would not be permitted to the observatiol that this lawless punish naent and horrible retaliation for crime so specially abhorrent Is not more com mon than the crime itself In other words, if the crime is so infrequent. as com pared with the numbers of the colored race, So is the horror of the lawless pun ishment, It must, however, be set down as not improbable that so long as ne- sFoes commit this nameless crime. the penalty of the stake. horrible and lawless as 1t is. Is likely to be meted out for it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

We shall be compelled to recast our Judgment about Philadelphia in one i'm portant respect. The newspapers and the 3okesmiths have invariably set that city down as the quietest and sleepiest old burg in the country bat here Is The Chicago TFIbane's list of Fourth of July accidents and casualties which credits Philadelphia with Ss5 and Chicago. the next in the list, with but IF. while Bos- ton comes third with loe. No other city has over 100 recorded. How are we to account for this uuexpectedness? It might be charged that The Tribune would minimize the disorders and accidents in its own city. but 1t Is not probable The only explanation we now think of is that. as the Declaration of Independence was formulated and adopted in PhlladeIphia, the people of that city feel as if it Is incumbent on them to make most noise in their celebration of the day. If that is not be cause, We give it up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

Governor Frazier dId creditable thing yesterday when he appointed en editor to De coal oil inspector at McMlnnyiie: II makes a drst-elass wielder Of the kero- sene iambeau it is an editor. whooray for the profession!-chattanooga News.
 Certainly the Governor vas right. Who is better fitted to investigate the origin of lght than the editor whose business 1t is to illuminate humanity?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

We have been watching with no little interest for further details of the alleged discovery by a Massachusetts man that "a musical note consistently strummed will kill mosquitoes" We did not need to be told that some alleged music will cause 6 human being to commit murder or suicide, but were not before aware that aay of 1t could be bad enough to kill insects. It shows very conelusively that we hadn't learned all the mysteries of nature and science.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

The Wilcox Banner refers to The Adver- tiser as ''the greatest daily ever pub lished in the State. and acknowledged as one of the leading journelS of the South" ;" With becoming modesty we admit the charge!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

word or syilsble Or punctuation SIit it is 60 easy for persons who disaeree with statements of fact or opinion found in the newspapers to lay 1t all to the
 mistakes of reporters that a rebuke of
 this kind now and then has . wholesome
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
says Ths Norfolk Landmark:

Weather prophet Hicks predicts another of those very hot spells about the middle
 of this month. Shah we kill him now or walt till then?
 The trouble in your case is that if you
 kill him at either time, you may find
 hotter weather than Hicks predicts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
THE REPoRTRR vINpIcArEp.
It's Always Easy for Fault Finders
 to Blame Him, Though.
Syracuse Post-5tandArd.

I DyEdEUHp TVpL~ptdHkEAIus
 With genuine satisfaction newspaper editors will read the letter of H. l.. Las sen, Nj. D., In The Brooklyn Eagle of a recent issue, and the reply of The Eagle
 pr. Hillis preached a stirring sermon. The Eagle reported 1t and commented upon certain remarks which Dr. Hills made regarding Lyman Abbott and Grover Cleveland. Dr. Lassen writes to The Eagle to state that pr. Hills named neither Of these two gentlemen in his sermon and that The Eagle ought to rectify the error Of its reporter.
 The Eagle said that the report was made by pr: HIilis'S own stenographer that the stenogra pher's report was re- vised by DF. fIiliis himself. and that the report as thus revised was sent by, pr. Hillis to The Eagle and published by The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
The old Dixie.
Rnssal, Re~is

Russell Register.
 Tn time some song writer may produce words to take the place of the old song, music that viii have the same effect upon its hearers as does Dixie when rendered as In the days of yore, when 1t was the eracy, and when to its strains struggling, tired. worn.out soldiers rallied around the stars and bars ready to battle for their country, their homes and their all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

Some of our Georgia contemporaries are comparing their state with Alabama with regard to nobs in q way that Is not altogether creditabie to the former. For example, The Columbus Enauirer-sun says:
 There Is quite a conspicuous contrast between the way they do some things in Alabasaa and the way they do them in Georgia. A case in point is the handling of the iynchinaS that have occurred in the two States recently, and the contrast reflects no credit upon Georgia.
 The Governor of Alabama may not be able to have the lynchers punished. but he will do his part towards 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
SATURDAY, JULY II, 1908.
auMMER rRIRs.

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

.ew. 4. Scott. Circulation Manager oe The M.n.s0mesy a -,ayelsissr. . being Gay s"SEn: %ss Advertisers daily Circulation for the month of tune. lsu3. is true ana correct, and compiled sad lert-over copies nsT1 DSa1 Seducted.
 ". A. sEUET, GiTeuisrion MsE., G cay of of saiy. saS fsvs JACKSON. Ss s 'a tssai.l .,.Ns5PS 4x-o. ,. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
Ought to Be Banished.

Selma Mirror.
 The fellow who slobbers oyer. girl and hss wisn n7I ana nS then ssts uf aronnS IoSssne places and tells and listens to smutty jokes. ought to be banished to the Isle of Pines or the Deserteof Sahara. A girl who was worthy of mans love before marriage ought to be more so after mar riage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
WANT TO BE ANNEXED.

F. Pensacola people are again showing their desire to set Into the best State in the Union. One of her citizens dis cusses in The News the object of 9 recent election to sethorise the issuance of eonds for public improvements. and says:
 Now. according to my judgment, the true solution of the future prosperity of Pensacola is annexation. Let us bring our courage up to the sticking point and vote
 sss S".r S Ms's when that Is accomplished let the seven annexed counties and Alabama unite fnfces. pat 4heiR shoulders to the wheel, and lift Pensacola out ot the m9d-hole and land her on selid around and stare her on the road to prosperity.
 The writer tAinlxs '1t would be A safe investment to use sSO.oOo of the bond money to help Alabama buy us." and descants in slowing terms on the many advantages that would accrue to Pensa- cola from annexation. The News en- dorsss the views of the writer, and we suspect that the citsens generally agree with him.
 This project of adding to Alabama all that portion of Florida lying west of the Chattanoochee and Apalachicola Rivers is no new one. It has been discussed many times and during many years, but without results so far. Alabama would like to have that territory. It would be mutually beneficial we think, to the State and to those who inhabit the portion to De annexed. IL would give our State two good harbors instead of one, and we do not think MObile would be injured There are many arguments in favor of the movement, but we see little prospect of anything definite growing out of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
Atlanta College of Pharmac

Free Dispensary; only college operating an actual drug store. Greater demand for our graduates than we can supply. Address George F. Payne. Dean. 2 W. North Avenue. At
 lanta. Ga. tu-thu-sat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

The Raleigh Post wants to see a con- vention of newspaper circulation caicu- lators. It would be full of sound and fury" wouldn't 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
: Will Not Be Slew.

Birmingham News.
 It has been discovered that the summer Of 1el6 was the coldest on record. MT. Bryan will not be slow to recall that this was the year also during. which Englscd deHonetized silver. and draw from S.ie correlation satisfactory inference.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
In KentHsky.

Mobile Item,
 The dispatches tell of an Infant having been born In Kentucky with a red heart birthmark upon one of It's lower limbs across which are the words: From God" This is in Kentucky. remember.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
Says The Raleigh CN. c.) Post:

More than 90 per cent of the coloFed people and the white people of the South get on together In their respective spheres of activity on the friandllegt oe terms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
Ward Seminary 'as a..1'H':. .1aa: t'a':'' 1:a;

Seth Near begins Sept , Lsrary cosFses. susle, AFt. Elsenaoa coStssIesGIoa to wslesley Baltimore wom- ans College, Pssuy 20. aIId and sasshIs climate. For caaaloa address ,. D. BLANVoN LL.D, Sex A.s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

The Savannah Press wants to know who has kidnapped the Parker Presi- dentiai boom. Ask Atlanta.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

Mobs and iynehings have come in very handy of late to relieve the monotony among the newspapers in the absence of any live political matter to write about
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
33eHH 2 H H 9398RH
 HAVE A LAUGH!
B H R Q
 Brute!

Brute!
 Mrs. Closehst-o. do give me new bon net my dear! It will set all my friends Ciosenst-If you're after notoriety. why don't you get the old one made over ? That will make your friends talk twice as much.
 Demonstration. Yonkers Statesman.
 Mr, Baeon--I wonder if that is 90 that horses and donkeys generally lie on the Which side do you sensraiiy lie ' on. dear dsaT'
 Fair Offer. Illustrated Bits.
 He-We must economize. Suppose darl- ing; that you yoly. try your hand at making your own clothes.
 she-o; George dear I never could ac yours.
 Her Hopes. New York Press. squeezed her hand in the dark. it is be- cause she hopes 1t was the one who didn't do 1t. Premature Confession. Mccordsville tO) Exhumer. Orlando Albaugh became so sick last week that he sent for his girl and con fessed to all his past sins He Is up and around now, but his girl has gone back on him.
 Unmannerly. Milwaukee Sentinel.
 If men do not like to go through a great deal to learn little they would not get married and stay so for a great length of time. - Can't Get Loose. Philadelphia Record, What prevents the ocean from over glewing the land?" asked the teacher. It's tide, came shrill voice from the tail of the class.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
Will Be Challenged.

Mobile Register.
 T never retire from anything" says Senator Hanna. This sweeping declara- ton will be challenged. A little while ago he retired from control of the Ohio eonvention and handed the reins over to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
. e*&%x&#x& < ' ' *x ' ' q | . . WHAT THE STATE PAPERS . = ARE SAYING. 4 c ox%&&xx~%% q Y ' Y ' c && ' &o
The New Joke.

The New Joke. Birmingham Ledger. The new joke in the Pestoafce Depart renf is that "teo many non-workers took payne's salary compound"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
Can't Break IL

Even the warm Summer months do not nf. Feet the circulation of The AdvcStissr. ne following detailed statement for the month cf June proves conclusively that the uepal hfsh water mark Is being maintAine1:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
Can't Get Loose.

Philadelphia Record,
 What prevents the ocean from over moving the land7" asked the teacher. It's tide" came a shFill voice from the tail of the class.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
Towns Can Be Lazy.

Anniston Hot Blast.
 Money Is not the root of all evil. If you'll hold your ear close to the paper now we will tell you what tt Is: it's laxi- ness. And towns can be lazy just like
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

City Subscriptions should be paid to tho fol- lowing authorized collectors only: y:. H. But , !. Eason. Collector. J. P. Giass. snd ct the ~ouuuhk room. s 1. .,.z. .s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
Premature Confession.
Unmannerly.

MIWaukee Sentinel.
 If men do not like to go through a great deal to learn little they would not get married and stay so for a great length
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

The fact that ar. Bryan remained at home on the Fourth and dealt out lemonade and other deiicacies to his friends. instead of making fiamboyant speeches, has astonished the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
An Extra Session.

if the csar tells the President to keep his nose on his own face we will soon be confronted with the alarming possibility of an extra session of congressional mouth organs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

The Pensacola News intimates that 1fr. Hearst's bank account disquaiiAes him for the Presidency in the opinion of the editor of The Commoner But The News should bear in mind that Mir. Bryan's bank ae. count is growing apace.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
AN AUTOMATIC CAT.

the eyes of the American Charge dAf- faires.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

It Is the small per cent who ars vicious who has caused or do cause any trouble. We are more than willing for all fhis latter element to spread themselves over ana throughout the North. With d little more experience the North win learn more sense and the negroes be convinced as to who really are their best friends.
 Tho Post may be a little extravagant in its figures, though we are not sure. 1t is fact, however. that . very decided majority of the coiored people would get along amieabiy and contentedly with their white neighbors, if they were not inter. fered with. There are some negroes in every community who are . source of continual friction. and are an injury to their own race. If such charactess would 'exodust'' to some more eongeniai iocali- ty. it would be . blessing to those who are left, aa we'll as to the whites.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11
Demonstration.
Fair Offer.
Her Hopes.

New York Press.
 When a girl is In doubt as to which man squeezed her hand in the dark. 1t is be- cause she hopes 1t was the one who didn't do it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-11

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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-08-28
Nslson.-Bsek Wedding.

Sunday at 8 o'clock ct the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. o. @. Beck, occurred a
very pretty homo wedding, whom the
nuptials Of Mr.. Charles II. Nelson and
Miss Catherine y. Beck were solem-
nized. The rooms wore tsstsfuIIy dec
Grated with cut flowers and potted
plants. The bride waa attired in white
silk null and carried white carnations;
the groom, Of course, IN conventional
black. The bridesmaid, Miss Elsa
Rossnzweig, looked handsome in white
and baby-blus, and carried boquet Of
bridesmaid roses. Roy Beck, brother
Of the bride, acted Id the capacity Of
best man. Rev. Y. =. ArmHeld pro-
nOunced the impressive marriage cere-
mony, after which al elaborate dinner
was served. Ths folloWing guests were
present: Messrs. and Mesdames n. H.
Pinkerton, ]. W. Pinksrton, D. A.
Pinkerton, o. G. Beck, Jr.; Misses Ed
% Rider, Nellie Foas, Bessie Mcbride,
Winnie Gerking; Messrs. Les McAtee,
Harry Rosenzwsig and Henry Dell.
Theyoung couple Left on the o'clock
train amid showers OF rice, old shoes and
good wishes, for their home near Pen.
dleton.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-08-28
Same old Fight.

What will probably be one Of the
most bitter legal fights for the posses
sion Of a county seat that has ever taken
place in Oregon was begun before State
Circuit Judge Alfred s. Sears, Jr., Of
Portland, sitting at Union for Judge
Eakin, OF the eighth district. The
fight involves the claims Of the princip-
al two cities Of Uuion county Union
and La Grande. Union has been the
seat every. since the county was created.
La Grande has been aspiring to the
honor for years, basing its claim on q
larger population and better railroad
facilities. Unions chief reason for the
retention Of the seat is that the county
buildings are located there and change
would 'necessitate the construction Of a
new courthouse.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-08-28
Death of q Pioneer.

The death of Heman Geer, of Cove,
occurred at noon Sunday, August 'l6,
1908. The deceased was the father Of
Ex-Governor Geer and was among the
well known pioneers Of Oregon. He
was IA years of age and has been a
resident OF Union county upwards Of 40
years. The death of his wife, Elizabeth
sGeer, occurred about two years ago,
and he is survived by. three sons, the
ex-governor, Blaine Geer and Judd
Geer, the latter being member Of the
state board Of horticulture for this dis
trict. Union Republican.