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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-23

T. W. Smith, a we'll known Columbus citizen, has addressed a communication to Chairman L. c. Siade of the Mus cogee County Democratic Executive Committed, stating that the way for the Democrats to win this fall Is to raise a sufficient campaign fund. and urging that every Georgia county do It's part. He says he will be one of fifty men to contribute $l0 each and that there are 100 people in this coun- ty who would give $5 each. thus insur- ing a campaign fund from this county of S1,000. He thinks that the matter of raising a campaign fund should be taken up by the chairman of the County Executive Committees through, out the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-23
EUROPE GETS COTTON.

W. W. Echard will leave for Bir. Saturday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-23
Inspected Government BuiIdinx,

A. H. Wilson. inspector of public buildings. has been in the city for a few days and made an inspection of tine Government building at this point. He was three days examining the large structure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-23
East Alabama and Georgia Staple
 Goes to Continent.

East Alabama and Georgia Staple
 Goes to Continent.
 Columbus, Ga. Sept. 22.-(Special. )-- Most of the cotton that has been marketed so far this season in Co. lumbus from the neighboring sections of Georgia and Alabama has been shipped to European spinners. Ware house receipts have been over 10000 bales and all of this but about 2,000 bales has been sold. the greater por- tion being exported. The local mills have bought 50 far only 1.61S bales. A cotton buying firm which has bought 5000 bales this season has shipped practically all of this cotton to Eng land and continental spinners, only 800 bales of the entire 5000 going to New England. A representative of this firm said that he never saw such a re- markable cotton movement.
 The consumption of cotton in the Columbus mills is increasing steadily each year, as four new cotton mills have been erected here in four years time. The local consumption Is now considerably over 10000 bales per an- mum and this makes Columbus spien- did cotton market.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-23

BROWNING Automatic Shot Guns are very scarce, but we have few on hand. Now is the tinls to buy else you'll be too late. Price. S32. %. Montgomery Loan Co,
 N. Court. If
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-23

NOTICE, FARMERs-If you want to buy or rent lands to advantage, write us;
 we have 42,00o acres for sale Apply The Narbury Lumber Co.,, Marbury. Ala. If
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-23

CUT FLOWERS-We have white and pink carnations. also roses. and are prepared to do the best design work. Your telephone orders will receive careful attention. S. B. Stern & Co.,, telephone l001
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-23

WANTED--Canvassers, either sex. Call between and S:30 a. m.. to p. m. E. J. Smith, 1lS Monroe St. room 5. tt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30
FAT ON A FOWL.
1t Is Not So Good a Thing as Som,
HOusekeepers Think

| II Is Not So Good a Thing as soma
HOusekeeDers Think.
"When l see men or women looking
| for nothing but fat on Il faWl," said a
| marketman, II don't envy them theirs
| dinner. There is Il layer Of fat under
| meath the skin when poultry is unduly
fattened, and in the cooking this over
heated fat saturates the meat, and deli
cate stOmachs have hard tussle. This
is why lots Of people can't eat ducks
and geese at all. These overwhelmed
fowls are in reality more expensive
and less easily dIgested, there being
much less lean meat in proportion to
the fat. Most of my customers are now
willing to pay what a good turkey is
worth, understanding the difference.
What is the difference? Why, there
are few rules that must be observed.
For at least six days before killing
barnyard fowls must be cooped, not
huddled, have a good, clean space
and be we'll fed on corn for at least
five days. Then for twenty four hours
before killing they should be fed On
SKINNED milk or soft boiled rice. The
night before the killing the turkey
must have plenty of water, but no
food, which leaves the crop empty, the
intestines clean, the dark meat quite
light, and gives a flavor as different as
possible from the offensive flavor that
is likely to impregnate the common
fowl killed in the common way. The
flesh of all animals is favored by their
food. This accounts for the delicious
favor of the canyasback and redhead
ducks. Both eat of the wild celery at
the waters edge, the former taking the
roots, the latter the tops."-Philadel-
phia Record
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30
The Despised Left Hand.

The despised left hand makes good
its claims in many cases to be the
DETER of the two. The fingers that
touch and adjust with such nicely the
strings of the violin are surely as cum
ming as those that move the bow The
hand that guides the reins and steers
with exactness the horse through the
crowded streets is quite as cunning as,
one might say much more than, the
hand that yields the whip. But great
is fashion; unanSwerable Is theory.
1t would appear that as life becomes
more and more complex we are be-
coming more and more specialized, and
the difference between our limits is
encouraged rather than hindered by
every screw made in Birmingham and
every slap administered to the offend
ing fingers that would dare to shake
hands ACKNOWLEDGMENT Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30
CHASED THE REDCOATS.
How Long Island Farmer Routed
the MeadOwbrOOk Hunt.

FoXhall L. Keene, athlete. automo-
bOlist, polo champion and all around
sportsman, who for years has been
considered the best cross country rider
In America, had a rather exciting eX-
perience while riding to hounds recent
~ near Hampstead, y. Y.
The Meadowbrook hunt was going
full tilt across Il plowed field after
the hounds when Mr.. Keene, who is
master of foXhoundS, was confronted
by an irate farmer armed with gun.
Get out of here, you relocated fox
hunters shouted the excited farmer,
flourishing his gun. And Mr.. Keene
and the other members of the hunt
put spurs to their steeGs and fed be-
fore the wrath of the owner of the
field.
FOXhall Keene is the son of James X.
Keene, the noted Wall street operator
His name suggests his great equine
e-FOXhall-perhaps the great
est race horse ever produced in Amer
lea. James r. Keene, FOXhall's owner
named the horse after his only son. 1t
was In 1881 that Mr.. Keene sent Fox
hall to England, where the unknown
American horse was destined to aston
ish the world by his speed and cGrry
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30

for grazing and consequent distances
from the few places where water may
be found. The ponies used by the So
mali can also manage without drink for
three or four days and when employed
for herding have. like their masters,
only camels' milk to quench their
thirst. These big herds offer, of course,
a tremendous temptation to the raider.
as many as 10000 camels being taken
at a time, and the excitement of driv-
ing off such n haul at full gallop for
forty or fifty miles, with the eXasperat-
ed owner possibly hard in pursuit and
the chances of the raider finding his
own camp has fallen a prey to some
other tribal diversion. appeals irresist-
IDLY to the eXcitable Somali.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30
rarrine and Feathertne.

The practice of tarring and feather
ing, which we regard as essentially
American, belongs to Great Britain.
To US the honor of inventing or adopt
ing that very disagreeable mode of
punishment belongs. Among the laws
for the preservation of order when
King Richard sailed on his crusade
was one that any soldier convicted of
theft should have his head shaved, be
stripped of his clothes. have melted
pitch poured all over him. after this be
covered with feathers and so set ashore
at the first land that was touched
London Queen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30


burghe is outranked by the ladies of
Marlborough and Manchester, whose
husbands are dukes of the. United
Kingdom. Roxburghe is only a duke
of Scotland. His ancestral home is
Floors castle, a princely estate of co.
600 acres on the banks of the Tweed,
the border line between England and
Scotland.
Lady CurZon, wife of Lord Curzon
OF kedleston, viceroy of India, was
Miss Mary Letter, daughter of Levi q.
Letter of Chicago. They were married
in 1895. Lady Curzon. who is a beau
tiful woman, brought to her husband
a dowry of more than n million. AS
the consort of the vice ruler of the
vast empire of India she has con-
Quoted herself with great dignity,
grace and tact.
Lord CurZon was recently appointed
by King Edward lord warden OF the
cinque ports in succession to the late
Lord Salisbury. The position is in
variably conferred only for very dis
tinguished services.
There are also three French Ouch
esses who were born in America The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30
A DOGS TESTIMONY.
It Was In His own Defense and Was
LrresistibIe.

In one of the Prague district courts
recently a foreman named Dastych
sued q manufacturer named Vein
vert; alleging the latter's dog had bit
ten him, thereby rendering him for
some time unfit for work The dog
was produced in court and the services
of a veterinary surgeon were reQuisi-
toned as expert evidence. Herr De-
sensy, in the presence of the Judge, did
his utmost to irritate the dog, and
even struck it, but all to no purpose.
The dog remained calm, and finally,
finding the proceeding monOtonous,
crept under stool. "Quiet as 4 lamb
was the finding of the veterinary sur
geOn; but "Oh. no." said the foreman,
the dog behaves itself because its
master is present" So the dog was
taken out into the corridor, among the
public, this time unmuZzled, and the
veterinary again tried his best to irri-
tate the animal. Doggy wagged his
tail, offered first one paw and then the
other, and, its advances being rudely
repealed by the unfeeling veterinary,
ran back into court, sat upon its hind
legs before the judge, and begged Not
even the hard heart of judge could
resist this appeal, and the animal left
the court without a stain upon its
character.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30


hearty support no Democratic candi
date can hope to carry New York
In congress the other day Bourke
Cochran said he did not know whom
the Democrats were going to nominate
for the presidency. IF the issue is the
running down of boodlers," he said
1--WE may go to Missouri for our prose
cutor."
Most of the other big delegations
from the east will go to the convention
uninstructed and free to take advan-
tage of opportunities as they may arise.
Mr.. Hearst, with a backing of instruct
ed and uninstructed delegates, will
doubtless be able, aided by the other
opposition to Judge Parker, 10 delay
and perhaps prevent the latterTS NOM
inatiOn. In the event of the latter con-
tingency it is highly probable that a
dark horse would win, and to many
thoughtful Democrats none looks more
promising than Mr.. Folk.
Joseph Wingate Folk, who will be
thirty-five next October, was practical
~ unknown in politics six years ago.
He it was who secured the indictment
councilmen and aldermen for betraying
the public trust.
Mr.. Folk was elected circuit attorney
Of st. Louis in 1900 on q reform ticket
put up by the Democrats to GUST tile
Ziegenheim administration from power.
1t was the first political office be ever
tried for. Mr.. Folk did not want to
be circuit attorney. He had a fine law
practice and did not wish to abandon
it The Jefferson club. of which lie
was at one time president, urged him
to stand for election as a duty to his
party. VERY well,'' he said; Il will
be your candidate. but if am elected
1 will be circuit attorney of st. Louis"
He was elected, and everybody knows
that he has been circuit attorney of St
Louis. He started slowly, but once he
got going he had the boOdlers on the
run. His fame became national He
enlisted the secretary of state and the
president, even the United States sen
ate, in the work Of Furnishing grafters.
Small wonder that his name was among
the first to be mentioned as an avail
able man for governor of Missouri and
that he is now looked upon as a likely
compromise candidate for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination.
Mr.. Folk recently stated that he
would not accept second place on the
presidential ticket. preferring TO be
governor of Missouri; but ere the as
sembling of the state convention Oh
July 10 the fates may have decreed that
he shall be the standard bearer of the
national Democracy
Mr.. Folk is native of Tennessee re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30
FISH FED BY HAND.
Many Specimens of the Finny Tribe
Are Easily Tanned.

Many Specimens of the Finny Tribe
Are Easily Tanned.
Experiments made in 4 large aqua
rum have proved that fish may be
easily tanned and trained. This is par
ticularly true of blue perch. They
soon consent to taking their food
ulva, q green, lettucelike weed-from
the hand, and do not at all object to
being handled. a huge kelp cod, a
splendid specimen of rich blue and
green hues, that was kept in the same
tank with the perch, readily learned
to feed from the hand, and seemed to
enjoy being scratched and rubbed.
Sea slugs, too - singular, shell-leSs
things possessing the faculty of secret
ing q purple fluid which they. throw
out in self defense-tOOk their regular
meal of seaweed from their feeders
fingers without the slightest fear.
Sticklebacks. perch, bass and catfish
are among the most easily tanned fish,
and the story is told of an old fisher
man who day after day fed a large
horse mackerel in the open sea with
pieces of the fish he cleaned. 1t grad
ually got into the habit Of coming
nearer and nearer to where the boat
was tethered until, finally convinced
that it would not be harmed, it con-
scented to take its daily meal directly
from the fisherman's hand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30

away some of the richest prizes ofTne
English and French turf. He won the
Cesarevitch and Cambridgeshire stakes
in England against some of the best
horses in the country, and came in
first for the Grand PriX, Paris, with
the best fiiers of France behind him.
So well did the English think of the
American horse that an immense sum
was paid to keep him there for stud
purposes.
In 1892 Foxhall L. Keene married
Mrs. Frank Worth White. a rich young
widow of New York. They have fine
country estate on Long Island, and
spend the winters hunting season at
Milton Mowbray. England. -Four
years ago Mr.. Keene captained the
American polo team that vainly tried
to wrest from England the interna-
tional cup won by the Britishers at
Newport some years previously. Mr..
Keene is about forty-twO years of age
and is a member of the leading clubs
of New YORK and Newport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30
YOUGHIOGHENY.
The Proper Way of PrOnOuncInE This
Indian Name.

The Proper Way of PrOnOuncInE This
Indian Name.
Perhaps the most difficult geograph-
ical name in the United States is
Youghiogheny, or geny, as it is some
times spelled, the name of a creek in
western Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Few besides natives of the region pro-
nounce it with the chief accent on the
penultimate and who so essays it with
the accent elsewhere finds his mouth
filled with a meaningless confusion OF
vowels and consonants. The first syl-
liable is "YOugh," pronounced "Yo,"
with a short 20" The second is 81
short, the 80" following is almost if
not quite unheard in the mouth of the
native, while the last two syllables are
those made familiar in Allegheny"
though there is even here a question of
"a long or "e' short.
The pronunciation of YoughiOgheny
is, however. a simple matter with the
modern spelling compared to what it
must have seemed to the stranger who
met it with the old Spelling. On an
ancient map of the region the name is
spelled YOghyyOyghgania." Doubtless
this spelling came nearer than that
now in use to indicating aptly the In
dian pronunciation of the name.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30
BetrothaI. In Cermanv.

When a maiden is betrothed in Ger
many she is called bride" by her
sweetheart, who addresses her thus un-
til it becomes time to call her wife"
Immediately upon betrothal the lovers
exchange rings, which, if the course
of true love runs smooth, are to be
worn ever afterward until death parts
them. The woman wears her betrothal
ring on the third finger Of her left
hand until she is married, and then it
is transferred to, the third finger of her
right hand The husband continues to
wear the ring just as the wife wore
hers when she was a bride" so that
one can tell easily at glance if man
be or be not mortgaged as to his af-
fections.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30
WILD DOGS OF ASIA.
Fierce Animals That Pursue and XIII
Bears and Tigers.

Fierce Animals That Pursue and XIII
Bears and Tigers.
The quality of courage possessed by
hunting dogs of Asia appears in a
marked difference of habit from that
noticeable in all other carnivorouS
beasts. AS q rule, each ferociOus ami
NAL has its natural and favorite prey,
which may vary in different localities.
but is in each case the easiest and
most profitable victim. Tigers, for in
stance, are cattle sIayers or deer kill
ers just as cattle or deer happen to
be most abundant in their district
Leopards prey on goats. sheep and,
when they can get them, on tame dogs;
wolves on sheep and cattle, stoats or
rabbits and hares, and weasels on rats
and mice. But, though the jungles
which they visit abound in defenseless
animals, the wild dog does not limit his
attacks to these. The packs deliberate
ly pursue and destroy both the black
and Himalayan bears and the tigers,
affording perhaps the only Instance in
which one carnivorous species deliber-
ately sets itself to hunt down and de-
stroy another. From their rarity, the
uninhabited nature of the jungles which
they haunt and their habit of hunting
at night-which a probable suggestion
makes the basis of the early legends
of the demon hunter and "helleQuin" at
time when the red dogs" still re-
NAMED In EurOpe-ObservatiO of
their habits are rare.-London Spec
tatDr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30

ECdlG ludD Tue lOTu
lieutenant and his wife. and they have
precedence over the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales so far as Ireland is con-
cerned.
1t is interesting to note that the
Duchess of Marlborough will be the
second American girl TO hold this proud
position. Her predecessor was the
Duchess of Leeds a granddaughter of
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last
surviving signer~ of the Declaration of
Independence. who died In 1882. Two
other granddaughters of Charles Car
roll of CarrolltOn married into the Brit
ish aristocracy,S one becoming Mar
chioness of Wellesley and the other
Lady Stafford.
OF all the peeresses of England Ouch
esses stand the highest. They are the
only noblewomen who are addressed
as your grace" and as general thing
they take a conspicuous position at
court. There are about twenty reign
ing duchesses and half as many dow
ayers. Three of the reigning peeresses
with this high title are American girls,
as are also two of the dowagers.
The first of these, ConsuelO Yznaga
of New York, was the wife of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30
LABRADOR.
IL Is n Picturesque Country With
Many Great waterfalls.

IL Is Picturesque Country With
Many Great waterfalls.
Labrador externally is forbidding
and discouraging. She is not all moss
covered rock, however. From a scenic
point OF view she has something to
offer that will interest the world. I'm
fortunately it is possible to reach the
country by water during only four
months of the year. Dog sledges and
snowshoes are the medium of travel
the remainder of the year. There are
no roads.
The interior of Labrador has been
found to be tableland, about 1,500 feet
above sea level, the foothills of which
reach down to the Atlantic coast
Piercing these foothills at intervals
along the 760 miles of coast line are
deep inlets, some of which resemble
Norwegian fiords. OF these perhaps
the most picturesque is Nachrach bay,
LOO miles north of st. Johns. 1t is a
mile or more wide and twenty miles
long. Great shouldering cliffs, more
than 100 feet high, jut out into the
wlter on either side, glistening cas-
cades tumble over their sides, and myS-
tifying sea caverns lure one to explore
them. Fifteen miles from the mouth is
a waterfall Of tremendous height. It's
altitude has been variOusIy estimated
at from 400 to GOO feet. Tumbling over
the edge of the cliff in a cascade, it
takes this great leap and then dashes
along on it's foamy way down several
hundred feet until It drops into the
bay. This is by no means the largest
waterfall in the country.-New York
Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30
SCOTLAND'S CROWN.
The Precious Relic still Kept In the
Castle of Edinburgh.


A once precious diadem, which is
now only a historic relic of much in
terest, is the ancient crown of the
Scotch kings kept in the castle of Edin-
burgh. 1t is supposed to have been
made for Robert Bruce and is formed
of two circles of gold, the upper and
narroweSt circle being surmounted by
a row of crosses and gem incrusted
imitation flowers. The lower ring, the
headband proper, is adorned from END
to end of the golden band with large
precious stones of different kinds,
mostly in their rough, unpublished state.
Above rise two arches Of gold, which
unite and are Surmounted with the his
tOric "crOss and ball" Even when the
Stuarts became kings of England they
went to the trouble of going TO Scot
land to seat themselves for a few mo-
ments upon the celebrated "stone of
scone" and to have King Bruce's dia-
dem pressed upon their royal heads.
Charles 1. declared his intention of
removing ScOtland'S famous relic to
London so that such ceremonies could
be carried out at home, but the sturdy
Scots soon convinced him that such q
proceeding would be ah infringement
upon their rights, SO the king had to
go to Edinburgh, as others had done
before. The wife of preacher OF the
name of Granger once stole the Scotch
crown and the other royal insignia, this
In 1862 or 1853. At the time of the
restoration they were transferred to
Charles II. They were returned to
Edinburgh castle in 1907.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30
FOLK OF MISSOURI.
A GROWING FIGURE IN THE NATIONAL
POLITICAL ARENA.
Looming Up as n Dark Horse Candi-
date of the .DemOcracy-The Source
of His Strength-HOw He Attained
National Stature.

Will Joseph W. Folk of Missouri be
the dark horse at the Democratic ma
tionaI convention in St. Louis on July
6? This is a question Democrats
all over the country are asking since
Mr.. Folk won out in the primary cam
paign for the Democratic nomination
for governor of Missouri.
Not in thirty years has there been
such a contest in old Missouri. The
machine was beaten, and the campaign
brought men into politics who never
have taken active part before. They
say they went into the fight not be-
cause of any personal interest in Mr..
Folk, but because he stood for clean
government" Early in the fight Mr..
Folks strength became so apparent
that many politicians who were on the
fence came out into the open and work
ed for him. His candidacy was ex-
plotted on the floor or the house of rep
resentatives at Washington, and Sen
atOr William J. Stone, one of the big
four of the state machine, said Folk
would be an acceptable candidate.
Already known to the public outside
of Missouri through his prosecution OF
the bOodlers, Mr.. Folk, through his vic
tory in the primaries, has become a
prominent figure in the national politi-
cal arena, and between now and July
can hardly fail to grow and loom lar
ger on the political horizon. The exist
ing conditions point that way.
The contest to head the Democratic
ticket at present is between Judge
Alton B. Parker and Editor w. r.
Hearst, both of New York The En-
pire State delegation has been instruct
ed to vote for the jurist, but only after
a bitter fight and against the wishes
Of Tammany Hall, without whose