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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
MAKING SOLDIERS CLOTHING.
Opinion of the Judge Advocate Gen
eral of the ARMY.

General Davis, judge advocate general Of
the army, today submitted an opinion to
Acting Secretary Oliver of the War Depart
ment in regard to the legal points involved
in the controversy over the award of the
contract for making soldiers clothing at
the Schuylkill arsenal. near Philadelphia
and the opinion was Immediately forwarded
to President Roosevelt for his information
and guidance.
The main question involved is whether the
quartermaster general of the army Is au-
thOrized to give this work to certain seam
stresses in Philadelphia, widows and or
phans of soldiers and sailors, at the rate of
10 cents for each pair of trousers, when the
same work can be done by contract for 37h
cents per pair. a difference of about $40, 600
on the lot, in view of the general statutes,
providing that such work shall be open to
general competition and given to the lowest
responsible bidder.
The opinion of General Davis has not yet
been made public, but it is understood that
the judge advocate general holds that the
method of manufacture of this clothing is
discretionary with the Secretary of War.
The law providing for army clothing directs
the purchase of cloths and materials and
the manufacture of the clothing and the
view of the judge advocate is said to be
that the materials must be purchased as
other materials by advertisement and bids,
but that the manufacture of the articles
may be done as the Secretary of War in his
discretion desires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
AN OLD CONTROVERSY.
Right Of Staff officers to the Title Of
Rear Admiral.

Rear Admiral John H. Upshur. u. s. NJ,
retired, has raised the question of the right
Of Civil Engineer Peter G. Asserson, U. 8.
N, retired, to use the title of rear ad-
miral." 1t appears from a communication
to the Navy Department that Admiral Up
shur charges that Civil Engineer Asserson
has had the words rear admiral placed
on his visiting cards. which action, 1t
would appear. says Admiral Upshur CON
stitutes on his part conduct unbecoming
an officer and a gentleman and reflects
great discredit on the naval service"
Mr.. Assessors claim to the title is based
upon the fact that he was retired with
the rank and pay of rear admiral, and
that in using that title he merely followed
custom of the service. Admiral Upshurs
contention Is that only line officers who
have commanded and fought ships and
sQuadrons are entitled to the designation
of rear admiral. and that staff officers like
civil engineers. medical officers, naval con-
structors, etc, have no right to such desig-
nation.
Admiral Upshur's letter has been referred
10 Civil Engineer Asserson for such state
.nent in the premises as he desires to
make, and the Navy Department will take
no action in the matter until he Is heard
from. This Is an old controversy in the
navy, and has always been more or less of
a contention between the line and staff
Admiral Upshur is In this city and Civil
Ergireer Asserson is at his home on Long
Island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
The Value of Charcoal.
FEW PEOPLE KNOW HOW USEFUL IT is II
PRESERVING HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

FEW PEOPLE KNOW HOW USEFUL IT Is IN
PRESERVING HEALTH AND BEAUTY
Nearly everybody knows that charcoal IL tht
safest and most efficient disinfectant and purifier
in nature but few realize fits value when taken
into the human system for the same cleansing
purpose
Charcoal is = remedy that the more you take Of
1t the better; It is not a drug at AL, but simply
absorbs the gases and Impurities always present
In the stomach and intestines and carries them
out Of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking
drinking or after eating onions and other odorous
vegetables.
Charcoal enectualiy clears and improves the
complexion. 1t whitens the teeth and further acts
as a natural and eminently safe cathartic
It absorbs the injurious gases which collect In
the stomach and bowels; 1t disinfects the mouth
and throat from the poison Of catarrh.
AL druggists sell charcoal in one form or an.
other, but probably the best charcoal and the
most for the money is In Stuart's Charcoal Lozen-
Willow charcoal and other harmless antiseptics
in tablet form or rather in the form OF large,
lozenges. the charcoal being mixed
with honey.
The daily use of these iozenges will soon tell 10
q muct improved condition OF the general health,
better complexion sweeter breath and purer blood.
and the beauty Of 1t is that no possible harm
result from their continued use, but. on the con-
trary. great benefit.
Buffalo physician, I'm speaking of the benefits
Of charcoal, says: 81 advise Stuart's Charcoal
Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas in
stomach and bowels. and to clear the complexion
and purify the breath, mouth and throat; also
believe the liver u greatly benehted by the daily
use Of them; they cost but twenty i've cents boz
at drug stores and although IN some sense . pat.
emit preparation. yet I believe get more and but
ter charcoal In stuart's Charcoal Losenges than B
~ q tAs ordinary chspssal tablsta"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

selves, but they just a little bit preferred
to have the other fellow possess Just enough
of the edge on them ito make the get
together interesting and worth while.
CLAY Allison. one of the worst men that
ever saddled a cayuse in the Pecos country
of Texas, wasn't looking for any edge on
his own side the time he met up with Sam
Durnin. the marshal and all-around killer
of Durango. and yet when that thing was
all over Clay had so completely messed up
the marshers reputation that Sam had to
nove out of Durango between shutdown and
sunrise to avoid the jeers and the boots of
the Durango outfit.
THAT meeting happened because Marshal
Sam Durnin had killed one of Clay ALI
sons Texas friends in honkatonk melee
The man killed by Durnin had been a bull
skinner along with Clay Allison. and Clay
was a lot disturbed In his mind when he
heard of how his pal had met his finish at
the hands of Marshal Durnin of Durango
BY the Ears.
Some o. these days. announced Clay
when he heard that news. I'm goin' T. fin
out o. tn Pecos jes' long 'nough t. run up
T Durango an lead that -alcalde
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
FAST BASKET BALL.
Urell Team Defeated Company X by a
Small Margin.

The Uren Rifles and Company X or 'he
National Guard Basket Ball League put
I'D one of the closest and most interesting
battles last night that has developed so lar
this season The Urells got the DECISION
but it was only by a small margin, the
score being % to 111& The Urells scored
eight goals in the first half and eight In
the second, while the boys from Company
K didn't get started until the second hall.
When once under way they made things
hum for a time and only quit AZ points of
teing up the game.
There was a big crowd on hand to wit
ness the match and the cheering was al
most constant. After the game dancing
was INDUCED in.
Following is the lineup and summary:
Crell Rifles. Positions. Company X.
Bal eman. Right forward ........... .Zell
l rosperi. ....... Left forward .Tierney
Brpp- Center ............... Clark
Hunt ........... Right guard Morarity
Loughran Left guard 49,. Martin
Goals. Batemen. 4; Bopp, 3: Loughran, /; zen
. Morlarity, 2; Martin. 2. Fouls-Urells, y;
Company X, IL. Referee-orlando Ross Timers
Messrs. White and HaZen SCOrer-Mr. Britain
Final score-Urells, %; Company X, liz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

STORIES OF BAD men
The Real Thing is Willing to
Take Chances.
NEVER ASKS FOR ODDS
WHAT ALLISON DID TO THE MAR
SHAL OF DURANGO.
And How Wyatt carp Called Bat Mas
terson's Bluff in Dodge
City.
NEVER ASKS FOR ODDS

Il notice that lot of these Philadel-
phia and Boston fiction manufacturers
who write stories about western life and
manners for the weekly and monthly
picture publications are affirming and
maintaining that the western bad mar
has always got to see an edge in his own
favor before he'll proceed to get mussy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
Naval Orders.

Lieutenant Commander ]. NJ. Ellicott,
from the Prairie and await orders
Lieutenant Commander w. H. Allen, from
the navy yard. Boston, Mass. to the bu-
reau of ordnance. Navy Department, for
temporary duty.
Warrant Machinist H. w. Biggs from the
Newark, ia home and resignation accepted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

remembered having made that threat But
he had business in his mind when he lit In
Durango, and so he just strolled around
the saloons leaning up with old friends
that he came across, and saying very little.
Looking for Trouble.
Along toward shutdown, Allison, who
was taking his time about performing the
business that he had in mind, sat down at
table in the saloon of Curt Munson to
sort of rest up, for he had been prowling
around for some hours
"Durnin had been waiting for Allison In
the back room of Munsons saloon ever
since he'd heard that Allison had struck
the camp. When Allison sat down at the
table In the front part of the saloon
Durnin. through a hole in the rear room
trained a double-barreled shotgun. loaded
with slugs, on the man from the Pecos
country and kept 1t SO trained for 20 min
utes, waiting for Allison to give utterance
to some hostile expression with regard TO
the marshal of Durango. This of course,
is where one bad man really did want to
use an edge, but this is not the story.
Durnin kept the double-barreled shotgun
fixed on Allison for third of an hour. and
then, as Allison hadn't said anything.
Durnin pulled the gun out of the hole, put
1t In corner. and sauntered into the
room where Allison was seated at his table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
Mt. Pleasant Juniors Want Games.

The Mount Pleasant Juniors would like to
arrange games with any teams whose aver
age weight is 115 pounds. Address all chal-
lenges to Allen w. Miller, 1349 Kenesaw
street northwest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-27

day read with great care by a consid- erable number Of people. Among oth- CT conclusive evidences of that Is the extreme promptness with which an ed ftorial misstatement of fact, however trivial or self eif-explanatory, Is detected by a papers readers, and the impas- stoned vigore with which dozens and dozens of them will bring such mis- tention is some indication that the readers still find interest in, and seri- ous importance to, the editorial aru- cle That there were wise editors and good ones in the past is not for us to deny. but we could not read the col umns of our innumerable contempora- ries, almost all of them estimable for one thing or another, without admit ting--yes, proclaiming-that wisdom and goodness still characterize several members of the tribe. The topic Is a delicate one for editorial discussion, but we will venture the immodest sug- gestion that individual editors no long CT attract the attention they did. not because there has been levellfng down of the editors, but because there has been a levelling up of the public. modestly-suspect that those mar vicious editorial pages of other days might lose some of their glamor if they were studied, not by means of memo ries as misty as magnifying, but with the unassisted eyes and when laid side by side with the editorial pages of the moment. The contemporaries to which we have lovingly referred print some mighty good stuff right on their edi- torIal pages. When they call a rascal a rascal he winces, and when they call IL hero a hero he beams--every time. A man as young as MT. Watterson should not fall into the elderly habit Of praising the past at the he expense pen Of s the true-tkat praise-more than once in a hundred times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-27
Lincoln in Richmond.

John O. Taylor one of the oldest residents of Richmond, recalls the visit of President Abraham Lincoln to that city in 1S65.
 MT. Lincoln and a detachment of ma rines," he says. reached Richmond April B. The boat landed at the Old Dominion steamship wharf. in the lower part of the town. The party landed and marched ur town, keeping in the middle of the street On the way a great crowd of negroes greet ed them The women took off their aprons and bonnets and threw them into the air. Some were laughing and others crying.
 Turning at Governor street. the party went to the mansion that had been occu- pied by Jefferson Davis, Here MT. Lin coin went in and shut the door. A tre- mendous crowd gathered. and soon there after he came out on the porch and made a speech. He then went to the Capitol and thence back to the gunboat. which left for Washington the same day
 MT. Lincoln wore a full beard. very black. and no mustache. He was dressed in a black broadeloth suit. the skirts of his coat being very long. He wore a new silk hat and a black tie. He was over six feet in height. With him was his son, a good looking boy of about fifteen years"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-27
GOING nACKWARn

| One Professor Starr, who professeS or l teaches anthropology in a Chicago Uni- verslty, has sprung another one on hu- manity. This time it primarily affects the mothers of the land, but if his sug- | ge stious should be carried out the fath- CTS would reap some of the benefits and satisfaction attending the new departure This new revelation relates to the meth cd of carrying babies, and that natur- ally takes us back to the very beginning of things We have not read or heard how MT, and Mrs. Adam managed this branch Of domesticity, or how the youth fpl specimens of humanity were conveyed before they reached the walking stage. Doubtless Eve carried each kid about in her arms, though if she was at all like modern mothers she probably put the job off on Adam occasionally. especially when the young one was restless at night and the old man wanted to go to the lodge. Al any rate 1t is safe to assume that there were not any baby carriages in ex- istence, and that if the baby went any where he had to depend on some one to carry him.
 Among the Indians of this continent the problem was settled in a very simple way. A basket made of bark or twigs. deep enough for the papoose to. stand upright in, was one of the conveniences used Tn other cases the little istoochee was bound tightly to a board or straight piece of bark so that it had no chance to move. In either case the cradle, bas- ket or board was hung on the mothers back and made safe by a strap passing around her breast or across her fore head, where it was safe and compara- lively out of danger. By this means the mothers hands and arms were left free for whatever labor or domestic duties she had to perform, and they were many and unremitting.
 We'll, something of the kind is proposed by Professor Starr, and if his theory is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-27
Cheeky, or Crazys

St Clair McElway in Brooklyn Eagle.
 According to The Courier-Journal. the Hearst campaign has cost two millions, which is describes as "a good sum even to inc Hearst estate, though one with an occasional gleam of sanity ought 10 know that under the conditions that face MT Hearst. two hundred millions would not suffice.
 nation at St. Louis is not for sale. It is a fact that 1t cannot be bought at any price. Also. it is true that there IS a plutocrat in the field. The Courier- Journal says that he is an insane man ought by this time to be clear to all who have watched the course of his truly insane campaign. |.
 This is severe. Events have maoe It seem hardly too severe, but 1t Is hardly fair to overlook the conditions which characterized the beginning. Bryan con trolled two conventions. and was qulte sure that he could dominate a thlrd' There was no assurance 10 tne contFaIS' Hearst saw what seemed to be the ep- portunity of a lifetime. It was then pr never There were two esentials. Ihe first was that he should prevent the Etn- pire State from asserting preference, He might we'll have been pardoned TOT believing that even a man like McCarren would hesitate about making an enemy of Murphy. It takes a McCarren to do that sort of thing.
 No. the charge of lunacy does not hold good. There was a time when the Hearst chances appeared to be worth taking. It is to be remembered that he played for the highest possible stakes and that there will never be another bry- an. In the interval, events have mace mace all the difference in the world. Iney have converted the campaigning bureau into a farce of the roaring variety. They have converted princely equipment into profitless prodigality, but these are the later aspects of the strange case ol Hearst A year ago they were other wise. The platter of Bryan had '.ios' none of it's assertiveness. The peerless and perpetual was organizing clups' Hearst followed suit and exceeded IL: Murphy wore Cleveland as mask, and the South waited for tha signal which until the last moment did not come rom New York So, while the sun shone, the bureau made hay. v
 There will be Hearst men left to tel
 the tale at St Louis, but the craft IS dragging it's anchor and will soon De or the rocks, which does not imply lmpe- cility It implies a want of grasp, a failure to discern, rhinoceran impervious' ness. instead of nerves sensitive to the touch but not disordered mind In, cidentally, it should be remembered thai the self-constructed candidate has adver' tised himself as well as his newspapers inc land over As he profits by adver' | tising. he will not enter all of the two millions on the debit side. Indeed, h' | may believe that he has got his money worth. It would not be generous 10 dh l dacaiua him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-27
PURIFY TIE BLOOD.
You Can't Purify the Blood Thor oughIy Unless You Stimulate
 the Kidneys.
They gre the Real Blood cIeansers.


 It is a popular notion that "sarsapa- rillas'' and similar compounds purify the blood. Medical men know that this is a false idea because they know that the blood is purified to large extent by the kidneys. If these are ailing, no amount of so-ca1led "blood purifier" can be of the least help in cleansing it. For impure blood look to the kidneys, they are weak, they need help to prop erly perform the duty of extracting im- purities from the circulation. The kid ney tonic properties of Prickly Ash Bitters are especially appropriate for purifying the blood. It not only spurs the kidneys to greater activity, giving them strength andvigor, but drives the extracted matter out of the body through the bladder and bowels. It is in short a thorough system cleanser and blood purifier; it imparts new life to the kid neys, stimulates the torpid liver, removes constipation and permanently cures a constipated habit.
 Accept no substitute. Insist on having
 the genuine Prickly Ash Bitters with the
 large figure in red on the front label. Sold by Drsssists. Price Si.0O per bottle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-27
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1904.
WE DON'T EXACTLY CATCH ON.

The esteemed Montgomery Advertiser says: ''The Democratic and conservative party of Alabama will assemble in State Convention tomorrow We don't exact 1y catch on What is the "Conservative Party of Alabama? We were unaware that the Democratic Party of that State has an annex. Are we to understand that the Hearst people in Alabama will con etitute the Democratic part of the con- vention and the Cleveland-Parker ad- herents will form the conservative DOT ton of the Convention Macon, Ga ), News
 You can understand whatever you like, for you are pretty sure to get it wrong. However. as this is one of several things The News doesn't know about Alabama. we will slightly explain. In the dark days of reconstruction, probably in 1868 or whereabouts, our people adopted the title Of Democratic and Conservative Party of Alabama" so as to embrace all who were opposed to the radicallsm and car pet-baggery of the Grant regime. The form of expression was long since dropped in speaking of the Democatic Party, but It sometimes gets into print even now. { So much by way of enlightening The News where it needs light In the latter portion of the paragraph quoted our es- teemed contemporary evidently attempts to be funny If there were any Hearst people" in the Convention they were not in evidence, If there are Hearst Demo crats in Alabama they are not cutting any ice. It was a Democratic Convention sesteemed contemporary; not a yellow one, nor a Populistic one It was not a 'cIeveland- Parker" Convention, but fl was for Parker. Hearst and Bryan were not in it. vlsibly or auricularly. because Alabama Democracy is not of that sort. Finally, esteemed contemporary. when you want to know anything about Ala barna apply to headquarters in The Ad- vertiser office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-27
DOuble.Dscked Street Cars.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.


 New York papers are discussing double deckers on street railway lines as a means of relieving the situation in that town. It is recalled in this connection that. like most things under the sun, there is noth- ing new in this. In the early days of street cars double -deckers were employed to some extent and in pleasant weather the seats on the upper deck were in demand In Great Britain there are great numbers of these cars The principal objection urged is that there would be trouble in passing under low bridges or at street crossings under elevated steam railway lines, but this might be obviated in part by bring ing the floors of cars nearer the ground and reducing to some extent the head room" to compensate for the top story. Fortunate ly the problem in most cities is not press ing one and it may be predicted in all con fidence that the traction companies will find insurmountable obstacles to the scheme in cities where it's execution would relieve the travelling public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-27
Crazy.
NFaLys Louisville Cnurier-Innrnal

IoulsNlIIe NOurler-JOurnaI
 Hearst's very candidacy, with its mode of proceeding-in one hand brass band and in the other a bankbook-not merely would defeat itself If 1t had a chance to win by reason of his own merit, but it gives his whole future-as an aspiring ambitious Americana black eye No man of real sense and merit but would see this at a glance That MT. Hearst does not see 1t IS proof conclusive of mental alteration. to say nothing about the vast sums he is law ishiug on political heelers and personal hangers-on who, perhaps squandering some of 1t for the sake of appearances, undoubt- edly pocket much the greater part.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-27

adopted there will be some queer exhi- 5itions on our streets and parks. We presume that all women able to employ nurses or carriers would do so, but all mothers couldn't do this, and if the mo- ton prevails we may see we'll dressed women out with babies strapped on their backs, and there are some who will have poodles hugged tightly in their arms. The Professors contention is that the baby carriages must be abolished. and when that is done the next step will naturally be to get back to the aboriginal stage.
 It will be queer sight for civilized so- ciety
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-27
Making Novel Claim for Support.

Hartford (Conn) Times.
 In the list of reasons which the Re publicans are to give for urging the election of MT. Roosevelt this year The Springfield Union includes this one: "The ugly ulcer of corruption has been boldly cut out of the Postoffice De- partmenr." And whose corruption was II that was so boldly cut out?. Did it not begin and flourish when Charles Emory Smith and Perry s. Heath were paying off the political obligations which Mark Hanna contracted in elect ing d Republican President? This is the first time. we believe, that d po- litical party has appealed for support on the ground that it has punished a few of it's own thieves.