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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-07

MT A. D. Oslin Editor of The South ern Pines (N. CD Free Press, spent last night in Montgomery. He is en route to St. Louis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-07

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-07

| Hon. Robert R. Poole and MT. M. B. HouEhton will leave for Selma this Dallas County Farmers Club today. they being on the program to read pa pers. Hon. Thomas R. Roulhac of Birm- | ingham. Chairman of the Central Coun- cil of the State Bar Association. will arrive in Montgomery this morning to attend the meeting of the Association. MT A D. Oslin, Editor of The South ern Pines (N. CD Free Press, spent last night in Montgomery. He is en route to St. Louis.
 Hon NJ w Rushton. a member of the State Legislature from Crenshaw | County is in Montgomery.
 MT. Charles B. Castner of Nashville President of the Montgomery Fair. is at the Glenmore. MT. Ernest Lamar of Selma prom | inent business man, came to Mqntgom- cry last night. Hon. w. O. Long of Abbeville, a member of the State Senate, Is at the New Mabson.
 MT George A. Riviere. a we'll known insurance man of Mobile. Is in the city.
 MT R. H. Jones has gone for a pleasure trip to St. Louis and Chicago.
 Dr. S. E. Winnemore. a prominent citizen of Benton is here. | Mir, c. F. Harrison of Enterprise. Is | in Montgomery. Mir. NJ. l.. Wilson of Blocton is at the Arlington. | Mir Ed T. Albritton of Andalusia is in the city. Mir. F. N. Loftus of Troy. is at the Glenmore. ..
 MT. S J. Cole of Birmingham, is in the city.
 Mir. sam H. Oliver of Lafayette is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-07

Hon. NJ. w. Rushton, a member of the State Legislatur. from Crenshaw County Is in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-07
4 Thrust from MT. Cleveland.

Mir. sam 1T. Oliver of Lafayette is the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-07

Mir Ed T. Albritton of Andalusia ie in the city.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02

There are thousands of millions or
dollars worth Of diamonds stored IN
the deep deeps, or underground safety
deposit vaults, at the Kimberley mines
In South Africa" said ]. H. Mortimer
of Chicago. Mr.. Mortimer was Brit
ish soldier in the war with the Beers
In 1881, and became intimately ac-
quainted with the conditions there.
1.-THE natives go down deep into the
mines and bring up the claylike earth,
which is spread in the sun and dried
into a scaly brittle material. This is
examined very closely for the precious
stones, which are picked out. They are
nothing but rough looking pebbles, and
their value cannot be estimated with
any degree Of certainty until they are
polished. But the pebbles are not
polished at once. They are packed up
and sent down into the bowels Of the
earth again. The mine owners will
not allow them to be sold, as the
market would be food and the price
would go down so that there would be
no profit in the gems. Instead they
are stored in big vaults and brought
up q few at a time, as the market con-
ditions demand. AS l said, there are
thousands Of millions of dollars worth
of diamonds stored away. "-Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
War and Divorces.

According to the Jewish World, q
very touching editorial appeared in a
recent issue Of the Hebrew daily Ha-
zefrah Of Warsaw, Poland, where the
editor, Mr.. Sorolow, calls attention to
the Talmudic law which requires every
married man before going on the bat
tlefeld to grant a conditional divorce
to his wife, that she may remarry If
he does not return within q reasonable
time after the end Of the war.
The rabbis Of Lodz have caused all
the Jewish soldiers that left that city
for the seat of war to grant such d.
vorces, and Editor Sorolow suggests
that the example Of LODI should be
copied all over Russia.
Every married soldier, volunteer or
reserve, registers with a rabbi his
name, address, age, height, birthmarks,
name of company and regiment he
Joins, and the rabbi keeps record of
the same until the soldier returns from
ths war.
II a reasonable time after the close
Of the war elapses and the soldier does
not return he is counted among the lost
and unidentified dead, and his wife OBJ
tains the divorce from that rabbi grant
Ing her the right to remarry.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
LONDON IN 100.
when Traitors Heads Adorned Lon
don bridge and Temple Bar.

when Traitors Heads Adorned Lon
don Bridge and Temple Bnr.
London In 100 was a comparatively
small city of about 100000 inhabitants
the rough and Ill kept main roads TO
which had been but slightly improved
since Tudor times. The CHASTITY specta-
Gle Of many of the trees on the South
wark road bending under their burden
of hanged men had indeed been slight
" modified, but none the less the de-
composing heads of traitors stiii
filed the atmosphere about London
bridge and Temple Bar with myrlads
of baneful microbes.
Our immediate forbears were evident
ly not overparticular about sights ana
smells. They were accustomed to see
men sitting in the pillory pelted with
rotten eggs and possibly included among
their immediate circle not few who
had been deprived Of their noses ana
ears for expressing too freely their
opinions, political and religious.
The drains were in an appalling con-
dition. The innumerable churchyards
were SO full Of collins that they often
projected through the turf. Bear and
bull batting, dog fights and boxing
matches were attended even by royalty
as late as 1920, and five years later all
the "dandies" in London were paying
high prices to stand in the carts round
Tyburn to behold twenty-five of their
fellow creatures hanged for misdemean-
ors which in our time would be pun
ished with a few days Imprisonment
Saturday Review.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
A Clever American Woman.

One of the cleverest women in this
country, Mrs. Margaret Sullivan, died
In Chicago recently. She was a force
full writer, brilliant conversationalist,
quick in wit and keen as a Damascus
blade in repartee. A New York man
who knew her history tells the follow
ing story about her:
Mrs. Sullivan was sent to the last
Paris exposition by the Associated
Press to report the opening. On arriv-
ing In that city she found that no wom'
en- were to be admitted at the open
ing. Rebuffed by one subordinate after
another, she finally fought her way to
the president and appealed to him.
But, madam said the president, mo
ladies are to be admitted, and you are
a lady. AS quick as a fash she re-
piled, True, NJ. lie President but the
first citizen of France is a gentleman.
And she just knocked the Frenchman
off his pins by that clever speech and
was admitted"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
Convenient Fetters.

Leo Deutsch, Russian political exile
who was permitted to return to his
home. tells In his book, Sixteen Years
In Siberia" tales not only of suffering
but of lenient treatment by his Jailers
In Siberian prisons often the harshness
of the discipline was considerably re-
Taxed. On one occasion, to the vast
amusement of the prison authorities
Deutsch appeared before the governor
with his letters tied up with a piece OF
string, and it appeared he had only as
sumed them for the moment. But the
complaisant governor was afraid or
visit from high quarters. 'Then If ar
inspection is made you will be wearing
your letters" he asked, laughing. "Ol
course" replied Deutsch. You see
I've come to you in full DRESS" point
ing to his tied up chains. On another
occasion Deutsch's bag was stolen. L
contained, among other articles or
convicts attire, the Indispensable fet
tiers, and he had to apply for new
pair. "Take care you don't lose these!
said the officer as Deutsch packed then
among his luggage.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
HEALTH'S DECALOGUE,

1. Rise early, retire early and fill
your day with work.
2. Water and bread maintain life;
pure air and sunshine are indispen-
sable to health.
3. Frugality and sObriety form the
best elixir Of longevity.
4. Cleanliness prevents rust; the best
cared for machines last the longest.
5. Enough sleep repairs waste and
strengthens; too much sleep softens
and enfeebles.
6. To be sensibly dressed is to give
freedom to ones movements and
enough warmth to be protected from
sudden changes Of temperature.
Z. A clean and cheerful house makes
a happy home.
8. The mind is refreshed and invig-
grated by distractions and amusement,
but abuse of them leads to dissipation
and dissipation to vice.
8. Cheerfulness makes love of life,
and love of life is half Of health. CD
the contrary, sadness and discourage
ment hasten old age.
10. Do you gain your living By your
intellect? Then do not allow your arms
and legs to grow stiff. Do you earn
your bread by your pickax? Do not
forget to cultivate your mind and to
enlarge your ught.-French Medical
Review.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
Ministers and Trades.

One cannot question the practical
good sense Of the advice given to can
didates for the ministry by prominent
Philadelphia clergyman in urging them
to learn some trade either before or
after their ordination. He has exam
ined the statistics of the various Prot
estant denominations and has been ap-
palled by the number of ministers VINO
are without charge. He thinks that
a trade would be a good thing to fall
back on in such cases, besides standing
the minister in good stead In many
WAYS while still in the pulpit
The advice is applicable to men en-
tering almost any Of the learned pro-
LESSONS, but particularly SO to clergy
men, who run greater risks apparently
than any class of professionals of being
"laid off" from their regular line or
work. Most Of the large denomina'
tons have a fund to provide for their
superannuated clergy, but the stipends
awarded are usually too meager to do
more than pay for the barest necessi'
ties of life.-Leslie's Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02

The sermon of British vicar charg-
ing great immortality In the pottery
towns in Staffordshire has caused dis
cussion of life in the potteries. A curl
GUS feature is speculation on the lives
of others. The business of the insur'
ance companies there is largely directed
to persuading people to Insure the lives
of others as a speculation. Wives are
urged to insure their husbands and
sons and daughters to take out policy
on their parents lives. For a penny a
week a girl insures her father for TO
No medical examination Is required
and it is simply gamble on death
This was amusingly shown by a recent
case. A doctor in one of the pottery
towns was reported to be dying OF can
Ger. The rumor was false, and the doc
tor, completely recovered of his illness
was surprised to learn that his char
woman had staked twopence q week on
his death. .---.-
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
OUR FIRST HUNT CLUB.
II Was organized In Pennsyivani"
Away Back In 1760.

The year 1766 is far back, but 1t Is
interesting to think that the mutter-
ings of the coming war storm were NOT
vet so engrossing even then but that
the sportsmen of Pennsylvania couiu
turn their attention to a more system
attic organization Of their fox hunting
forces and then established the first
hunt club in the country, the Glouces-
ter Hounds. Not that this was the be-
ginning Of the sport in Pennsylvania,
that eminently horse loving country
for fox hunting had held high place
in the pastimes of the people many
wear before. 1t was rather the evil
dence that the sport had become so I'M
portant that it needed systemauzing'
so that districts might be thoroughly
hunted in turn and contentious, rivalry
and clashing dates be avoided.
All the early fox hunting clubs had
their origin in the pre-existing owner
ship of greater or less number OF
hounds by private owners. Every con-
siderable landowner in the south kept
them, and good dogs they were, not
always orthodox, according to the
standard of the Belvoir and the Quorn
of today, but nevertheless hounds de-
rived from the best English and Eu'
ropean stock and continued by judi
cious selection of those who showed
the instincts by conformation suitable
to the country in which they were
called upon to work. Washington may
be quoted as one Of the southerners
who kept hounds and hunted them too
Lafayette, moreover, sent Inn from
France q splendid pack of French fox
hounds, with qualities which still fur
Their helped to complete the most per-
feet animal for American fox hunting
the American hound.
From the formation of the Glouces'
ter Fox Hound club in 1766 until TO-
day clubs have played the most im'
portant part in preserving the sport
and regulating its practice. Not all
clubs of equal Importance, it is true
but all of the same spirit.-Illustrated
Sporting News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
HOW HE BECAME A LAWYER
The story of John shermans Al
mission 10 the Bar.


mission 10 the Bar.
When John Sherman was quite
young he was taken into the law Office
of his brother Charles at Mansfield, O.'
TO help about the office and make HIM
self generally useful. One day when he
was In his twenty-hrst year he took
Charles one side and quietly asked him
for a loan of $50.
What" Charles exclaimed. what
do you intend doing with so much
money!
81 am going to Columbus to be ad-
mitted to the bar" John replied.
Charles was greatly surprised, as
John had never asked him for any adj
vice regarding the profession nor had
he ever appeared to be interested to any
extent in the study of law.
you can't be admitted to the bar
without some knowledge Of the law"
said Charles.
John maintained that he knew more
about law than some others and as
sured his brother that he would try &c
raise the money somewhere.
"You know" he added, ut Will be
necessary for me to have respectable
clothes and enough money to pay my
travelling and hotel expenses"
Charles finally ordered the clothes
and provided him with the necessary
money. At Columbus on the day he
became of age John was admitted t.
the bar. On his return he said te
Charles:
81 am going to Iowa to practice law
Charles demonstrated with him.
"There is room for both Of us to prac
tice law here in Mansfield" Charlie:
told him.
They then and there became partner!
and continued to practice together un
til the formation of the Republican
party, when John was sent from thu
Mansfield district as a representative
in congress.
Later he was elected to the United
States senate, and the balance of hi
life became a very important and In
teresting part of the history of hi'
country. Washington Star.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
Taking Desperate Chances.

1t is true that many contract colds
and recover from them without taking
any precaution or treatment, and
knowledge of this fact leads others to
take their chances instead of giving
their colds the needed attention. II
should be borne in mind that every
cold weakens the lungs, lowers the
vitality, makes the system less able to
withstand each succeeding cold and
paves the way for more serious diseas.
es. Can you afford to take such des-
perate chances when Chamberlain q
Cough Remedy, famous for its cures
of colds, can be had for trifie? Fol
sale by ell medicine dealers.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
SNOW CRYSTALS.
How These Wonderful Laceiik'
Shapes Are Formed.

How These Wonderful Lace1ike
shapes Are Formed.
The wonderfully beautiful and intri-
cate designs of snow crystals have long
excited admiration. Various students
have made detailed Investigations OF
their extraordinary form and have pub
lished drawings Of what they look like
when magni6ed. but the most remark
able collection of actual photographs
of these crystals technically. photo
micrographs) is In the possession OF
Wilson A. Bentley OF Jericho, Vt. MT.
Bentley has been making a special
study of snow crystals during twenty
years. He has photographed many
hundreds Of them and has now In bis
collection more than 1000 photomicro-
graphs, no two of which are alike.
The forms vary according to the
wind. the height of the clouds. the de-
grees of cold. the amount OF water In
the air, etc. Crystals formed In cold
weather or In high clouds are usually
coumnar.
Those formed In moderate weather
and light winds or In low clouds are
apt TO have frail branches and to be
of feathery type Mixed forms grow
partly In low and partly In high clouds
High winds give broken and irregular
forms and much moisture the very
granular crystals.
Heavy granular covered crystals are
peculiarly a product OF the lower OF
intermediate cloud strata, and especial
ly OF moist snowstorms. In intense
cold they are rare, while the columnal
and solid tubular then become common
About four-fifths of the perfect forms
occur within the west and north quad
rants of great storms.
The most common forms outlined
within the nuclear or central portions
of the crystals are simple star OF Sly
rays, a solid hexagon and a circle. Ih'
subsequent additions assume a Devil
derlng variety of shapes, each OF whici
usually differs widely from the on'
that preceded 1t and from the primitive
nucear form at It's center By bearing
in mind the fact that crystals evolved
within the upper clouds tend TOWARD
solidity and the crystals formed In low
er clouds tend toward open branches
and feathery forms, it is possible Il
trace the history and travels Of grea
many of the crystals.
The beautiful details, the lines, rods
Aowery geometrical tracings and dell
cote symmetrically arranged shading
TO be found within the interior portion
of most of the more compact tabuia
CRYSTALS and In less degree within tn
more open ones are due to minute In
illusions of air. This included air pre-
vents a complete joining Of the waite
molecules; the walls of the resultan
air tubes cause the absorption and re
fraction of a part of the rays OF ligh
entering the crystal; hence those pol
tons appear darker by transmitte
light than do the other portions.-Na
tional Geographic Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE,
valuable Territory 1t Brought to the
United States.


United States.
The upper portion Of the Louisiana
purchase was known as the territory OF
Louisiana. 1t comprised all that terri
tory north Of the thirty-third degree OF
latitude, eastward to the Mississippi
and westward and northward as far as
the undetermined boundaries Of the
newly acquired possessions might ex-
tend. South of this was the district OF
Orleans, with its seat Of government
fixed at New Orleans. The cession or
the upper part of the purchase did not
take place until March 10, 1904, when,
having received the cesSion from the
Spanish, the French representative
handed it over to the agent of the Unit
ed States with a very brief and simple
ceremony.
BY these unimpressive proceedings
the government Of the United States
was put in possession of territory with
in whose boundaries now flourish the
states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missou-
ri. Kansas. Iowa, Nebraska, North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho,
Montana, the Indian Territory and
parts Of the states Of Minnesota and
Colorado. The men who were the ac-
tive agents in the transfer of this
mighty land from one national jurisdic-
ton to another are well nigh forgotten
in the crowd and rush Of later but not
less important events. BY this historic
purchase the seat of mighty empire
was forever established. BY this pur'
chase the possibilities Of developing
from the republic world power were
strengthened. Under our benignan'
rule comfort, luxury, prosperity and
every variety of material activity I'LL
the wide spaces in which our fathers
found only trackless wilderness. Com
mon gratitude bids us recall with &C
claim the names Of Jefferson, Living
ston and Monroe, who. building better
than they knew, made this magnificent
transformation possible.-Noah Brooks
in Scribner's.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
Some Very Ancient Lnws.

King Amraphel Of Babylon, who
lived $3.50 years B. c., formulated q
code of laws. His statutes, which
were operative five centuries before
the laws of Moses, numbered 2S2 and
contain the following:
IF a woman who sells beverages
gives bad value for the money paid her.
she shall be thrown into water.
IF wife be a spendthrift or If she
otherwise neglect her duties, her hus-
band may put her away without COM
pensation, but If man put away his
wife for no other reason than that she
has no children he shall return her
whole d0wry.
IF a betrothal be rescinded, the man
shall pay the woman compensation.
"a widow with. grown up children
may not marry again without permits
sion from a judge. London Express.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
THE BLACK SILK DRESS.
Arfstoeratic Gown of Other years
Has Passed Away.

What has become of ii, that artsto-
GRAFT among garments, once holding the
chief place in every feminine ward
robe? No outfit was considered COM
plete without ii, and Its possession
conferred distinction and engendered
self respect and a feeling of security,
since no occasion, however eeremoni-
GUS, found its owner unprepared, says
the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Some twoscore years ago black SILK
was black silk, and not the later de-
ceptive web of vegetable fiber CLOSED
over with gum and sugar and weight
ed with starchy dyes and iron filings,
and which would not know silkworm
IL Il met one in the street. In those
DAYS. too, the fashions were more
stable, as befitted the more durable
goods. and when once black silk
dress was made 1t stayed made indef-
nitely. Its lustrous fabric was pro-
tected from the impious jaws OF the
scissors, and the fingered breadths OF
the yoluminous skirts could be turned
inside out and upside down in the
making over process.
The black silk standby invented
various minor changes for itself In the
way of trimmings Of silk or "bugle'
fringe, or lace, or a lattice Of velvet
ribbon, when not depending for orna-
mentation upon its own shining folds,
with a lace collar and "undersleeyes"
as accessories.
1t rustled into church in winter I'M
der thick warm shawls pinned deco
rously with chained twin shawl pins,
and In summer under lace shawls that
psrsistently slid off the slick shoulders.
II put on a white tie and danced at
weddings, and a black tie and wept al
funerals. Under a protecting apron II
hustled about at family reunions ana
birthday celebrations, and presided at
hospital dinner tables and got taken
off as soon as the company was gone
II got itself handed down to second
generation even, and heroically stood
q sponge bath of cold coffee and the
warm attentions Of hatiron, and was
useful in all its shapes, and looked well
as long as there was scrap OF 1t left
And so the black silk dress came on
down on its honored way through the
wears. and whether the goods were
repped or plain or seeded or grosgrain
"a name to cOnjure with-it lent itself
obligingly to the more frequent
changes Of fashion. 1t was tucked and
plated and shirred and rutfied and eu'
into bias folds and loaded with JET
passementerie, but always it inspired
profound respect, whether in the Des'
dress or only the second best.
But as time elapsed the more SNOWY
colored silks came to the front anC
shouted themselves into notice, anc
the black silk dress was shown into
quiet back seat. The question was
even raised as to whether it was rea
necessity, after all, except for elderly
women, and its place was taken by
dresses Of wool of various weaves anC
weights.
Then the somber black silk was
treated with disdain and humbly creep
under out of sight as Innings and "foun
dations," where only its protestin!
rustic could be heard. Its humiliation
was complete when it was made int
plain shirt waists and worn every day