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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
"Threshins at Heintses'." said Clara

'Threshing at Heintxes'." said Clara. Whats the matter?'
 ''oh. Lord"' moaned Doris. T was startin' the gasolene stove an 1t ex- ploded. The house Is afire!'
 Mein Gott! Vot soil wir tu?" cried the German woman. wringing her hands. Tt is three miles de men is."
 Where's she?" demanded Clara. 'In her bedroom downstairs! Ch. land! What can you dor
 But Clara was running swift and straight as young deer toward the white house on the hill with the tower of smoke above.
 She broke the catch of the screen door with one wrench of her splendid young body. Dashing through the hall into the smoky bedroom she wrapped the eager-eyed invalid in her quilts and bore her out.
 T reckoned somebody'd come" said the old woman, composedly, as Clara, panting. laid her on the grass. Do you 'sposc you could get my wooden box of papers on the shelf over the bed? An my los-cabin silk quilt?" Clara darted into the smoky hall. She came out a moment later with the box.
 T couldn't find the quilt" she gasped. apologetically.
 No, it's in the closet. It ain't any consequence. Here! Stop Don't you go into that house again. But Clara with one backward glimpse of a laughing, lovely face. had disappeared in the smoke wreaths. When she emerged bearing the quilt Mrs. Stevens was sitting up.
 You obstinate critter" she remarked severely as Clara dropped the quilt at her feet. You've gone and got your bangs singed. You're Clara Hartmann, aint your"
 Yes, ma'am," faltered Clara, smit- ten by sudden terror. Mrs. Stevens looked down the road. There come the men at last. Doris Parker never had no head. We'll" she continued. incisively, T guess you an George II have to give me home. Mines gone an I'm gettin old an don't know as I'm goin' to die this trip"
 There Is a little George now with yellow curls. whom his grandmother adores. but whom she frequently pro- nounces ''as obstinate as both of 'em put together"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
Our Daily Sport Story

T ain't goin' to have it, George" vowed the mother.
 George Stevens was dutiful son, but maternal authority in these matters is not in Iowa what 1t is in France.
 Work was begun on his house, and what leisure he had was spent with Clara. He still lived with his mother, for both of them dreaded a more defin- ite rupture. But Mrs. Stevens could not resist perpetual glrding and bit- terness against her sons choice. Hate seemed to have perverted her na- ture.
 One day she crossed the line Huh, George" she sneered, you don't need to marry her."
 That day George Stevens left his mothers house. he thought. forever.
 But God disposes.
 One morning Doris Parker, the dis tant cousin who stayed with his moth CT. came to the tenant house where George was staying till his own should be finished.
 She's had a stroke. You better come home. George"
 The old woman-she looked suddenly aged and withered and ghastly- clutched him with dreadful eagerness
 Promise me you'll give her up George"
 I'll stay with you till you get we'll mother"
 Mrs. Stevens rallied slightly. Georges marriage was indefinitely postponed he could not leave his stricken mother
 One morning she summoned him. T ain't going to live many days. I feel 1t comin. I've made another will. All my property goes to Doris Parker, un- less you let that Dutch girl go. And If you don't I'll leave you your mothers dyin' curse;'
 "Oh mother. mot..er"
 What are you goin' to do?'
 The young man raised an anguished face. Give me till night to decide mother"
 She made a gesture of assesnt with the feeble head on the pillow. George saddled his swiftest horse and rode away to wrestle out his problem alone, torn between filial yearning and plighted love. Clara Hartmann and her mother rar out into their yard that afternoon al the sound of a woman's shrieks. frantic spread-eagle figure bore dowr upon them-Doris Parker, scorched disheveled. breathless. Land O mercy" gasped Doris where's the men folks?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
A FAMILY TRAIT.
BY LAURA l.. HINKLEY.

(Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub.
 Col
 He was the only child of the white house on the hill. part owner and part heir to 500 acres of the best farming land in Iowa.
 She was one of the numerous Ger man brood in the tiny brown house be- low, owner of nothing but the clothes on her shapely back.
 It had come about romantically-so different from ordinary going togeth- er"-chief1y by series of (ostensibly) accidental meetings at the pasture edge when Clara was driving home the cows.
 He had loved her. 1t seemed. ever since they went to school together at the corner school house. when he was one of the big boys on the back seat, and she the little girl In the primer class, shaking her yellow curls and answering the teachers questions with a timid 'Ja;
 When he tenderly reminded her of this, Clara blushed. You oughtn't to joke me about that. George. Spe- cially when your mother hates Ger mans so."
 Mothers prejudiced." said George thoughtfully. But she don't know you yet. Clara"
 He spoke with the perennial bouy- ancy of lovers. But in truth he spoke more hopefully than he felt.
 He knew-none better-the rock ribbed. New England granite of his mothers character and her furious scorn of foreigners especially the class she called them nasty Dutchmen."
 But she's been wantin' me to get married he reflected, lever since fla ther died. Maybe she'll take 1t kind of easy
 Indeed Mrs. Stevens had been heard to remark that it was high time George was choosing a companion. But when she learned that the chosen companion was Clara Hartmann her wrath knew no bounds.
 You'll never bring a Dutch girl here" she said, closing her thin lips with snap.
 I'm not askin' to bring anybody here.' retorted George. I'm going to build on the southeast S0"
 'Youll never get a cent O my money unless you give that creature up;"
 T don't want your money: But l hate to have you feel so, mother"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
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 Millions now rely on Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointment, the great skin cure, for preserving. purify ing and beautifying the skin, for cleans ing the scalp of crusts, scales and dandrun, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening and soothing red, rough and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchings and chafings, for annoying irritations, or too free or offensive precipitation, for ulcerative weaknesses, and many sanative, anti septic purposes which readily suggest themselves, as we'll as for all the pur' poses of the toilet and nursery.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
SCHOOLS IN OPELIKA.
They Begin With Largest Attendance
 in History.

opelika, Sept. 5'I1(special ')-The' Opelika public school opened today with an attendance of 361. the largest number the first day in the history of the school.
 Rev w. P Dickinson and Prof. D. M Banks made eloquent addresses at the opening.
 Opelika now has one of the finest and most successful schools in Alabama.
 The marriage is announced of MT. w. R. WooIvine. Jr.. a prominent young business man of Nashville. Tenn, and Miss Addle L. Adams, one of Opelika's most beautiful and accomplished young ladies The marriage will occur in Opelika October 12, 1904.
 Labor Day was observed in Opelika today by the banks and postoffice clos ing.
 number of new school houses are being erected in different new school districts in the county. The people are using all their energies to have them ready in time for opening the schools in October.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06

CTS were appointed In the last six months bankruptcy appears to have been the result of inherent dificulties not caused by the cessation of s'boom'' times, and which could not have been cured if the activity had continued. Their total indebtedness is s5.01O 900 in bonds and $5,504,300 in stocks. Fore closure sales of steam railways during the last six months also have been few. There were six of these roads with a total mileage of one hundred and six ty-nine miles. Enough money will be realized from their sale, 1t Is believed to carry out the plans of re-organiza- tfon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
Iobn and Henry Chappell. Dixie Free

John and Henry Chappell. Dixie Free man, William Ponten and Jesse Flaw kins left Saturday with the Lowndes Rifles for Manassas. Va.
 Saturday was said to be record breaker in cotton receipts for this time of year. Three hundred and fifty bales were brought in on that day.
 Mrs. Cynthia Wilson. Mrs E. J. Hicks and Mrs. Abe Kern of Montgomery, were guests of relatives here during the past week.
 Mrs. w. B. Snodgrass of Montgom- cry, spent yesterday in Greenville, the guest of Miss Ella McCombs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
EXPERT REPAIRERS. Holt's Dye Works. 1OO s. Court
GREENVILLE SCHOOL.
1t Has Opened Under Most Favorable
 Circumstances.

Circumstances.
 Greenville, Sept. 5.-(Special )-The Greenville public school opened this morning with a large attendance.
 The handsome building on Commerce Street had been put in perfect order and the rooms are we'll equipped with everything necessary for the comfort of teachers and pupils.
 The school opens under bright aus pices and a fine scholastic year Is pre- dicted. The faculty is composed of Prof. P. W. Hodges. Superintendent; Prof C. B. Gamble, Principal High School Department; Misses Jessie Cole man. Daisy Mckenzie. Mary Scale, Es- telle Crawford. Lola May Traweek and Carrie Benson.
 Two negroes had an altercation in front of a bar room Saturday night whereupon one drew a pistol and shot the other. killing him instantly. The murderer was captured last night about eight miles from town and Is now lodged In jail.
 The Christian Church has recently called Rev. E. R. Russell as its pas tor. and services will now be held reg ularly. The congregation hay ing been without a pastor quite long while, all are greatly pleased at having a minister.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
RAILWAY RECEIvERSHIPs.
During First Six Months of Present
 Year They Have Been Few.

In spite of the decrease of shipments during the first six months of the year, due to the slackening of indus trial and commercial activity, no i'm
 portant railroad in the United States has been placed In the hands of re- Ceiver, This fact Is brought out lip the official reports received by The Rail way Age It is shown also that out of almost one thousand eight hundred operating and subsidiary roads whose securities are held by the public there were only six ths' defaulted on inter sent only three h, fred miles of track
 Receivers are |" ntrol at present of only twenty N@#ads, which, all told
 represent a total of less than one thou sand miles of track. out of two hun dred aud ten thousand miles in the United States. In the case of each of these sif small roads for which raceIv-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
GEoRGIANs WILL BE THERE.
Cracker State Officials to Make Theii
 Day at Fair n Success.

Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 5.--Extensive pre- parations are being made among the Georgia State officials to represent the State at the worlds fair on Georgia day which is set for September 2Tth.
 Governor Terrell and his staff and the Georgia Legislature, in q body. will leave Atlanta on a special train over the Southern Railway at 4:30 p. m, Monday. Sept. 26, and will arrive in St. Louis at ? p. m. the following day. The train will go via Rome. Dalton and over the Queen and Crescent. to Lex ington, thence to Louisville and St. Louis.
 This train will carry a large number of prominent Georgians and will in sure a success of the day chosen in Georgia's honor.
 Special tarins will also be run from Brunswisk and Macon to Atlanta, to bring prominent citizens from the southern part of the State who will be with the party to visit St. Louis on Georgia day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06

Huntsvllle Sept. 5-tSpeclaI 3-W m. H. Cross, night operator for the Wes- tern Union Telegraph Company, has re- signed his position and will enter the service of the Southern Railway as train dispatcher at Macon, Ga. George Hodges will become night operator here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
EXCURSION RATES TO CHATTA-
 NOOGA, TENN. Account International Association Fire IltI,-IRth

The Southern Railway will sell tick cts one fare plus 25 cts, from all roints. Tickets sold Sept. l1th and l2th. Final return limit Sept. goth. By depositing tickets, may be extended un- til Sept. 30th. For further informa- tion, call on or address
 John Metcalfe. T P. A. adv-tf. Montgomery, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
WESTERN RY. OF ALA. Schedule tO Columbus, Ga, Via OpeltkH

Western Ky. train No. 40, leaving Montgomery at 9:35 a. m., makes close connection at Opelika with C. or Ga. train for Columbus, reaching Columbus at 12:95 noon. where connection Is made for Macon, reaching there at 4:15 p. m.
 G. B. Tyler.
 adv-4t Com'l Agent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06

A statement just circulated by Tho National Life Ins. Co.,. of Vermont, shows that J. L. Haas ranked sixth among all their agents for volume of business written in August. This is an excellent Showing. considering that MT. Haas has only been with the Company two months. and he is to be congratu- lated on his new record. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06

Fifty Against Two. It is not reason able to expect two weeks of outing to overcome the effects of fifty weeks of confinement Take Hoods Sarsaparilla along with you. It refreshes the blood. improves the appetite. makes sleep easy and resttul adv-tu- thu su
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06

remains on the rocks and will be to- tai loss. The coast steamer Maggie which ran into the breakers south of the Golden Gate last night is firmly imbedded in the sand and little hope of saving her is entertained.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
J T Alsbrook Wounded.

Huntsville, Sept. 5.-(Special )-Af- ter being elected from an electric car Saturday night an unknown negro pulled his pistol and fired on the pas sengers. John T, Alsbrook, foreman of the Rowe Knitting Mill, was shot through the leg. The negro escaped.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
Estimated

Estimated difference be- tween receipts and expen- ditures for fiscal year end
 Ing September 30th, 1905, as indicated above. .. ..$44. $50, co The communication was received and filed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
SUITS REMODELED. HOlt's Dye Works. 100 s. Court.

Irrigon. Ore, which has now 500 settlers, consisted one year ago of one man and a dog
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
Steamer Lost.

San Francisco, Sept. 5.-The British ship, Drumburton, which went ashore on Point San Pedro, on Saturday night
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06

tween receipts and expen-
 ditures.. .. .. .. ........SS S3.Os2. .00 Expenditures for 1905 already con- tracted for or determined on in excess of 1903, to be paid out of General Fund: Increase in interest on bond
 ed debt. $l5.75o. (less Wa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06

We have just unpacked an immensely interesting selec- tion of stylish Ready-to- Wear suits for Gentlemen. Every one of these Fall Suits is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-06
An Operator Resigns.

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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-04
CHAPTER w.

WHAT WAS FOUND AT MANASSAS.
Dark and dreary the winter of the
first year of the war closed in on the
camps about the capital. Between the
Long Bridge and the heights of Ar
lington lay a sea Of mud. Dull red,
the Virginia roads were quilted deep
by the wheels Of cannon, ambulance
and army wagon that sank now to the
very hubs in sticky mire, and time
and again stalled the needed supplies
almost within sight of their destina-
ton. In vain the darky drivers dou-
bled their teams and piled lash and
blasphemy. Hour after hour the or
der would ring through the swarming
streets of the nearest camp: Turn
out, boyS-more wagons stuck in the
mud" and by whole companies, regu-
lars or volunteers, the men would
wade knee-deep to the scene, and with
fence rails as levers and drag ropes
over the brawny shoulders, prying
pushing, hauling and shouting they
would "yank' the heavy rolling stock
one by one, from the slough of their
despond and tide them over to the next
camp beyond, and so, from slough tc
slough, pass them on their final desti.
nation.
But while the roads and flats were
quagmires, up along the wooded
heights the ground was fairly dry and
we'll drained, and there the four regi-
ments, three of which had drilled
through August on the broad, level
plateau Of Kalorama, and much of the
early fall about Chain Bridge, were
now kept from morn till night busily
at their soldier task. The general held
that the less time soldiers had to kill
the happier and heartier they were,
and determined was he that the splen-
did material confided to his charge
should be nodded into equally splen-
did, soldierly shape-that the one ex-
clusiyely western brigade Of the now
well-organized army should be second
to none in point of instruction, disci,
plfne and efficiency. To this end, drills
by squad, company and battalion, all
three, were Of daily occurrence, fol-
lowed by dress parade at sundowu,
and all this supplemented by long,
searching inspections every Sunday
morning Presently, too, he was able,
by mile march through the woods, to
reach an open plain out toward Balls
cross roads, and there have brigade
evolutions twice week Then the full
uniform Of the regulars had been
drawn for the entire command, the In
diana boys shedding the semi-Zouaye
garb Of gray in favor of the army
blue, as had certain of their Wiscon-
sin comrades at Chain Bridge as early
as September. One Badger regiment,
the Second, whose men. loFded it some.
what over their fellows because they
had been all through Ball Run and,
despite fairly heavy losses, retired in
good ordeF-had even obtained the
quaint, stiff, Kossuth hat, looped up on
one side and garnished with cord and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-11-04

might be wise for him to cross the
lake and visit kith and kin among the
Wolverines, for city officials had come
and asked ugly questions, and there
was talk of arrest and indictment fol
melting riot.
McKinnon called at the Bentons and
asked to see Miss Elinor, and Miss
Elinor asked to be excused. Benton
senior approved her conduct, for there
had been words between the partners
unpleasant words. In the end, McKin-
non withdrew from the firm and allied
himself with his old partners bitterest
rivals.
Then came the general with aide-de-
camp Fred, and the former responded
to McKinnOn's greeting with cold and
distant civility. The latter asked him
what he had done with Ladue's letter
and refused his proffered hand. 1t
was lucky the general had to take his
young staff officer to the state capital,
whence they were recalled to Wash
ington just in time to meet the de-
moralized wreck of McDowel's raw.
untaught regiments, drifting in from
the disaster of First Bull Run.
And then the nation woke up in
earnest to realization of the fact that
the south had men as brave as the best
in the land and leaders more skillful
than those we had yet sent afield. Then
it became apparent that not until it
was thoroughly organized, drilled and
disciplined could northern army
hope to subdue the army of the south.
Lincoln's rugged features had al
ready begun to take on shade OF
anxiety. The lines were digging far
Their in about the sombre eyes and the
broad humorous mouth by the time the
tall, gaunt president, in the abnormally
tall top hattie fashion of the day
took to driving out to Kalorama in the
August evenings, Mr.. Secretary Seward
dwarfing at his side-to take the air
and look at the one western brigade
of all the commands then being mold
ed by Gen. Mcclellan into what was
to become the grand army OF the PO-
tomac. While at first Massachusetts,
New York and Pennsylvania had been
represented in the huge command as
signed to Fred Benton's general, with
one exception all eastern regiments
were transferred to other divisions as
more Badgers arrived, and finally,
when the first frosts of October had
turned the Virginia shores to fire and,
strongly entrenched, the union army
covered the long front from A1exan-
dria to beyond the Chain Bridge, it
was a brigade of four strong, stalwart
regiments, three from Wisconsin and
one from Indiana, not an eastern or
middle state represented in their ar
ray, that this compact command was
designated, of all others, to encamp
upon the beautiful Arlington estate,
and the general and his staff were di-
rected to occupy as headquarters the
fine old mansion. long the seat of a
famous family. The Badger brigadie1
moved in and took possession of the
homestead of his old-time friend and
associate in the corps Of engineers,
when as junior officers they were build
ing Fort Monroe, and 1000 men of the
west pitched their white tents on the
lands of Virginia's knightly soldier
Robert E. Lee.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1904-09-16

the treaty between the United States and
The Republic of Panama in the vain at
tempt To interdict the building of the
canal.
UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP.
we congratulate the people of Nevada
upon the awakening of her prosperity
III hcld and mine, and that the hour is
struck which closes quarter of CEN
tnry of State depression That the dawn
has begun ofanew era wherein this com.
monwealth is destined to take high rank
In agriculture, the industries and min
ing. New leaders are called for TO
represent in Congress this new spirit of
State development. For the Senate Of
the United States the Republican party
presents the name of George S. Nixon, as
an able, true and loyal citizen " Northy of
such choice, familiar with and interested
IN the various industries of our state and
who is the first candidate for that
supreme office presented by Nevada
convention in the past twenty years,
who is bona iide resident and citizen
OF Nevada, and pledges the efforts of the
Republican party To use all honorable
means and The votes of its members in
the State Legislatures To secure his cleo
ton.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1904-09-16
Canal Progress.

Tuesday of this week the canal con-
tractors started work in earnest on the
big ditch. At Johnson's ranch camp
is in operation, a large number of men
and teams being already there and
industriously at work.
Stock of all kind continues to arrive
at Hazen and as fast as possible is trans
ported to the scene of labor. Within
a few weeks men will be busily en-
gagged quarrying stone on Rattlesnake
Hill. Many tons of this stone will be
used along the line of the big ditch
in drops, etc. Rattlesnake Hill is
owned by the Government and the
saving in stone alone will amount to
several thousand dollars.