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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
MAKING FORTUNE
sEcoND-HANDLER SELLS GRIPS
 BEARING FOREIGN TAGS
FindE Many Willing. to Buy Them Who Want to Cut a Wide Swath in Their Home
 Towns.

Perhaps there never was a time in the history of the world when humbugs were so common as they are at present, says The Washington Post.
 Only few weeks ago dealers in trunks. harness and leather, were amused over an article which appeared in one of their trade journals. stating that, on one of the back streets of New York an enterprising soul is doing lively business in the sals of second hand valise and trunk tags to those who are anxious to cut a wide swath when they return to their homes in the West and South. How this enterprise ing chap manages to obtain the tags is a mystery which the article does not ex- plain, but he is prepared for a moderate charge to check ones baggage from Con- stantinople, Cairo. Brindisi, Geneva, or any other old place. Speaking of this rather common phase of vanity, one of the leading leather goods dealers of Wash ington said:
 'I saw the article about the second hand tag dealer. and no doubt 1t Is quite correct. If there Is anything of which people are particularly vain it Is the for elgn tags on their luggage. This is more particularly the case with those who have returned from their first trip across the water, and are anxious that every one should know the fact. We have in our es- tabllshment an extensive repair shop, and every now and then we receive hat boxes. steamer trunks. grips, valises, travelling bags. and so on, that are as full of for eign tags as a dead wall is of theatrical and patent medicine posters. In all such cases the person who sends the baggage leaves very explicit and positive orders that under no circumstances are those tags to be removed.
 aFv,.. ka l A. A wide-a wake boy who did odd jobs about the place. and who was as ambitious as he was industrious and well-behaved. Evi- dently he felt that the best plan to obtain an advance in salary was to keep ever lastingly busy, and I am free to admit he was about the hardest worker have ever seen. One morning before the men came down to their work this lad found him- self without anything to do. He had literally worked himself out of a job, and anxious that on our arrival We should
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
Met After Many Years.

An incident of peculiar human and his- toric interest was related Saturday by State Senator l.. B. Stone, who Is mem Der of the Board of Control of the Homo for Confederate soldiers at Mountain Creek.
 T was, as you know. member of the Army Ji VIrg .nia,' said Senator Stone. One day in leb5 l went over to the camn Of another regiment in wnich my brother in-iaw was a captain. After finding that he was out l stroied about the camp came upon a group Of soldiers sitting about in a ring. 1 was attracted to tns crowd by the wild shouts of laughter that came from 1t. 1 went over to Ind that the crowd was being entertained by tw1 young Alabamians with funny stories. One would tell a ludlcrous yarn Or joke and when the laughter had subsided the other would hitch up his trousers, say ing That reminds me- and off he would go with a side-spltting story that would cap the effort of his friend and rival This story -telnng contest was one of the fun niest things I ever heard or saw. 1 laughed till l was sore all over I was especially impressed with one of the rival wits tall, handsome young fellow. Ong of the bystanders, in reply to a question told me that he was Syd Fraser of Union
 From that day until yesterday I had never seen him. but I had often thought of the incident Yesterday l met him as Judge Fraser and one of my associates on the Board of Control. I am pleased to note. too, that his ability as an enter tainer has not deteriorated in forty years"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

and 1t Is very easy to capture great quantities of them at that time. The frogs breed very fast. and 1t only requires a couple of months for them to attain full size, 1t is easy to understand how almost impossible 1t will be to exhaust the supply to be found in and around the various lakes and ponds of the State, which probably number more than one hundred thousand breeding places.
 Unlike that for oysters. there Is a good demand for frogs legs all the year round and it is necessary to hunt them in tbe winter time. when the ground is frozen to the depth of two or three feet and the Ice covers the ponds, to the thick ness Of from twenty-four to thirty-sfx inches. When they take to the water tn the fall the professional frog catcher watches them. and learns where they meet. He waits until the prices ss,e hi rh- Ter in the winter. and cuts the ice over this nest. scooping out great nests full or frogs. As many as goo to 1000 can be secured in one of these nests in good sea- sons. This keeps up the supply the year round. and makes the market a steady one. cosparatively. No effort has vet been made to establish frog hatcheries or to cultivate the frog. the natural supply being so great.
 The frog catcher kills the frogs with stick. and gathers them up in his ba F as he walks around the various Iakes and ponds. He has no capital invested. and realizes from 8 to S10 a day for the time he Is employed in the occura- ton. The average price obtained for frogs legs in this market. at wholesale Is from to 8 cents a dozen in the sum- mer, but they go as high as 15 cents in the winter months. The demand for frogs legs is steady from certain cus- toners of the St. Paul shippers. One of the leading New York hotels has a stand ing order for fifty dozen a day. Cincin- nati and Chicago also have a number of houses who have standing orders for from thirty=five to fifty dozen daily, and the orders are being gradually increased as tho public taste is educated to appre- ciate this delicacy. They are all ship ped by express packed in ice. In the cold storage houses here there are now about two hundred dozen frogs legs held as reserve for emergency, the dealers often being called upon to surply m un- usually large amount for hanquets or other entertainments. Many frogs legs are sold during the summer to tourists fishing in the Minnesota fakes.
 The large Southern bullfrog comes in competition with the Minnesota frog in the Southern States and in State bor- dering on the South, but the So,thern product is not regarded as highly by those with discriminating palates as the Northern product. The meat is coarse. the taste is not as sweet or as delicate. and there is a preference given for the frog from the clear cold waters of the Minnesota lakes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

find him busy, he began pottering about in search of something to occupy his hands. In an evil moment his eye fell upon large grip that was plastered over with tags. from nearly every hotel and city in Europe. from Moscow to Palermo and from Queenstown to Odessa. With admirably industry he set perseveringly to work removing the tags. He had about finished the job when one of the workmen entered and rescued the grip, on which there still remained few suggestions or Swiss watering places.
 When the customer received his grip mnus some twelve or fifteen tags. he shed tears of anguish, and said things calculated to make the angels weep. He was the maddest man in Washington, and roasted our establishment right royalty as a place where the workmen had no more gumption than to clean up mans valise as bright and .taglesS as the day he purchased it."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
FROGS LEGS
SUPPLYING THEM A GREAT IN-
 DUSTRY, IN MINNESCTA.
Sold all Over the World and in De- mapd at All Seascns-SaId to Be Better Than South
 ern Frogs.

St. Paul. ard Minneapolis are the larg- est frog markets in the world. The total receipts for the last year from the frog catchers of the State exceeded 5o0,0o0 =. s>"-. requiring the slaughter of no less and is mafa0 frogs, says St. Paul dis and that a tn New York Tribune Five Northeastern fl .gs were shipped out of westward. low the business amounts $ upwardd of $100,000 year. A wonder : ful industry has grown up in St. Paul and Minneapolis in supplying the United States with frogs legs Frogs are round in other States, of course. In the South the supply will probably never become exhausted, but there are no frogs like the Minnesota product for the epicure. This Is attributed to the clear. cool wa ter which is found in Minnesota's ten thousand lakes, in which the frogs live and have their nests.
 Frogs legs are purchased, all through the State by shippers from the two cities, and this occupation gives employ nent to more than one hundred fami- lies who make a good living the year around. The professional frog catcher can tell a frog pond at a glance, and they can locate the frog nests and secure the greatest number n surprisingly short space of time.
 Minnesota caught frogs are known the world over for their delicacy in flavor. They are in great demand in New York. Cincinnati, in all the Atlantic States. in California, and, in fact, in every State north of St. Louis and the demand for frogs legs exists in the larger cities. and comes largely from hotels and restau- rants. but throughout tho coal and iron districts a good demand for them Is growing. In St. Paul and Minneapolis frogs legs are to he found on the bill of fare of nearly every hotel and res tSurant. Here they cost from 8 to 50 cents dozen.
 The frog catohers are located near the su aller lakes through the State. They kr6w all the characteristics of the frog. where to find him, how to catch him and where he nests. The heaviest catches are in the fall and spring. In the spring tho frogs come out of their nests in drcves. and it Is then easy to catch them. In. the fall they return to the wa ter as soon as cold weather approaches.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

isiana. The Alabama Steel and Wire Company has purchased 1oovo tons of steel in Pennsyivania. 1000 tons of which have already been delivered. The 10000 tons is expected to last to almost the time that the steel plant being con structed in Gadsden by the company is completed. The rod. wire and nail mills in Ensley have been shut down since last June. The resumption means much for Ensley and the entire Birmingham dis :rict.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

doubtedly acted as a further barrier to the fire in the very heart of the city, while in the recent Rochester fire a building of that description stopped what threatened to be almost as disastrous a conflagration as Baltlmores s. The trouble is that people imagine that hreproof structure means that immunity to highly inflammable materials in such build ing. Sucn an ideal condition will only exist when manufacturers of furniture, interior decorations, etc, etc. will have learned to do their work as well as the engineers build and protect their steel structures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
As to Corns.

A druggist. being asked what ia the commonest allmenL among his customs, ers repliedd "Corns." Surprise being ex- pressed. he added: "I know you expect ed me to say colds. and, of course, ev- erybody has a cold. But cold is not permanency. corn is. There Is no known cure. I sell about a hundred dif- ferent alleged cures. but the best they can do is to afford temporary relief. All useful corn cures contain saiieylio acid. and most of them collodion, The only positive cure of corn on the toe Is to GU. the toe of. Whats the good of toe. anyway. except to breed cornBy'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
Churches Well Attended.

The congregations at the Birmingham churches this morning were very large. tho Easter services being elaborate at almost every house of worship. The Episcopal and Catholic churches in par tieular had special services and the con ,gregations filled every little space in the biz edifces. At the St. Pauls Catholic Church the choir was augmented by over twenty-five voices while there was an orchestra accompaniment of more than Q dozen instruments. Guonod's mass was presented in an elaborate manner. Rev. Father Boniface was celebrant at this choir while there was boys choir also assisting. The orchestra played the of- fertory. Special musical programs were oarried out at the Episcopal and Meth odist churches. while the Presbyterian and Baptist churches had large congre- gallons than usual
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
Prosnecta for Brandy.

A report which reaches the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue for Ala hama is to the effect that there are great prospects for fruit in this State and as consequence there win be heavy production of fruit brandies. Last year tho Government received taxes on more tran 15.0oo gallons of fruit brandies, apple and peach. This year If there should be n, damage to the crop by cold weather, the production of brandies should reach 2o.o0o gallons and more.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
SANGUINE
THINK ROBSON IS A SURE
Musgroye and DeGraffenreid Confer with Candidate in Birmingham.
 He Will Make Twenty i've More Speeches.

Birmingham. April s-(special,-Cau- tain Richmond Pearson Hot tson, candi- date for Congress in the Sixth district. left here to-day for Tuscalosa To-mor- row he will begin the work of the last week Of the campaign before the prirraa- ries, April 11th, and he will make from three to four speeches a day. He will
 make not less than twenty-five speeches between now and the date of the prima- rtes. In his room at the Hillman Hotel this morning before his departure for Tuscaloosa, were his campaign mana- gers. Ed de Graffenreid and Breek Mus grove. and an incidental caller happen ed to be former Governor Joseph F. Johnston. One of, his managers sail: All counties in the Sixth district have been heard from and reliable fnforma- tion indicates that Captain Hobsou,s nomination is assured. According to the papers, Congressman Bankhead stated in his speech at 'Sulligent that he would carry Hebsons home county. The infor- nation from Hale. Captain Hobsons s home county is that he QIohson) will carry 1t by as large a majority as ever accorded to any candidate from. that county and his friends in Hale county are confidently waiting his nomination on the 11th. Friends from all over the district express qualification at the man. ner Captain Hobson was received. and the results of the joint debate which was conducted with Congressman Bankhead are quite satisfactory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
sTRIcTER COMPLIANCE.
Labor People of Tennessee Say Laws
 are Evaded.

Labor People Of Tennessee say Laws
 are Evaded.
 Knoxville. Tenn, April 3.-A movement was started here today to secure strictcr compliance with the child labor laws in Tennessee.
 Reports made to Typographical Union No Ill showed that the law was being openly violated in many cities of the State and that the great drawback to the enforcement of the statute Is the false representations made by parents of chil- dYen in regard to the ages of their on- springs. The Legislature will be- asked U pass law requiring physicians to register each birth in public records. so that no opportunity for falsifying will be left open. The committee drew up pe- t!t,on for circulation through the State. addressed to Governor Frazier, State off, ciais and the legislature, urging strict compliance with the law. The claim is made that children from g. to 10 years old find employment in many saw mills.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
Rod. Wire, Mail MILLS.

Labor is being collected for the steel rod wire and nail mills belonging to the Alabama Steel and Wire Company at Ensley, and it Is believed that the plant will resume operations this week. prob ally towards the latter part of the week. About 1.200 hands will be given employ ment. many of whom will be Italian la- bor which is being brought in from Lou
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

The first excited reports of the Balti- moro fire had 1t that that city's sky scraping'' office buildings were burning like finder boxes. As a matter of fact, considering the terrible heat, those build- ings were comparatively little damaged. their construction of steel eneased in fire- proof tiling and brick work not only saved them from destruction. but un-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
President Thompson Expected.

A. w Thompson, of the Republic Iron and Steel Company. Is expected to spend several days in Birmingham this week. The company will have one furnace ready to be blown in at Thomas and for this event as well as to look over the plants of the company here abouts, MT. Thomp- son Is expected to come. rumor pre- vails that Mir. John W. Gates. the multi millionaire, has been invited by MT. Thompson to visit this district. and may avail himself of the invitation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
neWs In Brief.

THE annual parish meetings of the Episcopal parishes of Montgomery will be held today at which the election of vestrymcn for the ensuing year will be held and other business will be transact ed. The meeting of St. Johns will be held at 12 o'clock today and that of the Church of the Holy Comforter will be held at G.3O o'clock this afternoon. THE body of Jeff Chappell, a negro fireman who was killed on duty near Pensacola, was brought to Montgomery and was buried from his home. GA Pol lard Street. yesterday Afternoon. Chap pell's head protruding from the cab of an engine pulling flying freight train, was struck by a bridge and he was killed instantly.
 PEYToN NORvELL of Jasper. has an- nc uneed hIs withdrawal from the race for Judge of the Fourteenth Judicial Cir cult, and new tickets will be printed and sent to Walker and Winston coun- tie comprising the circuit. This leaves tho race between Judge J. J. Ray and SEerin Lacy.
 A CERTIFICATE of the intention of the Ashley Brick Company of Birming- ham. to increase its capital stock from Secretary of State. The incorporators of the company are Grafton B. Grove of Birmingham, and James G. Oakley of Aehby.
 THE State Supreme Court will meet this morning at 10 o'clock to take up cases from the First Division, which con sists of Baldwin. Clarke. Mobile, Mon roe and Washington counties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
WOODMEN'S MEMORIAL MONUMENTS TO DECEASED MEMBERS UNVEILED. 2 Speeches Made at Magnolia Cemetery Extolling Prominent Members of Composition Man Ar
 rested For Sunday
 Breaking.
Advertiser Bureau, MofaiIa A~rt, Q

Advertiser Bureau,
 Mobile, April g. Maple and Forest Camps. Woodmen of the World, together with the Uniform Rank and the Ladies Auxiliary, unveil- ed monuments to their departed brethren in Magnolia Cemetery at o'clock this afternoon. The principal speakers were Hon. B. B. Boone for Forest Camp, and Jas. Clarity for Maple Camp. The mon- nments unveiled were those of Jefferson Davis, of Forest Camp: A. M. Mayson James Walker and Edward Harrington of Maple Camp. Olive Grove Circle, the ladies' auxiliary. also unveiled monu- ment to Miss Alice Binzer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

The funeral of Ernest Myer took place at 10 o'clock this morning from the res- idence of H. vogel, 256 Monroe street. was made in the Hebrew cemetery. and many floral emblems were placed on the grave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
Men Who Come and Go.

Hon. A. Y. Glover of Greene County, after spending couple of days in Mont gomery, left yesterday for his home at Forkland.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

Mir. T. s. Noise. General Manager of the Central Railroad of Georgia, spent yes terday in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
Fire Destroys ripple.

A report from Jefferson, mining camp in the northern part of the county on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. received this morning staes that the tlp- pie at Mine No. 1, at that place. ignited from some unknown cause last night. and was destroyed. The loss as to val ue of tipple is not very great but there will be delay in the production of coal at that point. incident to the rebuilding of the tipple. Lumter will be shipped immediately to Jefferson and tomorrow daily production at this mine has been quite strong. and more than l5o miners arc employ. d there
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

Detectives late this afternoon arrested Charles Schimpf. cafe and saloon keep CT, on the charge of selling liquor on Sunday in violation of the State law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

Mir. W. Y. DavSs of Lafayette was among the city's visitors yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

MT. E. L. Edmonson, a prominent busi- ness man of Eufaula. Is in the city on business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

Walter Hughes and Oliver Kennedy. two white men, went to the police sta- ton this afternoon, the former suffering from two deep knife wounds in the calf of the left leg. Neither men would say how the wounds were received, and as they were drinking. both were locked up. Later 1t developed that the two men had William O'Brien down and were kicking him, when he used his knife. oBrien. who was also arrested, was terribly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

MT. Henry M. Austin of PrattvIlle spent yesterday in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
contract with ldiners siened.

ApAtIhCt WltA 4AtnSIS 0ARucu.
 Advices received here from Walker county where miners belonging to the Knights of Labor are employed, are to the effect that the Galloway Coal and Coke Company, giving employment to about 1,20O men, have made a contract with their employees on satisfactory basis. commencing April 1, and contin- uing for one year. The basis is a slight advance on the scale paid in Jefferson county. but the coal is forkod The Mo- rongahela Coal Company. now the Pitts burg Coal and Coke. the largest co producing company in the United States. who own and operate mines at Corona. in Walker county, have made decrease in their miners wages. the mining rate of 57 1-2 cents per ton for forked coal being reduced ten per cent. Miners at Nauvoo. two hundred in number. have declined to accept reduction in wage. A strike Is likely to be declared at this point.
 The United Mine Workers Of America, who control the mines in Jefferson, Ma rion Bibb, Shelby and Tuscaloosa corn- ties, will not make their new contracts until July 1. There Is no telling at this early date what the miners nor corpora tions are going to ask for in the way of contracts for the ensuing twelve months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04
Labor Against Smith.


 Some glngetroy oylll be thrown this week into the race - Aairnian of the State Railroad Commas n. according to ru- mors heard to- day It is learned that a strong fight is to be made on Hon. John V. Smith. tho present incumbent on the grounds that 1t was in his office that the anti-boycott bill was framed, and that he rendered much assistance in framing that law. The labor element will open up this week against MT. Smith, so it is stated, and will come out for MT. Conner notwithstanding 1t is known that he was the main leader in the child labor fight in the Legislature few years ago. Ed. Flynn. president of the United Mine Workers of lights in the United Labor League. Of Alabama will probably be found lead ing a move against MT. Smith. In con- versation last night he stated that it was known that Mir. Smith lent influence to the passage of the anti-boycott bill, the measure against which union labor throughout the State Is sorely distressed. The Executive Committee of the United Labor League will hold meeting next Sunday in Birmingham and 1t is possi- ble that there will be general dlstri- button of circulars to the working classes especially In the northern part of the State The race for chairman of the State Railroad Commission has grown to be the most interesting political contest on in the State with the exception, per haps. of the Hobson- Bankhead race in the Sixth Congressional District. Friends of B. B. Conner laugh at the idea of his quitting the race and say that at the beginning of the last week of the cam psign Mir. Conner shows up stronger than ever before. With a solid workingmans vote against him, except railroad em- ployes, Mir Smith will lose Jefferson County. However. there will be action taken to counteract the impending move ment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

Postmaster P. D. Barker of Mobile was $n town yesterday.