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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

of accuracy. as well as to maintain its velocity.
 When we increase the proportionate length of our bullets and use quicker twist of rifiing, 1t becomes necessary to harden the bullet by the addition of tin or antimony. so that it will hold on to the rifiing and not be blown straight through the barrel without following the grooves-stripping. rihemen call 1t. But when we reach certain point In lengthening the bullet and increasing the pitch of the rifiing. no alloy of lead is sufflcient to give good results. There- fore in the modern high power rife, the bullet is made up of core of lead. with jacket of very tough metal. gen. erally an alloy of copper and nickel; and the tough jacket holds on to the rifiing so we'll that we are enabled to fre charges of highly explosive com- pounds behind the bullet, giving nearly double the velocity that 1t was possible to obtain with the old black powder ride. The modern high power rife Is, therefore, one which fires q jacketed bullet very long in proportion 10 its diameter. by means of a charge of smokeless powder several times as strong as black powder. with nearly double the velocity obtained with lead Ouiets ana plack poWueF, ana aS a Ee" suit of the long bullet and high and well sustained velocity. the curve des- cribed by the bullet is much nearer a straight nne--"its trajectory is flat ter"-its penetration greater. and its range longer.
 There Is another deviation lateraliy from the straight line shown by a rife bullet and more pronounced in rifles having a quick twist: this is called drift" It Is a lateral movement due to the spin of the bullet on its long axis. As the bullet Is constantly fall- ing in its flight. the under surface meets with more air resistance than the upper, and the bullet therefore tends to roll laterally on this denser air ; so that rife having right hand direction to its pitch of rifiing will cause bullet to drift to the right, while one with left hand twist will drift to the left. Correction of this drift needs to be made on the sights of match rifles. but on the military sight of our national arm-the Krag--the correction Is made automatically when the elevation is changed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
THE POETS TEST.

Dear reader, did you ever steal To some lone. silent dell, Where hands unseen your sorrows slew And rung their funeral knell? While nature wound her loving arms Around your trembling form And in mysterious whispers, soothed Your passions mighty storm? o, did a sweetly soothing voice Rise gently on the air. And sing as never mortal sang To charm your willing ear? And did you fall a votary With all-confiding mein, And lay your very soul before The shrine of this unseen? And did this muse invisible, Inspire you to unfold The inner secrets of your heart You ne'er before had told? And charm you so completely That cen the saddened past In strains alike unto her own You sang to her at last? And do you join the simple lays Of this beguiling muse? And when she bids are you bereft Of power to refuse? And does she haunt your reveries, Regardless of your time, And force you. by her stubborn will. To pencil down her rhyme? And does she always bid you sing When things sublime appear? When beauty makes a thrilling joy Or pity begs tear? Do scenes l little incidents
 Enshrined within your heart Come rushing forth and of your songs Presume to form a part? Then. reader, here's a welcome
 To friednship's holy band, For only natures rhyming sort
 Such natures understand. Though all the world may censure, I'll never beg for praise But while my soul joy can feel, Will sing my simple lays.
 -Rivulet,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
pLUNGERs OF ANCIENT TIMES.
Reckless Sports of Other Days Wh' Risked Thousands on Single
 Wager.

Answers.
 The report has been going the rounds of the newspapers lately that certain young nobleman, lost $55,0OO in a single nights card playing, which reminds one that the days of the high ball are not yet over.
 But such plungers as Lord Barry more, Sir Richard Gargrave and Col onel Melish, who flourished and gam bled some generations ago, would have made light of losing even $55.000 In a few hours play. There Is, we be- lieve. stil reserved at Blythe. neal Dorchester. the very card table al which Mellish is said to have lost | S2O0.o00. The Earl of Barrymore squandered $1.50o,o00 in four mad years. chiefly at cards, and Sir Rich. ard Gargrave dissipated one of the finest estates in the north of England In the same way.
 Surely no one ever threw away his money quite so recklessly as Colone Mellish. who Is said to have lost $500. 900 at a sitting, and to have staked and lost $100,000 on q single throw oi the dice. He had. however, no mean rival in George Payne, who started life on an income of $150,000 year and dissipated 1t all and two later for tunes. on cards and the turf. For more than a half century he spent several hours day at the card ta- ble, and one of many traditions of his gambling is that he and Lord Albert Denison sat up the whole of one night at Limmer's Hotel and did not sep arate until morning, when Lord Albert was due at St. Georges Church, Han- over Square. to wed his first wife. Sir Albert rose from the table $780, 900 poorer than when he sat down.
 On another occasion, when Payne was travelling in a post chaise from London to the New Forest, he spent every moment of the long journey in playing ecrate, with f100 stakes An each game.
 Probably the Lord Granville who was British Ambassador at Paris, and who died close on sixty years ago, could not have told how many scores
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

of thousands of pounds he had lost aA the card table. When he was in Paris he would make frequent trips to Lon- don, spend a few days and nights garn- bling at Crockford's or Whites. and return to his duties with light heart and a light pocket" He was one oE four peers--the others were Lords Chesterfield. Sefton and Foiey--wh0 once lost 100000 between sunset and dawn.
 George ", when Prince of Wales. is said to have lost fsoo,00o principally at cards, before he was twenty-one. and he was compelled to mary the unhappy Caroline as condition of having his gambling debts paid
 William III was a terrible gambler. and lost enormous sums at the bassek
 table. At one sitting he paid over E4,0O0, which so disturbed his mental
 balance that on the following moTn~H ing, when a gentleman rode in front of him on the race ground. he slashed
 at him with his whip-'rhe only
 struck for supremacy in his king@ dom."
 Henry VIII was such an infatuated gamester that he gambled away the famous eJsus CampaniIe bell at St. PauPs, with the great foIk-mete bell that summoned the assemblies of the citizens, with a throw of the dice at
 hazard. It was Sir Miles Partridge
 who pulled 1t down.
 Henry " of France was an invet-
 crate and unlucky card player. as the following extract from his letters to Sully indicate: 'T have lost at play
 22,O00 pistoles( 222.o00 liyresl. beg you to pay them directly to Faidean. that he may distribute them to tha persons to whom I owe them" And again: Pay NJ. Edouard. Portuguese. 51.000 livres. on account Of what I
 owe him at play"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
A Change Needed.

Whatever else may have been accom- plished as a result of the "whirlwind'' close of the campaign terminated yes terday. one thing was emphasized about which all honest, liberty-loving citi- zens should agree. and that is that na- tional campaign funds must hereafter he limited and the purpose for which the same Is expended must he made public. It is bad enough when a can- didate for constable in a county dis trict buys enough floaters' to elect himself to office. but 1t becomes a monstrous. towering wrong and iniqui- ty when the same method obtains in either party aff-the way up through the official list to presidency of the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13

tacular arrival of that tipsy cowboy it makes me laugh. It was the one touch of Western humor which illu- minated the whole affair. l don't suppose it had a humorous aspect right at the time, but before our trip, was over even some of the English men could begin to see the point"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
Mistake of the COuntry-Hred Roy. LEr.a L..

Kansas City Journal.
 Young men from the country stand a better chance of success in a city than do the young women. but they ex- change a life of health and freedom among the fields for hard and exact ing employment in the city. Once in oculated with the virus of metropolis itan experience. they are driven on by habit and necessity until finally. the years accumulate. the majority sink to the level of mediocriky, and finally into dull apathy. It is thep that the country-bred boy witches with all his heart that he had returned long ago to, the farm of his youth ana taken up again the yoke which then seemed heavy, but which he nowa knows was light.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
Mrs. Tigue is Blessed with All Her Faculties and
 Does Exquisite Fancy Work Without Glasses. She Is as Spry as Many Women Half Her Age.
With the Help of the lnvigorating and Life-diving Powers of This Wonderful Medicine Mrs. Tigue Says She Expects to Live Twenty-Five Years Longer.

IS THE COMFORT AND SUPPORT OF OLD AGE

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-13
THEY SAW THE PEAsANTRY.
How . Kansas Cowboy AstonIshesl British Visitors to the
 Grant Colony

Kansas City Journal.
 The report from Hays City paper of the neglected condition of George Grants grave will recall to old-tim- CTS in the West many interesting things about the colony of Britishers established by Grant in Ellis County. Kan. One is spoken of by early resi- dents with considerable amusement. Not long after the Centennial fair at
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-12
Baltimore Fire Loss,
Fire loss, sla5, 900, 900; insurance,
800, 900, 900. City will rebuild al
once
Contents of bank vaults intact.
All the mail saved.
Spencer Again Arrested.

Pittsburg.-Arthur s. Spencer Of
Spokane notoriety, who has been pos
ing in Pittsburg for the past week as
an agent of the Chinese Six compa-
MES, was placed in jail on charge
of impersonating United States Of
ficer with intent to defraud. Spencer
is alleged to have served time in sew
eral institutions in this country and is
said to be one Of the most notorious
swindlers who make the Chinese their
victims. His methods il this city are
said to have been the selling Of bo-
gus registration certificates and also
getting money by other means.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-12

Washington.-Twe midship-
men of the fourth class at Annapolis
are to be dropped from the naval SER
vice, the academy board having re-
ported them deficient in their studies.
This is about s per cent of the class
and is said to represent an improve.
percentage of failures in this class
being about 30.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-12
Japanese Minister Satisfied.

London, Feb. 8.-A press represen.
tative called at the Japanese legation
here today and was granted an inter
view with Viscount Hayashi, the Jap
anese minister to Great Britain. The
latter was shown copy Of the state
ment published in the st. Petersburg
Omcial Messenger. and he could hard
~ conceal his satisfaction at the out.
come.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-12

ESTIMATES VI VIC -SSoeS
Washington, Feb. S.-The Balti-
IN, in its issue published this
morning from Washington, saws 1t is
thought the loss will exceed S5OOO0,-
900.
Insurance men estimate the loss in
the wholesale business district IN
"hich the fire originated at sl5Ooo'-
900. The heaviest of these losers
vare John r. Hurst & Co.. $1,5OOooo'
insurance over 100000 r. NJ. SUIT
on G. Co. dry goods. $1,000 900; the
Daniel Miller company, $1,500OOO, on
buildings and contents; Armstrong,
Carter & Co., 100000. This district
comprises about 125 buildings occu'
pied by more than $50 firms.
In the city of Washington there are
10. 900 Browns, 5000 Smiths. 14,OOo
Johnsons and 1000 Jones.
The lingering guest would doubtless
be surprised to learn that his long
going is often regarded as shortcom-
ing.
No Lives Lost.
Baltimore, Feb, 8.-When darkness
fell tonight the people of this stricken
city knew the worst was over. The
flames which for more than "a hours
had swept resistlessly through the heart
of the city were checked. An army OF
firemen from m any cities, working I'M
til wearied and aided by a muddy little
stream. finally conquered. Worn by a
night and day of terror, the great
crowds that watched the ruins of their
city turned homeward, and at midnight
the streets were deserted, save for the
police and military who guard the
burned area. To the south red glow
rises and falls marking 140 cares of de-
fastation-75 squares of property that
yesterday represented values TO the ex-
tent of from $75 ,OOO, 900 to $125, 000,-
900. Not even close approximation
can be made of the loss. No guess can
be made of the insurance.
Not single life has been lost and
not human being has been danger
ously injured. The hospital lists con-
sists of minor burns, with the excep-
ton of Jacob Ilgingritz.a fireman from
Yrok, Pa. He has fractured leg and
is badly burned.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-12
At the Spokane Theatre. Spokane.
February 20--"The Two Johns"
February 24.-Paul Gilmore.

February 26 and 27-"The Eternal
Among some Of the best attractions
which will be at the Spokane during
the last three months Of the season
are: The Four Cohens," Jerome
Sykes In 1.-THE Millionaire" e. H. Soth
ern in 1.-THE Proud Prince" 1.-THE Sill.
YER Slipper" Richard Mansfield In
Old Heidelberg" and Blanche Walsh
in 1.-THE Resurrection"
Write Manager Dan L. Weaver and
have seats reserved in advance. Price.
isnge from SO cents to $500.
City"
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-12

London. Feb. 9.-The Toxic CORE
snondent Of the Standard reports the
utmost activity by the authorities who
are conveying troops to ports Of en-
harEation. The people are calm and
confident. the correspondent continues,
and there is no excitement.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-12

Astronomy interests few, but gas
,ronomy catches the multitude.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-12
Nursery Stock

Give me your orders now for your
nursery stock Tor spring plant-
ing represent to old reliable
Albany Nurseries. Furthermore,
reside here, hav" interests here,
and am helping to build up the
country.
R. GORSUCH.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-12
In the Chicago Fire.

Chicago, Feb. THE territory
lurred by the Chicago fire in Octo'
ber. 1871, amounted to POO acres, In
volving loss of over 100000, 1000.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-12

and repairing. am prepared to do any
and all kinds of work in the line OF shoe
making and repairing My prices are
reasonable. Leave orders at Iantrill d
Eakin's shoe store.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-11-09
the trusts and monopolies for four

the trusts and monopolies for four
years more.
Montana and Nevada are not re.
garded at this hour as being entire.
ly lost to Roosevelt, but they are
given to Parker without any danger
to the Republican candidate, and
should later returns give them to
Roosevelt his electoral vote will be
swelled just that much more.
An early estimate indicated that
nothing would prevent republican
victories in New York, New Jersey
Connecticut, Rhode Island and In
diana. Judge Parker will probably
carry New York city by a figure
close to 100000. The Republicans
concede him $1,000, and the Demo-
Gratis claim $4,000. Up the state.
according to the best information
which is at hand, Roosevelt ran bet
ter than Mckinley did in 1900 and
in several counties the Roosevelt
pluralities are almost equal to those
given Mckinley in the same coun-
ties in 1896. In thatyear Mckinley
carried the state by 26S, 469 and in
1900 by 143, 6O6.
At Republican national head
quarters tits believed, on the basisof
the most careful investigation it has
been possible to make, that Roose-
telt will come down to the Bronx
with 100000 plurality. This is a |
minimum figure, for it is realized
that the upstate Republican plural |
lty may go as high as It's, 900 to
100000. This will eat up the Dem
ocratic plurality in Greater New
York whether so, 900 or 143. OOO and
cave a very satisfactory margin be-
sides. A plurality of so, 900 or more
or Roosevelt would no doubt mean
he election OF Higgins for governor.
New Jersey, Connecticut and
Rhode Island are conceded to Roose-
'elt by the Democrats.
In Delaware the Republican out
ook is very good, but the state comes
learer being doubtful than any
tate in the east, but with sentiment
Last page.l
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-11-09
ROOSEVELT ONCE AGAIN
Republican Candidate Carries
Nearly Every Northern
State.
Has Plenty of Votes to Spare in
the Electoral College,
Big Victory.
Special to THE GAZETTE

| Special to THE GAZETTE
ST.. PAUL, Nov. 8-(Midnight)-
Returns from practically every state
in the union indicate that Roosevelt
and Fairbanks have been elected
president and vice-president of the
United States by one of the largest
electoral votes ever cast for a ma
tional ticket.
The solid south, with its Isl cleo
toral votes, together with the cleo
toral votes of Maryland, Nevada and
Montana, total of IA, appear to have
gone for Parker, the democratic can
didate, giving him total of 165
votes, while all the remainder of the
states, including New York, Indi-
ana and New Jersey, considered
doubtful heretofore, have decided in
favor of Roosevelt and Fairbanks
electors, and give those candidates a
total Of 81 votes in the electoral
college.
The Republican victoryf6 the ma
ton has been complete. Nothing
granderhas ever been accomplished.
Roosevelt, the foe Of the trusts, cor
oorations and monopolies which
laye dared to defy the nationallaws, |
las been given most triumphant
Endorsement at the hands of the
American people and be will con-
niue to circumscribe the power Of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-11-09
Republican Candidate for Cover
nor Seems to Have Come
Safe Under Wire.
State Committee Figures by Dis.
tricts and Gives Him
l0,500.
Special to THE GAZETTE

Special to she GAzETTE;-
ST. PAUL. Nov. s-(Mldnight)-
From returns received at the head
quarters of the Republican state
central committee r. @. Dunn has
been elected governor Of Minnesota
by about 10000 plurality. Roose-
yelt's plurality in Minnesota will be
from $1,000 to 100000.
The returns received are very
meagre and are being compared with
the vote of Gov. VanSant in 1900,
when that official had something like
1000 plurality over John Lind. The
returns received show that Johnson
cut in heavily on Dunn in all the
precincts of the state, with but few
exceptions, where Dunn Is running
up to the presidential ticket.
The committee is making up its
estimate, from returns received, by
congressional districts, twoof which,
he third and fifth. they believe have
been carried BY Johnson. The first,
second, fourth, sixth, eighth and
ninth districts are claimed for Dunn,
While the seventh congressional dis
'rict, in which Redwood county il
coated, is claimed to have castabout
n even vote. The districtsclaimed
or Dunn and the pluralities claimed
y each, are as follows:
slrst 900
second district 500
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-11-09

Mr.. Dunn receives in the six dis
tricts named above.
Redwood county is claimed for
Dunn by from 300 to6OO plurality.
The nine Republican candidates
for representatives in congress
have been elected, giving Minneso-
ia solid Republican delegation in
the next house.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-11-09
FUR SALE
NEXT SATURDAY.

Besides our unusually large line we
will have on display q large line from
an eastern factory on consignment.
Come and look them over.
y A good astrachan jacket lined
with heavy satin $4,000
A better grade for..............S35. 90
The very best astrachan jacket
made cKibbin's best. .S49. 90
Best Beaver-an extra fine
jacket worth $4,000, Satur-
day. for only-................$13 1876. 90
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-11-09
NEXT
SATURDAY
NOV. ~.

All our &c and Sc prints and calicos
on Saturday nly...................... Sc
All best outing including the beau
, tiful pattern in Teazle down and
heavy twill-on Saturday only fOc
Mems heavy wool fleece shirts and
drawers on Saturday only $50
All l23c and l5c So in. fleece dress
goods on Saturday only..........1Oc
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-11-09

Fourth district.........................-1,50 500
Sl4tn ulstrlcC. .-.....................l,O OU
Eighth district. ..........................7.00 900
Ninth district. ..........................1,5 500
Total, .............. ....-1S. 500
The third district is claimed for
Johnson by about 5000 and the fifth
district, Hennepin county, by 5000,
giving him 5000 plurality in the
two districts, or 10000 less than
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-24

Boston, Mass, Aug. denver.
Col, has been selected as the place
for holding the next Grand Army OF
the Republic ercampment.
Albany, Oregon, Aug. II. The
Borst FIRE in the history of Lynn eoun-
ty is sweeping down on four Settle
meats IN the eastern part OF the conn-
UnSess the wind shifts the vii
zages of Foster, Sweet Home, Water
loo, Sodarville, are kdoomed to des-
sruction. The Ere is utterly beyond
coutroB though hundreds of deter
mined men are fighting flames.
Thirty square miles OF country thickly
dosted with timber mills and farm
buildings have already been burned
over.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-24
New York Boys for Our Farms.

Columbia, Aug. 17.-Commissioner
of immigration Watson expects in a
few days to send to this State a cou-
pie of boys from the Children's Aid
Society of New York. These boys sre
placed all over the country and several
dozen will be brought to this state as
soon as the regular secretary, r. NJ.
Brace, returns from his vacation. The
acting secretary does not feel like tax
ing the responsibility of sending out a
large number. AS has been stated,
these boys are not reformatory in
mates, but usually foundlings cared for
by this society and make excellent farm
workmen. The two will be sent to Alb
beviile.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-24
End of Bitter Fight.

ssTwo physicians hada long and stubborn
fight with an a5cess on my right lung
writes J. F. Hughes of Dupont, Ga. "and
gave me up. Everybody thought my time
had come. As a l.st resors tiled DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption.
The benefit received was striking and |
was on my feet in a few days. Now I've
entirely regained my health" 1t con-
quers all Coughs, Colds anG Throat and
Lung troubles. Guaranteed by j. F. W.
DeL6rme's Drug Store. Price SOC, and
Sl.00. Trial bottles free.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-08-24
MAKES PROMISES
IND THEN DENIES THEN.
The Porte IS Charged With Sharp
Practices in Dsaling With U.
S. Minister.

Berlin, Aug l9.-The Frank Furter
Setting asserts that the Porte indulg-
Cd in sharp practices in its dealings
with the United States on the matter
OF the latters demands for proper treat
mant OF the American school in Tur-
key. The American minister, the pa
per states, after thanking the Porte
for satisfactory settlement. received
reply that he had misunderstood the
Turkish note. which did not consider
americas demands