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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
- SPECIAL.
 Holiday NabiscOs, 1-2 m Nabiscos. s............I0 10 A Trunk of Cakes ....... 100
 Great A. X F. Tea Co.
NEGRO FOUND DEAD.
Had Painted and was SuRocated
 Seed.

Had Painted and was Suhocated by
 Seed.
 Union Springs. Dec. 20-(Special.)-- This morning about o'clock Charles Tolbert, colored, met his death in the Co. He was engaged in moving seed next man to get the seed failed to re- ceive any in some little time he went to ascertain the cause and found Tol- bert covered in more than two feet of seed. The surmise Is that he fainted and fell and the seed suffocated him.
 Much excitement prevails over the County among the negroes owing to 8 report being circulated that there will be an earthquake in Union Springs and for a radius of ten miles on the twen- ty-fourth. It is said that a prophet was coming toNard town a few days since and that at a certain hill eight miles south of town. his horse stopped and began to paw. and the earth began to sink toward the city, then he rode around to the north side and the horse stopped and paved again, marking the northern boundary of the earth quake. The negroe 9sreally believe this and as a result the streets are crowded each day now as they say positively they will not come to town Saturday. but will flee beyond the lines of the predicted earthquake.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. B. Smyth will re- turn today from a visit to New York and Philadelphia.
 Mir. Ernest Marbury of Gordon will spend Christmas here with relatives
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
ACRIMONY ARGUMENTED.
Sir Henry Campbell and Chamberlain
 Are At Outs.

Sir Henry Campbell ana Cnamperinin Are At Outs.
 London, Dec. 20.-The political cam paiRn of education on fiscal atfalrs which is now being vigorously carried on throuehout the United Kingdom by both parties. while affordinB httle that is new in proportion to argument shows evidence of increasing acrimony and more personal feeling between leaders.
 MT. Chamberlain, in addressing a public meeting in the east last week hit out even more sharply than usual and showed no little ceiling in refer ence to Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman the former Liberia leader In the house of commons, who had said of MT. Cham berlain lat least he might try to be gentleman"
 Sir Henry tonight made a speech in the same hall and before an audience equalling in number and enthusiasm of the one addressed by Mir. Chamberlain. the night of December 16. He dwelt at the out set at some length upon the subject of the unemployed of London. which now threatens to become a ser ious question and advocated that the government at once inaugurate large works and thus benefit the state and at the same time afford employment to thousands who are threatened with starvation. Sir Henry then began a reply to Mir. Chamberlain. and said
 Tt Is not those who are forever mouthing the word empire and using that word to cover their own shady acts and their own policies who are the best friends of the empire"
 Continuing the speaker challenged IChamberlain's right to speak for the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
CONSIDERATION SERVICES.
Rev. Albion Knight to Re Cubn's
 Missionary BishOp.

Atlanta Ga. Dec. 20.-The imposing consecration service of the Protestant Episcopal Church, by which Rev. Albion W. Knight will be elevated to the list of bishops of the church, will be ob- served here tomorrow.
 Mir. Knight was elected at the recent General Convention of the church. held at Boston. to be missionary bishop of Cuba. The occasion will bring to At lanta many of the leading bishops in this country, besides many clergy from various parts of the country, and many prominent laymen.
 Bishop D. s. Futile of Missouri. pre- siding bishop of the church. will be in charge of the ceremony, the ordination sermon will be preached by Bishop Sessums of New Orleans. Other bish- ops who will attend and have part in the ceremonies will be W. c. Gray Florida; W. K. Moreland. California; c. NJ. Beckwith. Alabama; K. C. Weed. Florida; T. D. Bratton, Mississippi; J. E. Cheshire. North Carolina; R. H. Weller, Wisconsin: c. K. Nelson, Geor- gia, and Ellison Capers, South Caro- lima.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
ARRANGEMENT FOR FUNERAL.
New York Aldermen Discuss Burial o,
 Living Man.

Living Man.
 New York. Dec. 20.-Plans for the funeral Of a living man were consid- . cred today by the Board of Aldermen. The subject of the discussion was Hiram Cronk. the last surviving vet eran of the war of 1912. who is now
 living at Ava. N. Y. at the age of 1O4 years. Alderman Wirth introduced a resolution declaring that as all of Mir Cronk's life had been spent in the State of New York and in view of his hon. orary part in many battles of the war of 1912. 1t would be fitting that the chief city of the Empire State lead in honoring him by a soldier burial and that his remains lie in state in the city hall.
 Alderman Mccall said that while he approved of the spirit of the resolution he thought 1t would be better for the hero to die before providing for his funeral The resolution finally was
 adopted with the following amendment:
 That In the event of the death of
 MT. Cronk. the President of the Board of Aldermen take cognizance of the
 fact and appoint a committee to pro- vide for a public burial"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
CENTRAL COUNCIL TO MEET.
Conduct of Certain Attorneys Will B
 Investigated.


 Secretary Alexander Troy. of the State Bar Association yesterday re- ceived notice from W. W. Callahan, Chairman of the Central Council of that association that a meeting of the council would be held in Birmingham next Friday morning at 10 o'clock in the office of Thomas R. Roulhac, and requesting him to be present. The meeting is to be held to con aider complaints against several well known lawyers of the State and if the charg- es are believed to be true by the members of the Central Council, dis- barment proceedings will follow.
 The council is composed of W. w. Callahan. chairman. of Decatur; Charles P. Jones. of Montgomery, A. s. Van de Graaff of Tuscaloosa, John London and s. D. Weakley of Birmingham. The. efforts of the Alabama State Bar Association to purify the law practice in Alabama has been highly commend ed by the people of the State gener- ally and will serve in more ways than one to keep the State free of shysters and their illegitimate practice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
ADJUSTMENTS. Montgomery Theatre.
 Thursday Night, ssrrhA DRen,- nR WpAI.A~. .,

The Prince of Pilsen" will play an engagement at the Montgomery Thea tre Thursday night.
 "Pixley and Luders's" ever popular work will be presented by a cast in- cluding Ida Stanhope, Jeanette Ba- geard. Almyra Forrest, Marie Welsh Stella Maritime, Jess Dandy. Arthur Donaldson. Ivar Anderson, J. Francis Sullivan and Percy Ames Of these the greatest number are in their second or third season in this diverting and melodious opera.
 As is the rule with all of Mir. Sa- wages musical organizations. The Prince of Pilsen" carries its own or chestra. Seats now on sale. adv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
SINNERS MEETING.
Hard Yarn People to Consider th'
 situation.

Hard Yarn People to Consider the
 situation.
 Charlotte, N. C., Dec. BOA general meeting of the hard yarn spinners of the South has been called to be held in Charlotte on January 5. when mat ters of vital interest to the trade will be considered. A circular letter Is be- ing mailed to all the spinners inter- ested today, urging their attendance.
 This course was decided upon at a meeting of the advisory board last night when the situation was consider ed and discussed at length.
 The recent slump in cotton brought about a chaotic condition in the yarn market and the spinners feel that 1t is necessary for them to be up and do- ing" if they would avert something that must be close akin to a trade ca tastrophs. When the price dropped many mills were loaded up with the raw material bought at high prices and the matter that now concerns them Is getting rid of their products without a loss.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
POST ~B" TO MEET.
Travelers' Protective Association T,
 Renew Energy.

Traveiers' Protective Association To
 Renew Energy.
 Tine first meeting of Post B." the local post of the Trayelr' Protective Association that has been held in a year os so will be held after the iaoit- days.
 As soon after the 1st of January as possible I will try and get as many or our boys together as are in Mont gomery' said President Isaac Dewees or the local post last night. From then on we will have regular meet ings so as to get things in shape for the State convention which meets in Mobile about the 1st of May" The National convention meets In Sayan- nah. Ga. in June and at the Mobile convention the Alabama delegates will be selected who will be sent to the Savannah convention,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
DEATH IN STORM .
YavI Boats of Schooner Smashed inta
 SDIintera.

SpIinters.
 Nantucket, Mass, Dec. 20.-Death was the probable fate of the crew of the schooner Richard S.. Leaning. which was driven ashore on Lons Shoal last Sunday.
 Both of the schooner's yawl boata were found aboard her today, one of them having been smashed to spliut- CTS. It Is supposed that the crew took the rigging and when that was carried away they swam with 1t into the ocean.
 The names of tho captain and crew were: Captain. Nelson E. Mills: l.. E. Reene. first mate; wm. Pelton of St :. Andrew. second mate; J E. Murphy. seaman: c. D. Robarets. seaman; E Scholman, seaman. and James Wtl- Hams. seaman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

sale at public auction in New York City in the month of January or Feb ruary of the Art Collection of Thomas E. Waggaman. former treasurer of the Catholic University against whom pro- ceedings in involuntary bankruptcy were brought several months ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
Ma..ucbu.ctts Crew vindlcated.

Washington, Dec 2O.-Vtndication for all the officers and men on the Massachusetts is contained in the re- port of the board appointed by the commandant of the League Island navy yard to investigate the recent accident on board that vessel. in which the death of several men was caused by the blowing of of gasket.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
Roo.ex.lt wiII Attend.

Washington, Dec. 20.--President Roosevelt today accepted an invitation to attend the Lincoln day dinner to be given by the Republican Club of New York on the 18th of next February. The invitation was extended by William D. Murphy of New York on behalf of the club.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
Wcnef1 and Society.

South Carolina, who has been the guest of Mir. and Mrs. c. c. Abercrombie. has gone to Memphis to visit friends.
 Mir. and Mrs. Aubrey Byron Nelson have returned from their wedding trip and are at home with his parents at 127 Holcombe Street.
 Mrs. Ira Virgin will entertain the Wednesday Card Club today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

colonies and asserted that Mir. Cham berain spoke only for himself and "hls tariff commission" but tho self gov ernment colonies had not authorized him to speak in their name.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
Captain Pershinw Appaintea.

Washington, Dec. 20 Captain J. J. Pershing 18th cavalry has been ee- lected by the War Department as mil- itary attache at Tolkio. Japan. to sue. ceed Lieutenant Colonel Wood. whosa term of foreign duty has expired.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mrs. J. Haltiwanger and Miss Frank Haltiwanger of Atlanta, are ex- pected today to spend the holidays with their daughter and sister. Mrs. John W. Tuliis, Jr.. at her home. PIT South Hull Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

Misses Hilda and Minnie Beach of Scottsboro who are students at Monte- vnllo. will spend the holidays with their brother. MT. James Beach at tho residence of Mrs. Hudson, eos Jeffer- son Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

Mrs. Martin Baldwin will entertain at cards some day in the near future in compliment to the Misses Ferrau of Mississippi and the Misses Semple nf New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

Miss Leonora Swift of Columbus. Ga, who is the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mir. and Mrs. c. G. Abercrom- bie will return home this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

Miss E6ie May Wagner will enter. tain the Spinster's Card Club today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

Miss Josephine Norwood. who has been visiting friends in Mississippi. will return home today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

MT. and Mrs. Robert B. Eilenberg will entertain at a musicale reception this evening in honor of Mrs. C. Nor man Jones of St. Louis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

Miss Fannie Pickett will entertain the San Souci Card Club today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
s.I. nA Collection.

Washington, Dec. 20;--In the supreme court of the district of Columbia to- day Justice Anderson authorised the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

Mrs. Henry Vandiver will entertain ct cards on Thussday. December 29, at . o'clock. in compliment to the Misses Semple of New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

Mrs. L. E. Swergart has gone to Louisville. Ky. where she will spend the holidays with her parents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
GRrFFIN-wnLNGHAM.

The following invitation has been re- ceived by friends in Montgomery:
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Jones Will lingham will give in marriage their sister. Miss Mayona Willingham, to Mir. Robert Lewis Griffin. on Wednes- day. December the twenty eighth. nineteen hundred and four, Wetumpka. Alabama
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

Mrs. Louise Bankhead Perry of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

Mir. and Mrs. A. J. Conroy will enter tain on tomorrow evening in compli- ment to Miss Flaunars of Milwaukee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

Miss Tillie Norwood. who Is a stu dent at the Judson in Marion, will. re- turn home to spend the holiday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
LINEN SHOWER TO

MISS WILLIAMS.
 Miss Mary Anderson gave a beauti- ful affair on Friday at her home on Court Street, when she entertained about twenty young friends in compli- raent to Miss Nell Williams. who will be married tomorrow to MT, Quisen- berry. 1t was a linen shower. The decorations in the hall and parlor were American beauties, red carnations and Southern smilax used in artistic ar engagement.
 After all the guests had arrived Mss Williams was invited to stand beneath 8 large wedding bell of white chry- santhemums and pull a ribbon, and when she did from out the bell fell the shower of linen in exquisite hand kerohiefs, centerpieces. etc.
 Refreshments were served in the dining room where the table was a thing of beauty in a plan of green and white into which white roses. carna- kions and chrysanthemtms entered
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21

Messrs. Frank P. Glass, Jr.. and Purnell Glass, who are students at Princeton, are at home for the holi- days.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-04
A BENEFIT TO ALL.

There is no class of citizenship but
what is benefited directly or indirect
ly by good roads. The farmer, that
he may come to ready market to sell
and barter the manufacturer in the
town remote from seaboard or rail-
road, who in turn can haul his coal
and material at an appreciably lessen
ed cost and carry his finished product
for transportation, will be helped. 1t
will make him independent of small
railroad branches which are obliged
by reason of short distances to charge
an excessive freight.
The toiler in the many shops and
offices is to be helped by lower rents
within his means, because suburban
living is made possible by good roads.
And all who prefer the open living to
the huddled city life will appreciate
the benefit. Every citizen is to profit
in some way. Country and suburban
districts will be more easy of access.
Grocery and market men will be en-
abled to send their goods by free de-
livery at no enhanced cost to the
buyer.
Good roads not only cheaper the
cost of living, as we have already no.
ticed in the matter of rents, but also
reduce the price of supplies by reason
of ready market. Such PROPOSE
ton as we are discussing opens up the
country. The territory becomes in
habitable simply because easy of ac-
cess. A demand for land in consid-
erable quantity, either for residential
or business purposes, increases its
value. It has been demonstrated
again and again that the betterment
of roads means rise in the value of
real estate, and the rise will come,
the demand be enhanced, because of
facilitated transportation.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-04
A WONDERFUL ANIMAL.

Almost alone among Gods crea-
lures, the turtle has but single ene-
my-man. 1t does not seem to matter
to the turtle whether he stays beneath
the surface for an hour or a week,
nor does it trouble him to spend an
equal time on land if the need arises.
He is neither fish, flesh nor fowl, yet
his flesh partakes of the characteris-
tics of all three. Eating seems mere
superhuity with him, since for weeks
at time he may be headed up in a
barrel (with the bung out) and emerge
after his long fast apparently none
the worse for his enforced abstinence
from food, from light and almost from
air, and, finally, it may be truly said
that of all the higher, warm blooded
organisms there is none SO tenacious
of life as the turtle. l can truly say
Als4 -a->--- Aa- n ---l--es,
tree, where for hours the qsivering,
convulsive movements of the muscles
went on. Not only so, but on one
occasion only the head and tail were
left attached to the shell. Some time
had elapsed since the meat had been
cut out of the carapace, and no one
could have imagined that any life re-
mained in the extremities. But
young Dane, noticing that the down
hanging head had its mouth wide
open, very foolishly inserted two fin
gers between those horny mandibles.
They closed, and our shipmate was
two fingers short. The edges of the
turtles jaw had taken them off clean,
with only the muscular power re-
naming in the head. Signor Redi
once cut turtles head off and noted
that it lived for twenty-three days
without a head, and another whose
brain he removed lived for six months,
apparently unconscious that it had
suffered any loss.-LesIie's monthly.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-04
MADNESS OF THE DESERT.

cit is not generally understood that
the silence of the desert has mad
dening effect upon the human brain,'
said traveller whose experiences are
not often PARALLEL. "Monotony is
more severe than anything else de-
irving its entire pain from mental ef-
feet. The monotony of silence is
worse than any other kind.
"Take man away from the hum
of the work of men and send him out
on the alkali deserts of Arizona and
the deep silence becomes awful and is
sometimes unbearable. All at once,
without any previous symptom, some
member of the party may stop sud
denly with dazed look on his face
and a wild expression in his eye. He
is dangerous. His reason is torn in
wild confusion. Anything or any,
body familiar infuriates him.
"He must be disarmed and bound
at once or he will deal death to the
whole party. He is possessed of
desert madness, brought on by the
monotony of silence. He suffers ex-
cruciating mental anguish. He needs
to be relieved by being brought back
to his accustomed surroundings.
"On this account men used to the
desert refuse to go out with those
whom they are we'll acquainted. The
mad man is not likely to attack a
stranger. If there is no friend in the
| party his madness is likely to assert
itself in running rather than in fight
ing. 1t is a fearful disease not yet
understood"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-04
sYsTEMATIzED HOUsEwoRK.

Household management is an art
that cannot be taught from books and
can only be learned from experience.
A housekeeper who was noted
throughout her neighborhood as an
expert in this art, when asked the Sc
cret of her success, replied cit has
taken me years of earnest effort to
reach this condition. 1t cannot I've
learned in day, and only experience
can teach it..
A number of suggestions, however,
can be given to an inexperienced
housekeeper that will help greatly to-
ward this ideal.
She must learn the art of taking no
unnecessary steps. She must not at
tempt too much at time or her work
will go awry, and she herself will be
worn out, with nothing accomplished.
A failure in either of these points
will make housework burden. She
should set aside special duties for
each day in the week. For instance,
Monday may be if she chooses wash
day, Tuesday ironing day, Wednes-
day the day for sweeping bedrooms
and other upstair work, Thursday
d95isNyye ffT isNyyess6Rdjng s6drgg and busting parlor and
kitchen and looking over the pantries
and Saturday for special baking and
cooking. If she decides on Monday
for wash day she must see that the
servant does all the washing on this
day. If this cannot be done, the
extra washing should be left until the
following week. Special stains, how
ever, that must be taken out when
fresh can be done any time, but where
the general washing is carried over
from one day to the next the house
wife has too much on her hands, and
other equally important work is ne
elected. Tuesday, the ironing day.
when of necessity there is a good
fire, is an excellent one for baking
bread or anything that requires
steady fire.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-06-04
UNDER THE WILLOWS.

1 see the dear old farmhouse and the swards
1 see the apple orchard and the gray-brown
see the currantt bushes fringing fragrant fields
of wheat
Aye, all the rustic pictures mem'ry brings to me
Fen to the hazel bushes that 1 robbed each
But Just beyond the culvert was the dearest
Twas there the grand old willows, that still
Stood. sitting golden sunshine through their
lacy tops for me.
There, prone beside the singing stream, lay
At all the weird, wide wonder world my wonder
ing child eyes saw;
Between me and turquoise sky with alabaster
clouds
The spider sailors spun their strands and furled
their flmy shrouds;
The golden coated orioles that twittered loves
delight
While fashioping dwelling place to rear their
That soon would spread their yellow beaks and
clamor for their food.
Then; DSIidI1d gdgiPG Rdfss syes sss
912. siiver cloud into palace in the
Each palace held stately king that none but
The bits of cloud that broke away were chariots
S6uC IOr me.
Sometimes snowwhitc fairy clad in shining
robes of mist
Would beckon to me with her wand-I never
could resist:
Then.Of to Fairyland we'd float, and wOndrous
sights we'd Sec
Till some one came and woke NE up to call me
in to tea.
love that dear old farmhouse and the swards
that round it lay;
1 love the apple orchard and the gray-brown
ricks of hay;
The currant bordered pathway fringing fra
grant fields of wheat
Aye, all the rustic pictures mem'ry brings to me
are sweet,
Fen to the stunted hazels that robbed each
glowing fall;
But just beyond the culvert is the dearest spot
Of all;
There stand the gnarled old willows that still
distinctly see,
And sift, as then, the sunshine, through their
lacy tops for me.
Strickland w. Gillian