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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12

the head until they. too, are extended
on the floor, palms up Now say to
yourself, Somebody is pulling me by
the feet and somebody is pulling me
by the hands" Consider that these
Imaginary somebodies are having a
tug-of-war over you. Imagine your
self the rope. Stretch your legs down
and your arms up just as far as you
possibly can.
Turn over and lie face downward on
the floor. GO through the same stretch
ing process. Repeat 1t on your right
side, then on your left Give variety to
your work by scattering the floor and
board exercises among the upright
ones. After stretching on the floor.
come to an erect and correct standing
position. Stretch the arms out later
ally, palms down.
Now bend the trunk to the right un-
I'll the right hand is brought to the
fioor and the left is high in the air.
This position must be brought about
by the bending of the trunk alone, the
arms being motionless all the while.
Bend to the left until the left hand
touches the floor and the right Is up.
Back and forth, back and forth, you
will flap like a big windmill.
You must aim to keep the knees stifr
the finger tips. This is no easy trick at
first. but you will find every night
bringing You nearer the goal.
Balancing yourself while lying on
your back on piano stool Is an art
to be acquired gradually. The perfect
accomplishment would be to lie as fat
while poising there, as If you were on
the floor Begin by laying the large
ironing board across a chair or small
table and stretching out full length
on 1t. When this has ceased to be a
dizzy sensation, take a smaller board.
Then do away with the board alto
gether and balance across the seat of
the chair.
In time you will be ready to take
the final step to the piano stool.
Stretch the arms out beyond the head
as far as you can, then draw them
down until the hands are-elasped I'M
der the head. Stretch and clasp, stretch
and clasp in counts of one and
two There may come a time
when you can maintain your balance
while your small brother catches YOU
by the ankles and whirls you around
with the plano stool, but while YOU are
in the first stages of practice you had
better keep him out of the way of
temptation.
If you are fortunate enough to have
horizontal bar in your house, or a
pair of gymnasium rings hung from
the ceiling. use them at this time Sim
ply swing from them, letting the body
stretch itself as you do so. 1t is all
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12
$3.50 Nashville, Tenn, and Return $3.50.
Via l.. and N. r. II.

Account Confederate Reunion. Tick
cts on sale June 10th to 18th. inclusivei
good for return to June 18th. Exten-
sion of limit to July 10th by paying
so cents and depositing ticket with
agent in Nashville. Special trains
leave Montgomery June 18th, $500 a. m
and 10 p m. The 10 p m. train will
carry sleeping cars. Write or cal
for reservations.
adv-tf. w. L. Beasley, p. A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12

The postoffice receipts for the fiscal
year ending July l. next, will approx
mate $145,000.0O0. In 1896 the receipts
were $s2.00O.o00. There are $4,000 ru-
raj free delivery routes in operation
that serve nearly 10000, 600 people in
the rural districts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12

very well to use them for "skinning a
cat" and other spectacular feats. but
the mere hanging from them is enough
tosrelax those cramped muscles. Look
j over the house and see II you can't
md something to hang from IL rings
ana bar are not numbered among your
household furnishings. Sometimes
stairs are built so that one can dangle
from the edge Of step. A door cas-
ing may serve. Search until some
thing presents itself.
Place some article on a shelf just be-
yond easy reach: reach for it. Do
this hrst with the right arm and then
with the left. Take the article down
ana put II back with each hand In turn.
Take advantage of all the help your
tiptoes offer. Don't grunt like an old
woman while you make the stretch :.
Repeat 1t several times. See If you
cannot place the article wee bit high
er next night. Vary this effort by
| placing the article good deal higher
and jumping for it..
Again, let me warn the woman with
g pain in the small of her back against
gil OF these approaching exercises.
what Is healthy woman's meat Is her
poison. If she is a chronic sufferer
from such pain these reaches are most
dangerous and may bring on serious
disorders H
FOR instance, standing with a nat
iron raised high above the head Is ex
cellent practice for girl who is f1t;
but once knew girl who did this for
few seconds on five successive days
and thereby gave her physician work
for five successive weeks. The fragile
woman must gain her relaxation by
mflder means. Light exercises, partic-
ularly mat work, must suffice for her.
Lying on your back on the floor, ex-
tend the arms straight against your
sides. Rise to a sitting posture with
out bending the knees. Repeat this
number of times until the legs feel
| Tong"
Here Is an excellent occasion for that
setting-up exercise which ordered you
to bend the body forward until the
fingers touch the floor, the knees all
the while rigid. Stretch the arms high
above the head before bending
Call in a friend in need. Induce her
to clasp you firmly by the ankles while
you lie face downward on the floor.
Place yourself so that you can with diff
ficulty reach door-sill. Clutch 1t and
pull yourself by it until the body is
thoroughly stretched.
Don't fancy for a moment that you
are to undertake all of these violent
exercises in one night. Choose Just
enough to make you feel thoroughly
relaxed. and to make the bed a deli
cious spot. They will bring about the
early sleep and the early sleep, you
know, Is beauty sleep.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12

During the frst four months of THIS
calendar year this country imported
$32, 405. 500 OF sold, while it exported
S2s.s61. 2s6. There have been exported
from New York during the month Of
Nay Ss5s55o.ooos while there have been
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12

Between June 18th and July 4th, 1904.
we Will present four persons with trans
pOrtatiOn to st. Louis and return. A
ticket given with every cash purchase
of so cents made at our house between
above dates.
Bullock & Fleming,
"The Leading Shoe House."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12
THE BEAUTY QUEST.
HOW STRETCHING BEAUTIFIEs.

TOLL aU1 *
BODY A AITHFUI CLAW
ExERcIsEs SHOULD TAKEN JUST BEFORE BEDTIME
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12

imports at San Francisco Of se.So0. coo.
but our gold balance win quickly be
made up BY imports from Alaska with-
in the next few month";, Our current
production OF GOLD sA this oaontry %
about ss,soo.ooO Per month.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12

Miss E. F. H.-Massage the bust
with sweet oil at night and dash on
cold water in the morning. Use dumb
bells. To increase the hips, take the
mat exercise and ride bicycle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12
Answers to Correspondents.

Mrs. C.-The cream forA chapped
hands to which you refer may have
been the following. which is also a
whitener: One ounce white wax, 1
ounce spermaced. ounce nut oil, all
added to one-quarter ounce camphor
gum dissolved in ounce olive oil. Melt
together and beat to a cream. Rub in
to the hands after bathing them in
warm water and CASTLE soap. The
cure is aided by sleeping in loose kid
gloves after the application, as this
prevents the cream rubbing off during
the night; 1t also causes a slight per-
spiration of the hands, which is whit
ening.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12

NJ. G. M.-Keep your hair light by
exposing 1t to the sun as many hours
each week as you possibly can. Soda
or borax Will keep 1t light but they
are not the best shappoos, as they
make the hair brittle. The best tonic
in your case Is made of 1 pint bay rum,
1 ounce castor oil. 1 drachm tincture
cantharides. ] drachm carbonate am
monia. Use three times week at
first. gradually lessening. Try egg
shampoos.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12
Shirt Waist Sets

The newest and prettiest de-
signs in Pearl, Gilt, and Silver.
The kinds that sell at 25c. 10c
The kinds that sell at soc and
75c -. $500. .39c
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12
A. Nachman
Announcements
Tomorrow, Monday, June Is, Oh,
j. B. Summer
CorSets.

Three styles-short, medium
and long; the kinds that al
ways sell at $1.00 and $1.25;
tomorrow ....... zee
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-12

Harold-Has the erysipelas entirely
vanished7 Otherwise you should have
a physician pass upon any tonic or hair
dye that you use. as 1t might cause
trouble. / discussed gray hair only a
short time ago and advised some cor
respondents to try daily massage with
a good tonic long enough to see wheth-
err the treatment would not start the
new growth OF hair in the natural col
or. In that case there.is no need of a
dye. 1 gave a dye then. A tonic
which is said to restore hair to its nat
ural color is composed of l pint of
water, / pint of high wine. / ounce
bears oil. Employ an honest druggist
IL you are to get real high wine. which
is alcohol before 1t is distilled.
A. N.-Directions for the use of
lemon juice on the face were published
last week. Make your cold cream by
melting and beating to cream the fol-
wax, ounce spermaceti. / ounce olive
oil. tablespoonful honey.
Yours Truly."-Nothing is better for
chapped lips than camphor ice, and 1t
has a tendency to redden them. The
best reddener, however, is a prepara-
ton of ounces rosewater and tea
spoonful tincture benzoin. Although
you say that your eyes are in good
condition. am inclined to think that
you would be wise to consult an ocu-
list. as they feel as though you had
just arisen from sleep" Eyes must
not be neglected. Buy a drachm of
oleate OF mercury ssalve and apply it
gently to the lids at night after bath
ing them with hot water. Eyelashes
have tendency to grow OF themselves
when the eyes are put in good condi-
tion and any irritation Of the lids re-
lieved.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
BoMBARD DALNY.
Japanese Fleet Makes Furious At
tack on the City.

Japanese Fleet Makes a Furious At
tack on the City.
CONSERVATION reigned last week among
the Russians in Newchwang over the
sudden advance of the Japanese forces.
Not only have Dalny and Port Arthur
been subjected to a furious lombard
ment, but the Japanese troops are in
force in Manchuria west of the Yalu,
Fastening inland by forced marches, bent
OF fanking the Russian position and cut
ting the army Of the Car off from its
base.
After keeping out Of sight for several
days Admiral Togo's big feet of Japan
csc warships suddenly reappeared before
Port Dalny and began a furious bonn
bardment OF the city and the fortiica-
tons along the shore Of Talien-wan bay.
After keeping up a terrific cannonading
for some time the fleet suddenly drew of
and steamed southwark to Port Arthur,
about forty miles away, and renewed the
attack on that city.
At Dalny, mindful OF the elaborate
system Of mines with which Russia has
protected this harbor. the feet kept at n
considerable distance from the shore,
thus at the same time avoiding the mines
and keeping out Of range Of the guns
of the shore batteries. Admiral Togo
is said TO have had fifteen warships un-
der his command.
While these operations Of the fleet
were in progress, it is believed, force
of Japanese troops was landed between
Antung and Taku-Chan. to the east of
the mouth Of the Yalu river. The at
tack on Dalny and Port Arthur was
probably made to draw the attention OF
the Russians from these points while the
landing was effected.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
Frances Educated Farmers.

In France, as in the United States,
agriculture engages fully one-half of
The population. Since 1922, when the
Institute of Roville was founded by
Dombasle near Nancy, the French
free training system has, with many
ups and downs, gradually extended
until it covers all France and all
forms of soil culture.
French children, under government
training, are first put il primary
schools, thereafter to pass up through
all departments to the National Insti-
tUte. 1t must be admitted that the
term French peasant" means some
thing vastly more than farmer of
any other nation. When the French
boy energies from the institute he is
no yokel, but an educated man who
can make the most of the smallest
area of soil. He knows Familiarity all
life on the farm, animate and mani
mate, also all objects, organic and in
organic. He is fully equipped to ere
ate wealth from the smallest means.
Through him we understand the vast
combined wealth of the French peas
antry. Were such system in vogue
and compulsory in America, forty mil
lion farm workers would be elevated
from a homely and commonplace ex-
istence to an educated mass, capable
of wrestling untold riches out of a
vast soil which to-day is often worked
in the most ignorant and humdrum
manner, producing a mere living per
family, and generally mortgaged be
yond its present worth.-Harper' s
Weekly
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22

in supreme by all around but which
had In it passionate and unchangng affection well
custom In Japan national loyalty yet divided
itself from the actual worship dynasty
origin loses ITSELF in the thoughts of fortyve millions
homogeneous people amid the mysteries of the invisible
Time was of courseand only years ago-when such
proximity to that diyney descended
would have been impossible Incredible mady presumptu
GUS Three times afterwards --it had the priv-
lege of respectfully watching from 81 dark
serious unchangng retrospective upon
whoms focused the absolute devotion Japanese peo
pie in manner only unparalleled elsewhere hardly
even comprehended 1t is this traditional sentiment
wonderful nation which is the mightiest of all
and which will bring her in honor and triumph out all
dangers.
shall not attempt to dwell upon what have
heard personally of his imperial majesty Other pens may
dare to make him into paragraphs Whenever / that
silent potentate thinking legends
and of the goddess and of Avalokteswara
can only recolect it is still with something awe
well with profound respect sympathy that recall
the steadas brows and the STERN sad lips of his Imperial
Majesty Mutsuhito-whose Order of the Rising Sun
have the honor to bear and of whom the humble
servant and well wsher-beleving / do that in his
august hands Providence has placed the duty glory
union which once appeared impossible
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22

she sighed. Then she went on to tell
me just what the life. in all its d-udg-
cry, its uncertainty and its destruction
of home ties meant.
''She asked me if 1 had ever been
in-well. | mean l told her about you
She asked all sorts of questions about
you. and then-then she-but you don't
know her, so why should you be inter
ested in what she said?'
why should 1 be interested? Go
right on and tell me what she said.
What did she advise you to do?"
she said that success. even success
like hers-and you know that she is
one of the most popular actresses in
the eountry-was not worth the price
one paid for it. That any woman had
better marry and settle down in-in a
village like Stauntonville than ever
achieve stardom. In short. she advised
me to marry YOU"
Tom saned suddenly across the ia
BILE and took Ediths hand. He utterly
forgot that they were in a public res
taurant
Fortunately they were cut of from
the general view by bank of palms.
and their waiter, discretion personihed.
promptly retired when he "a " that his
presence was not wanted.
And you are going to marry me.
Edith
Il have a very high opinion of Miss
k. and attach much weight to her
opinion" She replied. deraurely. But
are You sure you still want me-"
Il told you that things never changed
In Stauntonyille. You must 20 back
with me to the world where things
never change. Just send Miss x a
little note to the effect that you have
taken her advice: it is only few
blocks to The little church around the
corner and we can leave for Staun-
tonville this afternoon. indianapolis
sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
WHAT Docs the Pork Cost?


1t is periods of depression in values
that put the hog grower to the crucial
test. w. A. Henry, the Wisconsin ex-
pert on porcine matters, insists that
the corn belt hog grower has not yet
got down to the basis of making pork
at minimum cost When corn is
worth % cents a bushel it can be
thrown to swine ad libitum, but with
grain worth 40 cents, the horse as
sumes a different hue. Growers unite
in declaring that they cannot make
pork profitably at four cents. G. j..
Maggenheimer, of Hamlet, Ind, sue
cessful grower on large scale told
the writer only recently that $40 was
the cost of his hogs at the shipping
point. Consequently. thousands of
growers are taking the easy horn of
the dilemma and shipping the stock
to market lacking maturity.
The problem at present before the
grower is whether or not he can fur
nish his hog crop and market it at
heavy weights profitably Feeding
either hogs or cattle for recreation is
not desirable. Many feeders did both
last year, hence the indisposition to re-
peat the performance.-Liv Stock
World
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
REJECTING A CAREER



CO on knew little about the theatri-
cal section of the great city. but
- latterly. he had been reading a
good deal OF IL. and felt that he was
not wholly IMMERSED in its geography,
inha bitants and customs.
Ever since Edith Blythe had left
Stautonville to go on the stage. Tom
had been subscriber TO and devoted
reader OF sill the dramatic and semi
dramatic newspapers on which he
could lay hand
once in a while, far down the street.
he would spy some one. who by the
noise of her head or the manner in
witch she walked. made him think for
a moment that she was Edith. but each
time he was disappointed.
But at last she came. caught in the
eddy of the crowd. and was almost
past him before he could reach her
side.
They had luncheon together; not at
one OF the big restaurants fill Of peo-
pie who laughed too loudly and looked
as though they We're all-men and
Nvomen-accuStomed to eating and
drinking too much, but at quiet place
on the avenue. which Tom had discov-
cred during previous visits.
Aud at the luncheon they talked
talked of StauntOnville, where nothing
seemed to occur.
"Tve been away for four years, .
said Edith. with half a sigh. but l
don't imag CINE that should find the
Mace changed so much after all. should
IT,
Changed" replied Tom. with his
hearty laugh. nothing ever changes in
Stauntonville."
You have not. at any rate"
Il have not changed in any particu-
lar. l hope"
Not in anything. Toni"
Edith was net looking at him as she
asked this last question. but out OF the
window. The question was innocent
enough In its wording. but there was .
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
FEAR IN THE PRESENT DAY.



- To-day we are far removed from fear of heat
4 III of cold, or of wild animals We have cap >
4 III coats houses and firearms. The most poverty
M stricken among is infinitely better protected
w from all danger than the most powerful
" ruler of ancient days Nevertheless possibly
4 ~ are become only the more fearful. How often
IN in train hear corpulent man shout: Close
- that door Don't you feel the draftY' The tone
is of person terrified by the sight of great
danger Our own epoch content however with
ing illness alone; fears life also How many desparng
individuals find in every class How many gedies
find their origin solely in the disgust felt for life ITSELF
How many suicides due to the dread of struggle!
And how many unfortunates there who, feeling
pugnance this brutal of solving the problem
seek in another way forget their sad fate And forget
fulness in the majority of is found in the laborng
classes in inebriety 1t is not to wine alcohol how
that the wealthy classes have in order
forget their troubles Generally subject weak
the members of high society sentenced by
their physicians to regime of water They the vic
tins of their parents and Of their ancestors who have left
them bodies charred abundant feeding blood
burnt by long continued diet of trufes Thus it
happens that they generally demand of the druggist poson
which will stupefy them enable them to avoid pain
Monsieur fears touch of toothachequck bring cocaine
Madame feels suggestion of headache get
brine antipyrne.
Only the of a the declaration of a
is needed the fear living give place
fear Of dying Then of old the fear of death takes
possession of humanity Brothers, relatives and friends
being killed. Mankind, for few weeks a few
months trembles did the of ancient time. The
crisis Of madness ends civilization takes up it's
tnue grow DID, man. pursued by fear of suffering
takes theory and to science yet spite
Of all he does thinks fear lives undestroyed hidden
and inaccessible.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
The Farmers Reverie.

The Farmers Reverie.
TIL nights is gittin' shorter an tn days
is gittin' long.
An yest'day, i-jing, l heer'd a robin red
breasts song:
Jes' let me say in passin' when a robin
starts tew sing
Thet it's a shore-nuR sign we hain't so
fur away from spring,
l cslkilate tn grass is sproutin' some
beneath tn snow;
TIL sap is sort o. thawin' an a-tryin'
hard to flow;
TIL crow looks down an sasses ez he
flies past on tn wing,
An, somehow, things begin tew sort o
smell tew me like spring.
Fore long I'll be a-traipsin' on tn hill
behind the plow--
Inste'd o settin' fore tn FIRE like I'm
a-doin' now
A-lis'nin' in tn furrow fer tn dinner bell
tew ring
A-cussin' JEFF and Kate an kind O. hap
by Gus it's spring.
Some folks prefers the winter time an
sum prefers tn fall,
While summer time suits others, yit It,
sumhow, don't suit all.
rs fur es I'm consumed. eff could hev
my choice, i-jing,
reckon l would hev tn hull endurin'
year jes' spring
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
snrnrinr Frnit Trna..

Spraying fruit trees for the purpose
of destroying insects and fungus
growths is no longer looked upon as
fad, but is recognized as being an alb
solute essential where the best results
in fruit growing are expected. In the
matter of spraying the average farm
er who has but small orchard has
much to learn from the specialist
Many thousand carloads OF fruit are
sold annually in the corn belt that have
been raised in other States, under
conditions that are no more favorable
for fruit growing than those Of the
corn belt, providing the same care
could be exercised in handling the
fruit trees, Spraying is an operation
that should not be performed in hap
hazard manner. and should only be
taken up after obtaining specie advice
pertaining to IT. In this regard the
experiment stations of the corn belt
stand ready to furnish individuals with
formulas and directions for this work.
Iowa Homestead.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-22
ROCKING THE BABY.

l hear her rocking the baby
Her room is just next TO mine
And l fancy l feel the dimpled arms
That round her neck entwine,
AS she rocks and rocks the baby,
In the room just next to mine.
l hear her rocking the baby
Each day when the twilight comes,
And l know there's a world of blessing
and love
In the ''baby bye" she huns.
I can see the restless fingers
Playing with mammals rings"
And the sweet little smiling, pouting
mouth
That to her in kissing clipgs,
As she rocks and sings to the baby,
And dreams as she rocks and sings.
hear her rocking the baby,
Slower and slower now,
And | know she is leaving her good
night kiss
On its eyes and cheeks and brow.
From her rocking, rocking, rocking,
l wonder would she start
Could she know, through the wall be-
tween us.
She was rocking on my heart?
While my empty arms are aching
For form they may not press,
And my emptier heart is breaking
In its desolate loneliness.
/ Est to the rocking, rocking,
In the room just next to mine,
And breathe a tear in silence
At a mothers broken shrine.
For the woman who rocks the baby
In the room just next to mine.
PHILADELPHIA Telegraph.