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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
COURT AT LAFAYETTE.
Splendid Charge to the Grund Jury by
 Judge DensOn.

Lafayette, Aug. ,29--(Special. )--Cir- cuit Court for the county convened in Lafayette this morning at 10:S0, Judge N. D. Denson presiding. The grand jury was organized with T. J. Middle ton as foreman and immediately enter ed upon the discharge of its duties. w. B. Bowling. the Democratic nominee for solicitor is advising the grand jury in the absence of Solicitor s. l.. Brew er
 Judge Denson's charge to the grand jury was most exhaustive and on the highest plane. The whole charge was directed to the theme Civic Righteous ness" and in a most forcible manner did he urge upon the members of the jury and all other citizens the duty of upholding the law and of living ex- emplary lives. Many commefAs were passed upon the charge and it was pronounced by many as one of the strongest ever delivered In the court house at this place. The trial of eases was entered upon after noon. Although there has been no court here since last September the docket is very light.
 Much interest is felt in this section as to the action that will be taken by the executive committee at its meet ing on next Thursday in filling the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. H. J. Gillam, deceased. In this sec- ton the sentiment Is almost universal that it is the best for the committee to name and substitute as the nominee the man who received the next highest vote to the successful candidate in the April primaries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30

 Every woman who Is not having things exactly her own way or whose hus- band does not give her as much allow ance money as she thinks she ought to have writes a tale of the misunder- st obd, and I sometimes feel oynically inclined to believe that many cases of throbbing and awakened soul are just pure and simple dyspepsia. The latest woman's book q will refrain from mentioning the author, but you will all know her because of the preface the president wrote for her other book) is, as the boys say. "the limit" I read 1t on the sands by the sad sea waves, and they were no sadder than I when got through. The object seems to be to prove that the old fashioned woman Is dying out (I'm heartily glad of that) but the present type of woman. accord- ing to the authoress, is about the most urnaturaIJ aIJd lh0peless specimen im- aginable (throughout the whole book, tool and I don't like that unconscious feeling-manAand woman are made an tagonists. friendly perhaps, but an tagonists for all that. You are taught that there are only two extremes. "Suf- fer not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over the man. but to be in silence" according to the Biblical quo- tation heading of one of the chapters, or else an unsexed, argumentative. rudderless and derelict specimen of humanity,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
If You Do Not Know,
 You Ought to Know That

than seventy-five people attending each service in each church! There are
 14,000 benefices of the Church of Eng
 land, or that number of pastors and
 churches; 1000 of them pay $750 a year. 1.500 of them pay $500, and 300
 pay less than S2b0. Some pay very
 handsome stipends for exceedingly lit-
 tie work. One of these ministers gets
 $6.000 a year out of which he pays a
 not been near his church for over twenty years.
 There have been 77,617 suicides in
 the United States during the last thir- teen years; 41 physicians shuffled off during the past year-a greater number than In any other one profession. Prior to VA, pistols were in vogue, today pol son Is the fashion. particularly carbolic acid,
 New York, that Is Manhattan and Bronx, consumes 270, 900, ,000 gallons of Croton water a day and it needs and is planning to get 160,000,000 gallons more.
 It costs 30 cents a gallon to produce California wines; the French make the same quality of goods in Algiers for 12 cents. All of California produces but 23,O00,d00 gallons of wine per year: Bordeaux alone produces nearly a billion gallons.
 South Africa loses this year nearly | one-half the value of her normal ex- ports of wool owing to the depreda- | tions of jackals, not the English species but the four footed ones. In Winnipeg there were 240 people in 1871; today there are nearly 1000. There were buildings erected there last year to the value of $5,00O,0 900; during
 the first half of this year $6,00O, 900 worth of buildings was done. Incl dentally, Manitdbas wheat from
 which Winnipeg derives a certain sign
 orage, will yield 53,000.O00 bushels
 this year.
 Fifty-five percent of the divorced wo- men in this country earn their own living, 32 per cent of the widows and 31 per cent of the single women do likewise, while but 6 per cent of the married women have anything to do with the financial end of the livelihood
 making. though Heaven knows most of the others have enough rustling to do The figures would indicate, however, that 94 per cent of the married men
 earn the family bread. There are few fences in Japan, ground is too valuable. they plant mulberry trees as division lines; there are 100000 acres of these productive fences, besides 570,000 acres of mul- i berry farms. The Japs use every inch | of land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
PLANNED TO DO MURDER,
Lee County Negroes Formed Club to
 Kill Widow nnd Her Children

Opelika, August 29.-(Special.) Ut seems that "colored society" some- what similar to the one organized at Statesboro. Ga, was attempted to be organized in Lee County a short time ago.
 August 2, an attempt was made to burglartze and rob the ersidence of Mrs. Maggie Piatt who lives seven or eight mtles south of Cpelika on her farm: About 10 o'clock that night a noise awoke her son. Jimmie, a boy about fifteen years old. They discov- cred negro man entering the house through window. Jimmie got a shot gun and fired at the negro, but missed his The negro fled and the next day the matter was reported to the neigh bors, who began an investigation
 At one a. m. today as a result of the investigation, three negro men, John Cook. Fletcher Dorsey and Homer Peterson and two negro women, Nan cy Mangum and Helen Peterson were brought to Opeliika by R. J. Allen. J. w. Littleton and other neighbors of Mrs. Platt and lodged in jail
 Some information was obtained from little negro girl that resulted in the trrsea there negroes. Two of them Homer Peterson and Helen Peterson have made a full confession and state that a conspiracy was made to kill Mrs. Platt. who Is a widow. and her three children, to rob the house and then burn 1t.
 They state that they were all pres ent at her house on the night of Au- gust z, and had carried kerosene oil along to burn 1t, after the murder and robbery. The discovery of the negro. climbing through the window and shooting at him prevented the consul nation of the consipracy. Warrants have been sworn out be- fore E. A. Burke, Justice g; Ste Peace returnable to the County court and a preliminary tr al will be held in few days.
 Circuit Court will not convene in | Opelika vhtil october 10. A reference Is being held before Hon. H, }M. Wilson, Register in Cham cery,I today to determine the relative rigrfs( of the depositors and creditors of the Shpeard Bank, which recently | fa1ed in this city.
 4 Mans One PrerOgative. Philadelphia North American. z Notwithstanding ~anAB Boston-emRn has
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30

Russia is lucky in one thing at least; her grain crop this year is larger than 1t has been for many seasons, her wheat and other grains in the eastern port of her European possessions alone will aggregate nearly 8 billion bush : els.
 The salmon fisheries of the Northern Pacific, around about Vancouver par ticularly, are a failure this season. The catch will aggregate less than half of last years, which, too. was under the normal
 There are standing orders for over 100000 servants in the city of New York. The authorities at Ellis Island are beseiged by people who wish to procure immigrants for domestic ser vice. The officers state they could place 10000 immigrants as domestic servants within three hours after ar rival
 Twenty years ago the people of Wis oonsin and Minnesota boasted that they had timber enough to supply the coun- try for hundred years. Owing to ruthless and extravagant cutting, the forest fires, those same people are buy
 
 North Carolina and California. The forests of the far West are being de- vastated in the same ruthless manner and now on top of the depredations of man, come forest fires this season that surpass all records. Millions upon mil lions of feet of magnificent lumber have already been destroyed. The smoke from these fires is so dense that navigation upon rivers hundreds of miles distant is seriously impeded.
 Statistics are queer things at best and wonderfully easily 5uggled to the interests and advantages of politicians and the crafty ones of the earth. A writer sometime ago compared the cost of government in the United States and in New Zealand, much to the dis advantage of the latter country, that was cited as costing each inhabitant $3S.33 while the per capital cost in the United States is but $797 As a matter of fact. the figure given for New Zea- land comprehends all the cost of gov ernment, while that of the United States is but the cost of Federal gov- ernment, and to which must be added the cost of State and municipal man agement. In the District of Columbia, as an example, the cost of government Is $50 per capital and the estimates for next year raise that cost to $40, making tho District, in that respect, the highest priced place on earth,
 In one square pile of London City there are forty-seEen churches with a seating capacity for 10000 people. The forty-seven ministers draw $217,00O a year and the cost of maintaining the churches is s31S,O00; there are fewer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
Cure to. Asthma and Hay Fever

The statements published below con firm the claim of Dr, Schiffmann that his remedy Is an absolute cure for Asthma and Hay Fever.
 Miss Mary Zachery, Pleasant Hill, La, says; T have found your Asthma Cure permanent cure for Asthma. for which I used 1t years ago. l have never had the slightest return of the trouble since. I have also found your remedy excellent in Bronchial affec- tions."
 Hay Fever sufferer writes: ''I have had Hay Fever for IA years. I bought a package of your remedy (Schiffmann's Asthma Cure), of our druggist and due to its use this Is the first summer that have not been troubled" Mrs. Frank Guilfogle, 6237 Ridge Avenue, Roxboro, Philadelphia.
 Sold by druggists at soc and $1.00. Send Pc stamp to Dr. R. Schiffman, Box S90 St. Paul. Minns fer tree sam; l2las sAaeka&S 4A & kfQ.thH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
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MILLION DOLLAR FEES.
Cromwell, Guthrie and Dnl Among the
 Lucky Ones.


 Worlds Work ts4
 The successful modern lawyer is the most highly paid brain worker in the world. There was a time when the lawyer sought to charge each particu- lar client all that he thought that cli- ent would pay. The lawyer of today aims to charge so that his account will appear on the profit side of his clients s ledger.
 William Nelson Cromwell is to re- ceive s2,000,0o0 for selling the rights of the Panama Canal Company to the United States. But for MT. Crom- wells extraordinary patience and skiI1 the isthmtan canal might have been built through Nicaragua, and the Pan anna Canal Company would have re- mained in its defunct condition.
 William D. Guthrie received $1 ,000,- o0o for his victory for the widow in breaking the will of Henry B. Plant, As result Mrs. Plant obtained S7,000,- 900 or $s,000,0 But for MT. Guthrie her share of the estate would have been exceedingly small.
 James B. Dill is credited with hay- ing been paid $1,000,000 for settling the famous dispute between Mir. Andrew Carnegie and Mir. Henry Prick. A le- gal fight would probably have resulted disastrously to every one concerned.
 1t is not known how much Francis Lynde Stetson is paid as the general counsel of J. Pierpont Morgan, though it is estimated on Wall Street that MT. Morgan gives him an annual retainer of $50,000 merely for first call upon MT. Stetson's time, all actual service be- ing paid for in addition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
"Give nnd Take 7

We'll, either am an exception. as are some friends of mine also, or else we are all freaks. Why on earth is 1t not possible for a man and woman who are to be married to be both intellec- tual independently of each other and vet to be the dearest of friends? It isn't necessary for a woman to be ei- ther a sheep or a doormat or else be- come an argumentative virago. And don't see the necessity of an amending feud between man and woman. It Isn't necessary for one to yield all the time It's a game of give and take with the right man and the right woman. Given broad mindedness and a sense of hu- nor. and even the dread chains of mar riage become a gay burden equally borne and laughed over by both par ties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30

I can't help having few cynical ideas on the subject of summer yaca- tions. Most of us don't know when we are having a vacation and when we are working. There Is a stereotyped good old fashioned idearIthat to have a vacation one must leave ones cozy quarters in town. with electric bells. bathtub. etc.. and emigrate to one small room in q hotel or boarding house where there Is no closet and perhaps next to no window. For this scapt accommodation the happy vacation
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
ANNOUNCEMENT.

We take pleasure in announcinR tbat we are going in the FIorlst Business. and will be prepared about October | to hli all orders for cut flowers aasd plants of all kinds. Our green hossees, are complete, modern, and up-to- date, and we have secured the services of an expert Florist from the, East. We are now prepared to fill a limited num- Der of orders for funeral designs, and we will guarantee entire satisfaction on any orders entrusted to us.
 $. B. STERN I& CO.,,
 Phone IOOI.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30

want "cute" hat of furry felt in two tones fthe same red. In It's dark tones especially, this color is simply chic in the extreme.
 1 am writing this letter from Sea Gate. properly the reclaimed end or Coney Island. It is absolutely shut on from the rest of the world In its exciu- siveness. The population consists of the tenants of p hundred cottages and the following of the Atlantic Yacht Club. It is guarded on the land side oy the Gate" sort of porter's lodge. ana on tie ocean side one must ap-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30

tSS'AAs AAoAs6SAAety S.sV b. m Axss
 wed; ana Sat. Wa New Orleans ana souIa. ern Paoitie. ~~~'
 Train No carries through k,u,lm,n. From New Orleans to New IOTa ana Cinoln. natl and Jacksonville to St. Louis maEtn. CT to Chicago. oseS
 Train No. carries through pulInan sit steSners rom New oreans to New YorK, ana i,t Sleeper sleeper Montgomery ts ST. Louis with
 All through trains make clo.. cour.o,,o, at Cincinnati bvansviIle. St LouIa ~nd New Orleans for all points North. souIh East and West. '~s S~~''A'
 For further information perta,ninx L. rate routes and schedules SonsuIt IicksI agents L. N. R. R. or write or can or w. l> SEASLEY. Pass. ARt Union statioc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30

,er" has the priv |llege of paying about a dollar the square inch. and that's about Ill the privilege she has.
 For the wom- an of moderate means the aver age seashore re- sort, from an
 e e on o m 1 c 9 l viewpoint, Is merely q snare and a delusion. E v e r y t h 1 n g costs. even the sea. She has to dress q great deal more than
 she does at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
CARRIED TO THE COURTS.
Legal Fight Over the Property of Mrs
 J. III. McVickers.

J. II. McVlckers.
 Chicago. Aug. 29,-Col. Joseph H. Strong. public administrator of Cook County. was apointed administrator of the estate of Mrs. J. II. McVickers widow of the veteran theatrical man, by the Probate Court today.
 This action on the part of the heirs of the dead woman Is the opening move in what promises to be a sensational legal struggle. The papers of admin istration were issued on application of Horace McVicker. the step son of the deceased. The value of the estate is said not to exceed $2s5.000.
 As Dr. I O. H. Seigler Is in pos session of the remains of Mrs. McVick- CT and will bring them to Chicago there may be a scene when the body reaches here. since the relatives intend to take charge of the body and conduct the fu- neral "even" as one of them said, 'if it becomes necessary to call on the po- lice to enable us to do SO"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
Wounded Negro Improving.

George Freeman, the desperate pe- gro shot by Mounted .Patrolman Q. c. Roberts early Sunday morning in North Montgomery, while resisting arrest is improving steadily under the care of a surgeon at the City Prison where he is incarcerated. .~
 The wound is in the fleshy part of the left leg and though painful was never considered serious. He Is charg- ed with vagrancy and resisting an off, ficer. though it wip In all probability be several days before he Is able to appear in the Recorders Court to answer the charges.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
MACON AND ATLANTA
 VIA ATLANTIC & BIRMINGHAM.
September 9th.

On Tuesday. September 9th, the At lantic and Birmingham Railway will operate another of it's popular person. ally conducted excursions to Macon and Atlanta. The round trip fare from Thomasville to Macon will be $2.50; to Atlanta, s4.00. Tickets will be good returning up to and including Satur- day. September 10th. Special train will leave Thomasyille TAO a. m, running through to Macon and Atlanta via Montezuma and the Central of Georgia Railway without change. ady-tf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30

subject, which is one of my chief de- lights want 10 tell you that the cof- fee cofored gown of. fine cloth relieved with touches of orange is going to be a smart reception costume in the autumn. For street wear to have made to wear in the next month, you cannot do better than to choose a material of the dull new shade of copper red. Have it made warm enough so 1t can be used without wraps during September and October and with the addition of a fur piece in November With this you
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30

the neishborhood carpenteF with such help as he can easily summon. can erect the new buildings.
 l When each set of plans had been completed they were sent to the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute where cop ies were made on blue prints. On the back of these blue prints were written by a typewriter the full, specified .tions. The plans and blue prints were then sent to Superintendent I. w. Hill for distribution throughout the State.
 Superintendent Hill has a thousand copies of these blue prints and speci- hcations and he is now sendin0 them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30

OOe VA AAA1A 0ANl literature with which we are being deluged " female au- thors. 'The Confessions of a Wife" was the pioneer a sea- son or SO ago, and since that time every wo- man with a mis" sion or a griev- ance has rushed into print. We read how wo- man feels in all conceivable emo- tions and, heav- en knows. she Is
 capable of any
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
BIJOU IS CRITICISED.
Censure for the Haytien Minister

censure for the Haytien Minister of
 Finance.
 Port au Prince, Hayti. Aug. 2s-(Daa layea.)-By a unanimous vote the Chamber of the Communes today de- clared that M. Bijou. the Minister of Finance, is responsible for the deteri- oratfon of public finances. It is be- lieved that President Nord will not ac- cept the decision of the chamber.
 A dispatch from Port au Prince July said that the Chamber of Communes had voted unanimously to censure Bijou for mismanagement of public finances. and that the Minister was ordered to appear before commission of inquiry After the session of the chamber. Min ister Bijou offered his resignation, but President Nord refused to accept, say Ing that Minister Bijou still had his confidence. The President said today that he was dissatisfied with the action of the Chamber.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
Surrendered to sherIR.

Will Miller. white man, who sev- eral weeks ago, seriously cut a man named Feagin' in West End, yesterday surrendered himself to Sheriff w. R. Waller to answer to an indictment in the City Court of Montgomery for as- sault to murder
 Miller Immediately made bond and was released.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
Submitted on Demurrer

The casa of Fisher H. Merritt as ad- ministrator vs. The Alabama Pyrites Co. ct al. was submitted to Judge A. D. Sayre of the City Court of Mont gomery in Equity on demurrer to the original bill.
 The case involves a claim for a small piece of property.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
ThIbet n Gold Mine.

Cleveland Leader.
 His Majesty Edward VII, King Of Great Britain and Emperor of India, In his speech proroguing Parliament. spoke of the invasion of Thibet as "Mv political mission" It now appears that In that land, where, when the British troops ask for bread, stones are given them, there are splenfR prospects for gold mining.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30

set fire to the seat of his trousers by scratching a match across it, 1t is just possible that other rockies men will still ga striking a light in the same daring manner when no other means Of fers itself. It Is one of the highly es- teemed masculine prerogatives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
Special Council Meeting.

A special meeting of the City Coun- ell of Montgomery has been called for 8 o'clock tonight to consider the repeal of an ordinance to improve s. McDon- ough street, to take up the matter of water works extension and to hear a report from the Water Works com mittee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30

Loss of Appetite ts commonly grad ual; one dish after another Is set aside. It is one of the first indications that the system is running down, and there is nothing else so good for 1t as Hood s Sarsaparilla-the best of all tonics.
 ady-tu- thu-su,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-30
An Original Outing.

My idea of a vacation is a peculiar one, I dare say. It demands place where one can save money for the fall wardrobe and have good food and a
 reasonably good time. I may here add tthat I have never yet found it. / If I were a man I would engage pas- sage on one of the numerous fishing craft or freight catryiug boats in the harbor. cruise around and have a dirty, healthy time of 1t, There Is something very attractive In those queer shaped schooners. with thetr time worn sails and their weather beaten crews. Oh. know the food would be bad and the quarters cramped, but think of the blessed freedom from the convention ality of "sassiety'' and the summer ho- tel piazza? Think of tho freedom of lying out like a lizard on the upper deck in the sun, wearing the same old clothes day after day. and never having one's vision interrupted by the unsym
 pathetic cackle of womankind?
 know a very rich young man who
 did this once. Instead of going off on friends yacht with a lot of conven-
 tlonal men and women, not to speak of
 matchmaking mammas, he actually engaged passage as common sailor on fishing schooner. and, being Q fine, athletic, college youth with a taste
 for adventure, he had the time of his life.
 Another thing while am on the va cation subject. Why should pure air
 be rated so high above other things
 peace. of mind, good food and comfort
 of body. for instance? Now that the
 vacation" season Is almost over l can't help feeling that I would have had more restful time of it had de-
 fled popular opinion and stayed in town. I would have had my own good home cooking. I might have worn my old clothess in scomfoyt and I certainly would have md eMu- worry because of preparasAons nd packing. think next year shalHtry the vacation that means peace of mind for Q a.change.