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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
MARCH MAGAZINES.

All good things come to an end and the ThaCkeray letters could not last forever. The Century Magazine gives us the con clusion of the whole matter in this month. The letters are full of freshness, and a happy spirit of discomfort that with ex- pressIon rocks itself off. leaving content ment. Indeed. our little house is very pretty. I don't see d gayer one any where. and if a man is to be i'll why there cant be pleasanter room than this in which I'm writing, quiet, bright, with a beautiful garden and green avenue be-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.

It seems strange to the uninitiated to talk about styles in literature and fash iors in an art mode. as every poor and rich writer hopes. for all time.
 But when one Is in the real business of writing. when necessity makes one eag- CT for the appearance in magazines, and the now usual three books a year." it becomes necessary to consider style
 Style in appearance in a magazine as well as style in appearance at a social function One Is about as necessary as the other. One season 1t is all the four cor ners of the earth, local color from Af- ghanistan a tinge of the Orient outlines from the peaks of the Rockies.
 Again the crude new people of the earth; stories of the negro. the dago, the coolie and the rest.
 Then We tire of all this as We do of summing and we want high life. New York and nothing but New York. Even the dresses of people must be described with as much care as if the fiction per sonages were formed for copy plates for dress makers to model alter. People In these stories must throw away money, and burn money, and live in utmost lux ury
 It is comfortable to read of all this, perhaps there's comfort in writing of such things, even if one cannot experience 1t.
 New York is so empty, with all it's three million population. of real born and bred New Workers that all the present day dwellers in Gotham want to study the species.
 That Is hard to do except in fiction made by the Westerner. the Southerner the New Englander. who having had his or her few years or months in New York, wants to hit popular taste and picture the New Yorker.
 It is supposedly next best ,Aing to lnd- ing ana Knowing the real New Yorker in the hurly hurley of people from Den yer rom Manufacturing towns of New England from Southern plantations to ma something written about him by peo- pie just as anxious to find and know the real thing aG we are, and just as far from ever finding 1t.
 les surely much of the fiction written about the New Yorker is written at far range. and is more what the New Yorker | might De termed than what he is. But ii le doubt serves good purpose. It seems the real thing to the vast bulk of fresh maoe citizens of the metropolis, who
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20

fore 1t. such as w. |. Astor couion have in New york with all his money.
 He must perforce resent somewhd' Americas s press criticisms ot ms iee. Iee' which. he confesses, he never ehJoyeu sis ing: Shall I ever come back to you
 again? Not as a public performer @ ~on
 go through the degrading oruedi oh pieS'
 abuse again"
 | Since November never quiet with the
 lectures-which are a much greater suc
 cess here than in America-as great even
 pecuniarily. People knowing the suuJec'
 better, more familiar with the aiiusiohs' | etc, like the stuff am glad for my part that this should be the oplnlon-lor | know in America it was thought hao | brought them an inferior arucle-siass biacss as 1t were for the natives put no newspaper in this country VIII say, hke Bennett, that any young man "ouiu sl' down in their office and write such rec 1 lures in an evening""
 No young man can sit in his once no" and write letters that will bring smiles and tears to the reader after the lnS thereon his dried and the paper yelloweo for forty-two years.
 He makes his farewell to the "Ameri- can Family" God be with us. l don't feel much care about dying. AS we love our children. won't our Father love us! God bless you all"
 William J D. Croke has gathered some charming and characteristic anecdotes or the new Pope.
 A Heroine is quaint story or the Maiden Lady" who outlines her TO- nance, for she was the heroine. taken from the life of a once popular novel.
 Other stories of the number are: The Man Behind the Drums, ''rhe Warning of Sexton Maginnis," "Antonios Last Stake" The Prince and the Painter,
 -Four Roads to Paradise" continues it's several soul dramas. Newton just hon. ored with the coveted decoration finds all his successes as dead sea fruit in the light of soul-birth that flashes in him with the sudden rush of human tenderness" that comes with the knowledge that his boy Is doomed. 'The twenty years of splendid activity which had loomed glorious before him looked now like a twenty-mile pill grimage, each mile marked by a grave stone" And this is why the scales weigh evenly in what the world calls failure and success. So much loss goes with suc- cess, loss of soul-growth, of selhshness, of leisure. of sympathetic communion with humanity. So much gain goes with failure gain of soul strength. of gentle | ness, of sympathetic kindliness, of rest fitness. The scales remain evenly bal
 anced at the end, and when the race is won one scarcely can guess which the wisest would choose knowing all. The striking differences of The Paris | Bourse and the Stock Exchange of New York" are written of by Cleveland Moi i fett.
 Not only in France, but in every civ
 ilized country on the globe. for specula- tion. the mental or spiritual is 1t? epi-
 demic rises afresh at intervals here, there, | everywhere.
 Other important articles are: A Visit to
 Bismarck Economic Changes in Asia, and
 Burroughs delightful article on Human Izing the Animals
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
An Englishman Reviews Our Poetry

Church Collins. whose series of articles on "Poetry and Poets of America in The North American Review is attracting critical attention, has recently published a volume of Studies in Shakespeare through Messrs Archibald, Constable and Co.,, in London. Mr. Collins Is an Ox- ford graduate. 1872. whose life has been devoted to the cause of higher educa- ton, upon which he has written and lectured for years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
A Drama of the Cotton Mills.

Many Applewhite Bacon gives a graphic picture of mill life in the South in her story, "The Weaver" in Harper's for April. Last autumn Miss Bacon investi- gated the newer Southern cotton-mills for Harpers Magazine embodying her ob- servations in an article, and her present story is. therefore. written from first hand knowledge of the characters she portrays
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20

novel Sir Mortimer, to be published by the Harpers on March r, Is a remarkable example of the triumph of mind over the handicap of illness. As to her future work Miss Johnston is wholly uncertain. It will probably be a long time before she undertakes another story.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
Lines to q seftless Soul.

I see thee nailed unto thy cross, I see gain grow from thy self's loss. God leads us ways we do not know, Because n truth He loves us SO. Divides us from this small worlds care By sin. or sorrow. or despair.
 Your feet have trod the path e'er mine You reach the eminence divine.
 With yourself dead you live and move Receiving, giving heavenly love
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20

Where Ignorance Is Not Bliss. (Gentieman with comic face has just finished very pathet- ic story) Brown Cwho is very deaf. and has been watching his expressionl-- Ha! AAt Very good! Funniest thing I've heard TOT a long time,"-- Punch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
A ThOughtless Druggist.

ONLY oughue druggist would offer preparation without the signature
 of Chas Fletcher when oaoia called for; decate and 1ckerg ight' that joins bys life to it's devoted parents being sacred
 the sefrepectng druggist, to be t'aed with
 For thirty years Mr. Fletcher has ven and gives personal attention the preparation of Cora has the confidence and physicians everywhere harmed the n babe This said of Limitations Counterfets and the Justas good rot
 The oughe druggist only counterfeit because few pennies profit Any preparation but experiment. and they exper guess irrespective of what their sponsors may them experience of thirty against wild and mudiou experiment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
Love and Hate.

Love. the skylark scars and sings: Hate has neither song nor wings.
 Emma c. Dowd, in Century.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20

The Latin hymn of Mary. Queen ol Scotts, is as follows: "'Oh! Domino Deus, Sperari in te- Oh care mi Jesu, Nunc libera me, In dura catena. In mlsera poena Desidero te. Languendo gemendo, Et genufecteIdo. Adoro. lmploro. Ut liberes mel! !"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
Marv Johngton's Plans.

Mary Johnston has sailed TOT Slclly' to stay indefinitely, and to live out or ooorS in the hope of regaining her health. Her
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
A Versatile Man of Letters.

Robert w. Chambers, the author. has had varied career. He was educated In Paris studied painting under BenJa- min Constant, and began his career as an artist. He has written verse. and } drama, called The Witch of Ellango- wan" which he wrote for Ada Rehan, was produced at Daly's Theatre. He has also contributed numerous articles on miscellaneous subjects to the magazines
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20

Women in the South anxious for the
 benefits of university training will be gratifed to learn that the Baltimore As sociation for the Promotion of the Cni- versity Education of Women has offered fellowship valued at $500 per year for 1904-05. preference being given in the award to women of Maryland and the
 South. This fellowship Is available for work in either an American or a foreign
 university, and will be awarded only to those women who promise distinction in their subjects. The committee will re- ceive applications in writing, stating pre- vious training, energy, power of endur-
 ance and general health; no competitive | examination will be held. but the fel- | lowship will be placed where the candi- dates ability seems to promise the best chances of a successful career. Evidence
 such as college diplomas, testimonials | from professors and other qualified
 judges, plan of work intended and exam | pies of previous work, such as papers
 or accounts of scientific investigations
 made will be received. The opportunity | Is certainly a desirable one, and the Southern woman who shall secure the coveted prize is to be congratulated
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20
The Keystone,


 The Keystone improves with each is- sue. It should become the official organ of every Southern State Federation of Clubs, and doubtless will in time.
 The Florida State Federation of Wo- mems Clubs has honored the Keystone by adopting 1t as its official organ. This expression of confidence and approval of our work on It's part Is another gem in the crown which the women of the South have placed upon the head of The Key stone. The Clubwomen of Florida may rest assured that The Keystone will serve them faithfully and as well as IS in our ability. We ask from this active earnest band of Florida women their CO., operation and their interest Let each Club woman feel 1t her right as well as her duty to put herself in communica- tion with her official organ and to send to 1t all notices or items which she may think would be of interest to her fellow Club women of Florida. We bid you welcome to our circle, women of Flor ida. may we be helpful to one another in our endeavors and may our efforts for higher and better humanity be blessed with success.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-20

never have and never will discover the small remnant of the now almost extinct species. the real old New Yorker.
 It gives the desired appearance of up to dateness to the magazine wherein 1t ap- pears, the story with New York color.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23
LADY CURZON DYING
Her Family Hastily Sum-
 moned to Her Bedside.
SHE IS ATTACKED BY PERITONlTIS
Royal Physician and Many Famous Specialists Attending Her In Hus- bands Castle nt Dover,
 EnGIRnd.

DENVER, Sept. 23.-Mrs. Levi z. Letter. mother of Lady Curzon of Ked- Ieston, with her son and daughter, are hurrying from here to New York. They have received word that Lady Curzon's condition is critical, and that they should make haste to reach her bedside. They will sail on the first fast liner for Europe.
 Joseph Letter was in Wyoming when he received cablegram telling him that his sister was indisposed at Walmer Castle, England. Later he received another message stating that Lady Curzon's condition had grown much worse and that her illness might result fatally.
 MT. Letter came here as fast as a train could carry him. He then took the first train eastward, accompanied by his mother and sister. At first he kept the news of Lady Curzon's ill ness from them, but when he learned how grave it was he, of course, inform ed them.
 Lady Curzon had expected to visit this country soon in order to see her relatives.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23

ham, repFimanded Cephus Hemphill, a negro laborer. whose duty 1t was to feed fuel to the stack of the furnace, for neglect of work. Hemphill cursed the foreman, who carried the case be- fore his brother. Superintendent J. s. Perkinson. The Parkinson broth CTS decided to climb to-the top of the stack and interview the negro.
 When they reached the top of the stack Hemphill sprang upon the fore- man and sunk his teeth deep into his cheek. A desperate fight followed, in which Perkinson was badly hurt. Superintendent Parkinson sought to help his brother, who was unable to shake loose the hold the negro had on him. Finally Foreman Parkinson managed to draw revolver, and he shot the negro twice as they were in deathlike grapple on the very brink of the little platform high In the air.
 At this junctdre the desperately wounded negro grabbed the revolver and fired twice at Superintendent Parkinson, but the latter fell fiat on his face and the shots missed him. Then Hemphill released the foreman and sprang upon the superintendent, biting him terribly. By this time Hemphill was growing weak from the loss of blood from his wounds, and, releasing his hold, dropped to the mar row platform and died. The two white men who had fought for several minutes at the high ele- vation were horribly bitten and se- verely lacerated in the struggle As Hemphill died he turned over and his body dropped to the ground far be- low. The coroner's jury decided that
 the killing was dcne in self-defense.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23
ACUTE PERIToNlTis.
Lady Curzon's Condition Now Re-
 garded as Critical.

Lady Curzon's Condition Now Re-
 garded as Critical.
 LONDON, Sept. 23. The condition of Lady Curzon of Kedleston, wife of the viceroy of India, is now most crit ical. She is suffering from complica- tions consequent upon her confinement on March 20, from which she never quite recovered.
 It is rumored that acute peritonNis has supervened.
 Two London specialists have been hurriedly summoned to Walmer castle, near Dover, where Lady Curzon is ly- ing. Sir Thomas Barlow, physician to the kings household, has arrived there, and physicians summoned from Paris also arrived on a special train from Folkestone.
 Lord Curzon, who is overwhelmed by this sudden blow, remains constantly by his wife's bedside.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23
ATTEMPTEp ASSASSINATION.
Chief of Police of odessa shot a'
 While walking With OboIensIxy.

Chief of Police of odessa shot at
 While walking With OboIenslxy.
 ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 23.-In Odessa yesterday morning, while Chief of Police Nejdgardt, in company with Prince Obolensky, was inspecting some new government buildings in the Boule- yard Nicholas near the Pushkin mon ument, young man wearing a blue blouse fired a revolver from a distance of six paces at Neidgardt.
 The bullet did not strike the chief of police, and the would be assassin was about to fire again when he was seized by Prince Obolensky. The mans weapon fell to. the ground and des- perate struggle ensued, in the course of which M Neidgardt was wounded in the hand with dagger. The as- sailant was secured and placed in GUS tody. He refused to give his name or any account of himself.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23
P O L T. S
HER MARR1AGE vow.

|A stirring melodrama with the love title is the attraction at Polls
 Hs afternoon and evening. The play lhls with the phases of life among |4lroad people in New England, all
 e good characters being horny-hand. t0llers, while the bad ones are
 anabers of the capitalistic set. There
 e a number of sensational scenes,
 s great spectacular climax being at &e end of the third act. The hero
 in charge of a switch at a siding; fo trains, one of them fast express which the heroine and her father |e passengers, are to pass this point a certain hour. If the express is Irown on siding there will obYi- ksly be most disastrous head-on Illision. The villain overpowers the pro, binds him and throws the witch as the trains are approaching. ne soubrette, who breaks her way pt of a closet in which she has been |rown and locked by the villain, re. Ases the hero, who smashes the win Pw in the switch house, jumps through hd after hand to hand fight turns |e switch in time to allow the two |ains, each POO feet long and from op- Psite directions, to rush by each oth. in full view of the audience. Be |des these elements of popularity ths lay is said to have several features merit that are a source of gratifi ltIon to its author The lines are bod, terse and natural. The charac- sfs all talk like real folks, not like
 elodrama folks. They all talk. or mary, everyday. colloduial English. kcept those who talk in dialect, and
 ey talk to the point. It is said that
 Ie effort to invest the play, melo- lama though 1t is, with homely, Theatrical atmosphere, has been lost successful The story is inter .ting and we'll told and there are a |t of clever and illuminative bits of slsiness scattered all through the lay. The company presenting the |ece is claimed to be an exceptionally lever one. Prices are 25, 35 and cents.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23
JAP ADV VANCE SLOW
Oyama's Vanguard Thirty
 Miles South of Mukden.
RUMORS OF BATTLE DESTROYED,
Japanese Apparently Give Up Idea of Enveloping Movement nnd Will Attack KuropatLin's Front
 and Hanks.

ST, PETERSBURG, Sept. 23.-The Japanese advance toward Mukden continues slowly, according to infor nation received by the abthorities here. Both official reports and press dispatches place Marquis Oyama,s ad vance guard thirty miles south of Muk den. Stories printed in the foreign press that great battle at Mukden has already begun are disproved by the actual development at the scene of operations. There is no question il the minds of the Russian authoritie of the importance of Mukden to tlf Japanese asa winter base.
 It is believed the Japanese will exc. every effort to push out the Russians but it is thought a serious struggle fo the possession of the town is still son, days distant. The Japanese probabl will have to reckon first with stul born defense of the Fushun mine where the next important fight is ex pected to take place.
 Judging by present developments Marquis Oyama is giving up the idle of cutting General Kuropatkin's com munication to the northward and con tenting himself with advancing upon the Russian front and flank in such a fashion as to force the evacuation of the town and compel the Russians to retreat farther north. The whole plan of the Japanese advance shows a con siderable difference from the opera. tiOns at Liaoyang.
 At the same time it is possible the Japanese are again making undisclosed movements, as they have successfully done in the past. According to the best information Oyama has three armies concentrated south and southeast of Mukden, fourth corps, consisting of two divisions composed of men drafted from the armies of Generals Kuroki. Nodzu and Oku, being detached to Dziantchan and thence sending out fianling columns northward and north eastward with the object of protecting Oyama's right and at the same time driving in the Russian outposts. An enveloping movement on such large scale as General Kuroki essayed at Liaoyang is not expected. Evidently the Japanese realize that their strength is inadequate to justify another at tempt to surround General Kuropatkin, who now is stronger by two army corps than he was at Liaoyang.
 The report has gained some credence here that it is the intention of the Japanese to winter at Mukden if they can take the town and then hold on until an accumulation of Russian forces on their front compels them to retire to the Liaotung peninsula and Korea. the retreat in this direction drawing General Kuropatkin after them.
 Orders have been issued to prepare seven rifle brigades for service in the far east.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23
MAY IRWIN.

Unusual interest has been aroused F the announcement that May IT, |fn has selected Polls theater in, this Nv for the important event of her Fturn to the stage after an absence B two years. As already told Miss Twin appears there on Monday even lg in the new comedy that George V. Lbbart has written for her under the tile of Mrs Black is Back,' and in Ehich she is shortly to appear in New |ork. The coon songs she will intro |uce are new, and at least two of penn, which are of her own compo- |tion have never yet been sung in IAblic. Miss Irwin, who is her own Manager, has gathered to her support be following clever people: Al. s.
 ipman, Edgar Atchinson Ely, John :. Sparks, Nick Long, Arthur Saun-
 ers Charles Lane. Roland Garter.
 ohnny Johnson, Charles Church, Eeorge 4. Nichols, Al. Johns, William luton, William Price, Jane Burby, lay Donohue, Frances Gordon. yira Iial, Beatrice Greenyille, Madeline anderson, Lillie Lawton, Gertrude raylor, Evelyn Wade, Kate Gotthold
 nd Dorothy Banes. The sale of seats Eoes on tomorrow at 25, 50, 75 cents,
 1 and $1.50.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23
FATAL FIGHT IN THE AIR.
Two Brothers Engage in Fierce strug- gle with Negro on Stack 125
 Feet Above Ground.

At Birmigham. Ala, Coroner Paris the other day concluded the investiga- ton of killing which involved sen sational features. According to the evidence the homicide was the result of desperate hand-to-hand encoun- ter between two white men. brothers, ~on one side. and negro on the other, the fight occurring on narrow plat form at the top of 8 furnace stack, 125 feet above the ground
 Foreman J. P. Parkinagn, of the Vanderbilt furnaces at East Birming-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23
Auatrtan Captain Refuaed s2S ,oOo.

MANILA, Sept. 28. Captain R. Col ledani of the Austrian steamer Aus tria, which has arrived here from Shanghai, says he was offered $25,0o0 to transport the crew and twenty six officers of the Russian cruiser Askold from Shanghai to Russia. The Japa- nese consul at Shanghai warned the captain that if he did this service he would run the danger of being held up or even sunk by the Japanese war ships. and the offer was consequently declined.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23
STEAKS, CHOPS, OYSTERS, :lD
 Everything first class II Hodson's Grill Room
Kings Dainty Tastes.

The king is not fond of elaborate dishes. An oyster for an appetizer. a bisque or vegetable soup rather than turtle, slice of haunch, tiny chicken Dn toast, half dozen sticks of aspara- gus mounted on silver wire, seldom 8 sweet-nnless 1t be, perhaps, con serve of fruit-and instead of white bread a few squares of dry toast. Such a meal always gives his majesty the most pleasure.