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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26

house, which forms part Of the palace
of Westminster.
He retains Office, though the policy of
the ministry may change, through sue.
IessiNe administrations, until his
health fails nr he deems himself to
nave earned retirement. Then the
sovereign bestows a peerage upon him
and the country a munificen1 pension.
The house of Commons has been sim
gularly fortunate in securing for
speakers men of great dignity, unfail-
ing judgment and unquesttoned parti-
atty and never more so than at pres
ent in the person of the Right Honor
able William Court Gully, member for
bennington. a liberal before he was
raised above all party ties 1t is a
splendid position, and although its in
tellectual demands are unceasing and
it's merely physical demands exhaust
ing. it is splendidly rewarded.
The position is as exhaustinSs 81 it is
distinguished. During a large part Of
the session the speaker must be in the
chair from 2 p. m. until after mid
night, except during the dinner hour.
from 1880 to 9. and even when the
house is in committee and the chair
men of committees is presiding he
must be in official dress in his house.
which communicates directly with the
lobby behind his chair, ready to ap-
pear at a moments notice If summon.
ed
He must, of course know every
member by sight and be able to re-
call his name instantly. 1t is as
founding sometimes when from a back
bench there rises some member who
is utterly unknown by sight to his fell
low members, who seldom attends
and hardly ever speaks. and has moth
ing whatever distinctive in his man
ner or appearance to hear the speak
.er say mfr. Blank" as readily as IL
he were accustomed to address him
every day.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26
Far From the Crowd.
nest and auiet Afforded by The Inside
Inn, werld's Fair.
Ne Tireseme Journey.--AIways Close
mt Home.

Ne Tiresome Journeys--Always Close
The advantages of the famous Inside
Inn. at the St. Louis Worlds Fair. can
not be overestimated. Situated as it Is
right inside the Grounds. visitors are
enabled to eliminate all tiresome street
car and suburban railway journeys and
are able to begin the day sightseeing
immediately after breakfast, return to
luncheon. go out again for the after
noon. return for dinner and enjoy the
sights of the evening without any ex-
ira admission fees. and with the intense
satisfaction of being able to take a
rest In the privacy of their own room
ut any time they feel disposed.
In spite of its close proximity to the
center OF attractions, its situation and
surroundings are such that visitors are
assured of absolute quiet and rest. at
all times. It's spacious dining room,
which Is capable of seating over $500
people. and its 2.257 bedrooms preclude
all risk of over-crowding; and the fact
that II is under the management of
Mr.. E. NJ. Statler. the well-known ca
terer OF Buffalo. is sufficient guarantee
OF the very finest service and cuisine.
The rates vary from $3.50 to $3.50.
European plan. and from $500 to 800.
American plan, including admission IN
both cases. Reservations can be made
and full details obtained by dropping
d postal to the Inside Inn, Administra-
tion Bldg. Worlds Fair Grounds. st.
Louis. Mo.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26
SPEAKER OF COMMONS.
One of the Most Important Parsonage
I'm British Public Life,

One of the Most Important PersOnaGes
I'm British Public Life.
Century Magazine.
1t is doubtless because tne position
of speaker is so onerous that the re-
wards attached to 1t are so great. He
is originally a member of parliament.
like the rest, and is selected by the
leader of the House. who is not neces-
sarily the prime minister. from among
his own followers. for his personal
character and dignity and ms kh7wl-
edge of parliamentary procedure.
He is usually elected unanimously
by vote of the House, and from that
moment he ceases to be a party man
and his constituency is divided in its
feelings between the honor of return
ing the speaker and the disadvantages
of being, for all practical purposes, un-
represented in parliament.
The speaker of the House of Com
mons is a parsonage enjoying .Ae
greatest official dignity and social con-
sideration. He is the first commoner
in the realm; his invitations TO dinner
are almost equivalent to a royal COM
mand; court dress is worn by mem
bers who dine with him. officially; in
the House he is treated with extreme
Difference and he receives a salary OF
$4,000 and the use of the magnificent
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26

| have done. 1t is agreed on all hands,
| however that they have worked with a
fair degree of diligence, and with hon
| esty.
| During their most successful year,
/ 1897, the new company employed 5000
| men and removed mainly in the Gu
Zebra cut, 100000 cubic metres, chiefly
earth. This was by far the best ever
| done by the French. Adding 40 per
| cent. to this 100000 metres. for better
, American methods and better machines,
and assuming that the United States
VIII employ 10000 laborers in place of
$500, we find that to remove the SAL
100000 cubic metres forty-six years
and nine days will be required or until
1861. By employing 10000 laborers the
work might be done in about thirty-one
years. More than 10000 men could not
be advantageously worked there AT
best. therefore. allowing nothing for
contingencies or accidents, tide-wa-
ter canal at Panama could not be COM
pleted before 1936-so that few of the
present generation would see it.
Immense Cost of TIdewater Canal
AS to the cost of tidewater canal
at Panama, reckoning laborers wages
at only a dollar a day. and the salaries
of engineers. foremen etc, at equally
reasonable rates; adding present cost.
figures for machinery, tools. explosives,
transportation, hospital equipment and
maintenance, with the thousand other
minor expenses. and to this the inter-
est on the money as used for thirty
years at per cent. l am unable to ind
the amount called for to construct a
tidewater canal at less than $500
600. or, adding the price of the canal
from the French company, 500, 900 900"
Magnitude of the Project.
StRnlanS in
more distinct than do the formal re-
ports the size of the project to which
we are already committed. The Guile
bra cut he describes as the greatest
thing of Its kind ever undertaken by
man. When complete 1t will be three
hfths of a mile wide at the top. falling
off to width of $50 feet at the bot
tom into with the great lake made by
the dam at B~hio will flow back. filling
1t to depth of 50 feet. From the top
of the Culebra on the north side of the
cut the depth will be nearly or quite
400 feet.
These figures. he says, convey little
idea of the tremendous quantity Of
earth and rock which must be removed
1t is not until one descends into this
vast trench and marks how tiny the
locomotives and great steam excava-
tors look when seen in the prodigious
depth ana breadth of the excavation
that a conception of the herculean la
Dor dawns on the mind. 1t is like Nj
agara, and must be contemplated for
awhile. At first sight it may be
thought that a thousand men. operating
40 or 100 of these steam excavators
would dip 1t out in year; but by the
time the visitor has walked and climb
ed about the cut for an hour or two. he
can readily believe that the task may
occupy 5000 men. with machines. for
ten years
The temperature in the cut he de-
scribes as intense. The lofty. bare
sides of the excavation accumulate heat
like the walls of an oven. The seeth-
ing steam boilers add to the caIorifc
glow. II makes the cyeballs ache and
the lungs feel drs and hot.
TT is no place." says Dr.. stephens
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26
GIGANTIC UNDERTAKING
SURVEY OF WORK TO BE DONE ON
PANAMA CANAL.
Views OF DIR. C. A. Stephens, who Illus
Recently Made "a Trip of ObserVa-
tiOn to the Isthmus--A Tide
Water Canal Would Cost
More than S0OO,OOO,OOO
and Take 10000 La
bOrerH.

Washington Special Correspondence of
New York Evening Post.
DR.. c. A. Stephens, who has been well
known for a generation as a writer of
stories of adventure for boys. has re-
Gently visited Panama, where he has
had excellent opportunities for observ-
ing the great project the nation has I'M
dertaken there.
Americans speak glibly of the posi-
bility of tide-leYel canal at Panama
OF this DR. Stephens says: 1T is not
an easy matter to estimate the exact
amount of earth which would have to
be removed to get clear channel
across the Isthmus, thirty-five feet be-
low low tide at Colon and at La Boca,
on the Bay of Panama. But computing
1t at the various levels. step by step
up to Culebra, through this vast cut and
beyond. deducting what the French APP
pear to have done, we obtain 446, 0OO,-
600 cubic yards. as a very conserva-
tive estimate of what remains to be
removed in order to have an open ditch
from ocean to ocean, $50 feet wide at
the bottom, with thirty-five feet of
standing water in 1t. As to the length
of time required we have to guide us
only what the new French company
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26
Constipation. lis Cause and Cure

A person in order to be healthy must get
rid OF the waste products Tor poisons) o:
the body Nature has provided four Wavs
to get rid of them: The Bowels, the KID
neys, the Bladder and the pores of tt-
Skin.
If the bowels become inactive, that por.
ton Of the food which should be thrown
off Hes in the intestines and deconposes
causing blood, nerve. liver and kidney
trouble, and closes the pores of the skin
thus creating disease in the entire sys,
TEN.
You can Immediately relieve and per
manently cure yourself of stubborn con-
stipation or distressing stomach trouble
and perfectly regulate your kidneys and
liver by taking one dose a dav ~
BRAKES PALMETTO WINE. AM
reader of this PAPER can secure absolutely
free a bottle by writing to Drake Formula
Co, Drake Building, Chicago
A FREE trial bottle alone has brought
health and vigor to many, so you ove A.
to yourself to prove what it will do IN
your case.
Write the company this verv dav
For sale by E. G. Fowler ana other lead.
ing druggists
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26
Records Show that Sentimental At
tachmeuts Are Already Shattered.

Records Show that Sentimental At
tachmeuts Are Already Shattered.
Chicago Chronicle
That co-education discourages nnatri-
mony is the solemn conviction of the
president of Boston co-educational
institution, and the theory is not with
out the support of logic and the evil
dence of experience.
The sentimental attachments of youth
are founded largely on ideaIizatton OF
character, which a mingling of the
sexes tends to destroy While some
philosophers argue that all sentiment
is the result of contiguity, it is also
true that contiguity often results in
the degree OF familiarity that breeds
contempt
The maiden who is devoted to study
has little time for love-making, and be-
sides the knowledge of men and af-
fairs she acquires in a college CO.. rise
dispels many illusions concerning the
masculine sex and enables her to pene-
trate the thin veil of romance and dis
Germ the stern realities that lie be-
hind it.
1t is recorded that a we'll known
heiress was once cured of an infatua-
ton for celebrity who Appropriated
Apollo on seeing him dine heavily
upon corned beef and cabbage. Doubt
less many a college romance has been
destroyed by incidents of trivial
character which revealed the object of
anectton as person with the appetite
and desires of an ordinary human be-
Ing.
Although much might be said to sup
port the learned and solemn college
president on this subject, his conten-
ton is extremely weak in one partfcu-
lar A large majority of college girls
continue to fall in love and to marry.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26
DR.. BUCHANAN.
The Specialist.
Treats Without the Knife, Without
Pain or Loss of Time from
Business.

Diseases OF women-nervous. kidney, blad-
Der, skin. rectal and chronic diseases Re-
member, in diseases OF the womb and
ovartea structure. piles. fistuiae and vari-
eocels, / don't cut. give pain or stop YOU
from work Ny treatment OF gonorrhoea
cures acute and chronic cases and does not
structure. MY treatment Of the diseases OF
men is secosd 10 none in America 1 have
tFeateG these troubles Tor I3 yearA L hhvs
IN my office all OF the modern and Improved
mechanical and electrical appliances, every
Ehing from the A-ray, violet ray and vauor
outfits down to the smallest batteries My
xreatments are soothing and beneficiai
There Is no exposure. / have In constant AZ
eendance at my office an assistant pnVsI.
clan and nurse. Our massage treatment IL
All that can bR desired. Write or all
once second and third floors l6h DsTTa-
Ave- Montgomery. Ala
Hours. TO s. Sunday hourA to IL and
3 70 T.
cure cancer with the X-ray. i rub and
give the baths in syphilis.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26

About a dozen years ago NJ. Richter
showed that the mysterious hres III
establishments are que
to electricity, which produces SPARKS as
nieces of wool are drawn from the com
hustible fluid on cool or dry days, and
heF found that the sparks could pc
nrevented by adding magnesium oleate
even as little as 0.02 per cent-to
tho benzine The reason of this re-
rnarkable effect of the oleate has not
been understood 1t has now been IN
vcstigated by G. Just at Karlsruhe, ana
he finds that the conductivlty OF the
bcnzine is very slightly increased TINS
change being sufficient to prevent the
accumulation of dangerous elec.Iic
charges. In pure benZine an electrode
kent its charge for minutes, while in
the diluted oleate solution 1t refused
to take any charge.
A new camera of great Importance
photographing for the first time the
interior or back of the eve. is the pro-
duction of DR.. Walther Thorner OF Ber-
lin. telescope-like focusing glass
gives accurate focus under the mild
Illumination of a kerosene lamp, and
fash-light ignited by an electric spark
innpresses the image upon the plate.
The pictures show the variations of the
eve in health and disease, making 1t
possible now to follow the progress of
disease step by step,
The new four-cvlinder compound To-
connective of the A6riatic Railway. Italy.
is claimed to yield Q pounds of steam
per Mound of coal an increase of 2
pounds over the old style of engine.
The cab is in front of the boiler the
smokestack at the rear. the low front
truck admitting a furnace of unusual
width and depth, Remarkable power
results,
The 400 aerolites of the nineteenth
century furnished nine instances of the
fall of two stones on the same day In
two successive years. This suggests
streams of stones in space.
Electrochemistry. saws a practical
worker in this new field. lis virgin
continent Of undeveloped possibilities"
The electrnlvtic refining Of copper has
grown ALREADY into a great industry,
and calcium carbide is now produced
bv the electric furnace by thousands
of tons annually, while the electric re-
fning Of other metals and the produce
ton of other cHrhides on a large scale
are % he expected soon. Even silicon,
the most abundant Of metals. but one
OF the most difficult to reduce from its
oxide, is now offered. fresh from the
electric furnace AT n fraction of dol
lar pound. In the direct preparation
Of metallic compounds from the metals.
the transformation of metallic salts in
to other compounds. the AVIATION of the
nitrogen of the air, the electrifcation
of soils. the sterilization of water by
electrically made ozone, the disinfec-
nf .
likely developments, electrochemistry
gives promise Of future Industrial and
commercial revolutions
Waves in nerve responses were shown
some years ago by DIR. Charpentter. the
French Psychologist, by the fading
away of luminous Impressions in flash
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26

es. In his later experiments he has
proven that radiations from nervous
tissue increase the brightness of phos-
phorescent calcium sulphide. and that
nervous energy having the same effect
can be transmitted to the screen of cal
cium sulphide over a wire. This has
enabled him to detect and even meas
ure the oscillations of intensity. The
nerve oscillations are found to number
from $50 to 500 per second with a wave
length of an inch and a half; and with
two wires the effect can be made to
vanish in a way that demonstrates
wave-interference.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26
OBSERVE THIS.

Mrs. w. u. Kelly, I27 MouItOn ST., won
the trip TO st. Louis Monday morning,
June Goth. We give another trip "a
somebody next Monday, June 27th.
Why not buy shoes now while our stock
is large and full of pretty styles.
Bullock a. Fleming,
The Leading Shoe House.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26

Ine u1Stlnct compounds from cOal-tar
have increased from 545 in 1894 to sos,
not less than 900 of the present pro-
ducts being dyes.
The system of Identification by fin
ger prints proves to be not so new as
we have supposed. A London clergy
man, Rev. Mr.. Collyer was mission
airy in Korea for some years, and he
reports that the Koreans--a sharp
witted people. by the way. have long
made use of finger prints in the deeds
for the sale of slaves. He has been
able to trace the practice back, in fact,
for 1900 years. The slaves are all wo-
men, and each is required to place her
hand upon the sheet of paper on which
the deed is written, the outline of the
fingers and thumb being traced, after
which an ink impression of each of the
fingers is taken.
The temperance of sharks in the
Baltic sea, after an absence of one
hundred and fifty years, is causing
much speculation among naturalists.
One explanation is that the fishes have
been led to return by the recent I'M
usual climatic conditions. Another
guess is that the configuration of the
bottom of the sea has been changed
by earthquakes. and that this may
have forced the sharks to abandon
their later haunts and take refuge in
their earlier homes.
Protective mimicry in insects takes
many curious forms. One of the most
striking, lately shown at a meeting of
the Selborne Society in London. is that
of tiny insect from Costa Rica, which
is a perfect model of a rose thorn, and
which escapes it's natural enemies by
ranging itself in perfect sympathy
with the real tnorns on the bush
An interesting optical illusion has
been brought to notice by T. Terada,
of Toxic. Lycopodium powder on the
surface of water is made to gyrate
by jet of air, and, after this has been
regarded steadily and the eyes have
been turned toward a table near the
surface of the table appears to move
in a direction contrary to that of the
lycopodium.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26

The sound deadening arrangements
tried on the Berlin elevated railway.
include felt under and at the sides of
the rails, wood-filled car wheels. steel
and wood ties resting on sand. and cork
lined floor planks. Low rails on deep
wooden stringers proved the most eff
fective.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26


linen
of
Scf
to AXE the
p or "a yards "A inches wide May Manon
address by the Fashion Department
'N'p' Va
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26

Insure your health in Prickly Ash
Bitters. 1t regulates the system, pro-
notes good appetite, sound sleep and
cheerful spirits. adv-wed-fr i-su
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26

Thirty-two years from Office boy to
president That is the record of
Charles r Heiser, who has just been
placed at the head of the Second Ma
tional Bank OF Hamilton, O
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY

Surprising Effect from slight Cau cause
Eve PhotOgraphy-The Reverse"
LOcomOtive-A Coming Harvest
of Changes-Nerve waves
and RadiutfOns - SOUND
Observation-Disclosures Sell
ence-A Geological
Puzzle A Jap's
Illusion.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26

The distinct compounds from coal-tar
have increased from 545 in 1894 to Sos,
not less than 900 of the present pro-
ducts being dyes.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-26

Waves in nerve responses were shown
some years ago by DIR. Carpenter. the
French Psychologist by the fading
away of luminous impressions in fash
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14
How an Actor Trains.

One of the English actors who Wis
tied the United States first two years
ago became so popular as a matinee
hero, in spite of his obesity, that it
seemed as if the day of the fat actor
might have arrived at last. But the
star evidently lost confidence in his
ability to hold his audience if he grew
any stouter. He returned last month
thinner by thirty pounds than he had
been. To retain these slighter pro-
portions no jockey ever went through
more strenuous training than he. He
takes a Turkish bath daily, and when
there are matinees may be found in
the hot room as early as 10 o'clock in
the morning. He fingers there as
long as health will permit and has his
reward in looking many pounds slight
er and some years younger when he
steps on the stage. But the treat
nent is heroic and the actor expresses
his W doubts as to the length OF
time he will be able to keep up such
4 sacrifice for the sake of his looks.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-01-14
THE OLDEST MAN in AMERICA
Tells How He Escaped the TerrOrs
Winters by Using Pe=ru-na.

date. This centenarian is an ardent friend
of Peruna, having used ii many years.
In speaking Of his good health and ak
IRENE old age Mr.. Brock says:
after a man has lived in the world as
long as / have he ought to have found out
a great many things by experience. l
think l have done so.
zone OF the things L have found
out to my entire sattsfactton Is the
proper thing TOR ailments that =
ds.e directly to the effects of he
climate For 115 gears 1 haze sCfth-
stood the changeabI bic climate OF the
United States.
81 have always been a very healthy man,
but of course subject to the little affections
which are due to sudden changes in the
climate and temperature. During my long
life l have known a great many remedies
for coughs, colds and diarrhoea.
"As for DIR. Hartntan's remedy,
Peruna, 1 haU found It to be the
best, IT moi the only, reliable remedy
for these affections. Hhas been my
standby TOR many years, and 1 at
tribute my good health and .rtreme
old age to this remedy.
"It exactly meets all my requirements.
1t protects me from the evil effects of sud-
den changes; it keeps me in good Appetite
it gives me strength; it keeps my blood in
good circulation. l have come to rely
upon it almost entirely for the many little
things for which | need medicine.
when epidemics of la grippe first be-
gan to make their appearance in this coun-
try ! was a sufferer from this disease.
II had several long steges ,ctth
the grip. At first L did not kno,U
that Peruna ,Uas a remedy for this
disease. When L heard that la
grippe ca epidemic catarrh, I
tried PerunG for la grippe aud
found tt to be just the thing"
In a letter dated January 81, 1908, Mr..
Brock writes:
II am we'll and feeling as well as I have
for years. The only thing that bothers me
, is my sight. If / could see better | could
walk all over the farm and it would do me
good. l would not be without Peruna."
Yours truly,