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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
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SOME ODD REASONS.
Showing That Some Unexpected Mar rfages Are Good and Sufficient Rea.
 sons.

Chicago Tribune.
 An art student from North Dakota,
 living in the Latin quarter of Paris. in
 the house of an amiable but impover-
 ished woman. fell in arrears for his
 rent for more than eleven years. Taken
 vigorously to task by his landlady, he
 told her frankly that there was absol-
 utely no prospect of payment, where
 upon she as promptly declared that he
 must either pay at once or get out. Confronted with two such awful alter natives, the former impossible and the
 later most disagreeable, he discarded them both and in a second of inspira- ton proposed matrimony. He was &C., cepted. proved to be a good provider,
 and made his wife happy.
 MT Plumb. of Huntington, Conn. having an unusually fat daughter whom he was anxious to see well mar
 ried, was much grieved to learn that the young men of her acquaintance all showed preference for lean sweet
 hearts. He published an offer of s5 for every pound the girl might weigh
 on the day of her wedding. the money to go to the young man who married her. An attempt was made to con- ceal the true avoirdupois of Miss Plumb, and strangers who read the ad- Ivertisement imagined that she was a midget. A MT. Harang, who made in quries. finding that she weighed 400
 pounds, promptly proposed. was &C., cepted. and soon after came into pos
 session of both the substantial maiden
 and her dowry.
 A London philatelist, envying some curious specimens in the album of an elderly feminine acquaintance. offered a dozen times to buy or exchange for the coveted treasures. Unable to se- cure the prizes in such ways he finally proposed matrimony, and so come into possession of the lady and her stamps John Henry Maedler the astronomer whose favorite study was the moon having learned that Frau Wffte, the wife of the State Councillor owned a wonderful model of his pet luminary spent years trying to gain possession of 1t. As her husband was living he could not marry the owner of the
 model, so he married her daughter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
< V .A INDIAN LUNCHEON ATTRACTS GUEST
Clew To Entertainment Given in Unf-
 que Manner,

An 'Tndian luncheon" was given re- gently, which afforded entertainment of a unique kind. The invitations for this charming affair were printed on birch bark, the size of visiting card, and sent by mail In a tiny white enve- 1ope. On arriving the guests were sea- ted at small tables, each of which was ornamented with a birch bark canoe filled with violets. The canoes were kept upright by a pin through the bot tom pushed lightly into the table. The place cards were tiny tomahawks, with name written on the handle.
 The menu was simple but delicious: Chicken croquetts, new potatoes in cream, olives, green peas in white paper cases. hot rolls, salted almonds in tiny Indian baskets. Ice cream. strawber- ries in tall glasses. cake and coffee.
 Colored prints of Indians Gin this case souvenir postals from Mackinac were used) were pasted on light gray card board. Attached were pencils on strips of leather ornamented with heads. The words ''The Indian in Literature" gave the guests a clue to the scheme of en-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
Nnw PADS IN DANCE FAvORs.
Butterfly Pins and WatercOlor Paper
 Uoxca Ereauent Selections.

Butterfly Pins and WatercOlor Paper
 Boxes Frequent Selections.
 The younger the girl, the more apt she is to count her measures Of popu- larit by the number of dance favors which she receives. As one result the cotilion hostess tries to collect things as new and charming as possible to give originality to her dance. One of the new favor fads is birthfower pins with due regard to the superstition for wearing the birth flower as little fe- itch to bring good luck. These pins are made in gold enamel with little sprays or small bands of the flowers.
 January exhibits a wild rose, and to February is given the carnation. The girl who gets a March flower will wear . violet pin. and she who was born In April sticks an Easter lily in her col lar.
 The maiden of May wears lilies of the valley, and the June girl a rose. There is something distinctly appropriate in having a daisy as the flower for July and the pond lily for August. while the September girl Is crowned with pop pies.
 To the October girl falls the golden cosoms flower, the November maiden Is born under the influence of the chrys- anthemum. while holly goes with the girl who futters into this world amid the December snows.
 Birth stones set in hat pins. rings and stickpins are also popular, but not as new, while for a farewell dance be- fore breaking up for the summer girls like to give each other something for the writing table as a reminder that letters are welcome visitors:
 girl who can paint made a lot of small square boxes out of stiff water color paper and tinted them. The cor ners were merely tied together with little ribbon bows. and the top was a cut-out bit of the paper just big enough to cover the small box
 One top was clover leaf painted in natural coiors and the box was tied withg reen baby ribbins. says the Phila delphia Inquirer. Another box was in pink. with wild rose top, and so on through the dainty list of boxes for stamps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
Tradesman's Review.

lrAueSmdhS iteNheWs Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept 1S.-The progress in Suthern industrial devel- opment for the week just closed, as re- ported to The Tradesman, includes the following new industries as among the most important:
 Alabama. Jones Mill-$5, 900 saw mill. Birmingham-Forge shop. nterprise-Telephone company. Atmore-$9, GOO hardware company. Galloway-$5O. 900 coal company. Key-$5.000 cotton gin. Jacksonville-$12,O0 900 water works.
 Arkansas. Camden-Chemical and manufactur" ing company.
 FlOridG. Tampa-$1O, ,0O0 phosphate company. Eustis-Telephone system. Gretna-Saw mill.
 Georgia. Cordele-Candy factory; ice factory. Athens-Telephone system. LaGrange-$25,O0 900 electric light plant.
 High Shoals-s7. 900 cotton mill
 Indian Territory. Haileyville-$10.O0 900 cotton gin. Muskogee-Telephon system. Claremore-On company.
 Kentucky. Falmouth-s25,O 900 oil and gas com pany.
 Boyd-Construction company. Owensboro $50.OOO development company.
 Danville-Electric light and power company.
 Louisiana. New Orleans-$25.OO 900 druggist supply company; $60,000 pipe line company. Welsh-$100. 900 oil company. Minden-$25. 900 water works.
 Maryland. Hagerstown-Silk mill. Baltimore-Cotton mill.
 Mississippi. New Albany-$25,0 900 manufacturing company; 25,000 chair and handle fac tory; $50. GOO furniture factory. Port Gibson-Grist mill. Mt. Ollve-Cotton compress. Newton--Water works.
 Missouri. Kansas City-10, 0,O00-spindle cotton mill.
 St. Joseph-S1O, 900 land company. St. Louis-$G,000 woodenware com pany
 North Carolina. Scotland Neck-$l00.OOO oil mill and cotton gin.
 Wilson-Tobacco factory. Wilmington-$10.O0 900 laundry.
 Oklahoma. Enid-$15, 900 building and loan com pany.
 Cement-$1O,OOO cotton gin and grlst mill.
 Guymon-Land company. I.awton-$10O.000 oil company. Waukomis-$lOo.O 900 oil, coal and gas company. Oklahoma City-s6O. 900 oil mill; cas- ket factory; $1OO,OOO land and oil com pany. Ingersoll-$10,00 900 lumber company. Guthrie-s5O0,0 900 mining company $5,o0o foundry; $5OO,OOO smelting and mining company. | SullWatCr-Cotton gin. l ShawnCc-$l2.0O0 Touring mill. | Jennings-Telcphone system | Gotebo-s5OO, GOO oil and gas com | pany. | LeNinGton-ICe company. | Anaiarko-Electric light and power plant, south Carolina. 1 Columhia-$20'0O0 brick works. McCall-Cotton gin. l Tennessee. | tlckSon-$50 coo furnace. | CoVir n-Manufacturing company | WaVerly-Hay press factory. Memphis-Sl000O telephone company le-Woodworking plant. experimentation compress. ) Anoxville-S5O.O0O brick works.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
FAIR TURNOVER.
Cloth Market Had Tendency Toward
 Hardening.

Manchester, Sept. 1S.-The cloth mar ket had tendency toward hardening as the makers increased their engage ments and fair turnover in most de- scriptions resulted last week.
 The China trade was more quiet, es pecially in the gray staples. The out put for the next six months has been generally disposed of. There was some transactions for Japan, where delivery was not too protracted.
 There was a healthy demand from In dia. High grade finishing cloths were in good demand and most makers of them are in a strong position. There was rather more buying by South America.
 Yarns were in fair demand and 6 satisfactory trade reported in some al rections. Certain grades of American crops were rather scarce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19

leaving AAOAAtSOhASAS at zoo Y. nn- ueS-, Wed and Sat wa New Orleans and South ern Pacific.
 Train No. carries through Pullmans from New Orleans to New York and Ciucin- natl and Jacksonville to St. Louis. making connection at Nashville with through sleep CT to Chicago.
 Train No. carries through Pullman sleeSers from New Oreans to New York. Cincinnati. Chicago. and through day coach and sleeper Montgomery to St Louis with out change.
 All through trains make close connection at Cincinnati, Evansville. St. Louis and New Orleans for all points North, South, East and West. For further information pertaining to rate. routes and schedules consult tickot agents l. N. R. R. or write call oa w. IA BEASLEY. Pass Agt., Union Station
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
we'll maintained owing to the continued

we'll maintained owing to the continued cheapness of money.
 Among the foreign stocks the fea- ture of the week was the firmness Tn south Americans, due to the death or the Uruguayan revolutionary leader General Saraiva and the depression Tn Japanese securities owing to the fears Of a prolongation of the war in the Far East. Japanese securities. however, were in better condition at the close or the week.
 larger business was transacted In Americans than for long time past on the belief that money will remain abundant both in New York and Lon- don. The signs of a recovery of trade in the United States and the favorable reports that are being published by American and Canadian railroads, es- pecially by the Grand Trunk, aided In this improvement
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
DIR. BUCHANAN. The Specialist. Treats Without the Knife, Without Pain or Loss of Time sror,
 Business.

Diseases Of women-nervous kidnev h,an. der. skin. rectal and chronic dissases R.. member. in diseases Of the womb and ovariea stricture. piles. fIstulae and vari cocele. l don't cut give paiD or stop you from work My treatment of gonorrhoea cures acute and chronic cases and doss nos stricture. My treatment of the di.eass. o, men is seco&d to none in America. have treated these troubles tor 1S yearA have in my office all oA LLIe lnVus4u anu Imuroy., Iueehanical and electrical appliances, syesy- tnlnk rom the Array, violet tay and vauoe outfits down to tho smallest batteries. My treatments are soothing and beneficiai There is no exposure. have In constant ar- tendance st my office assistant phya,- clan and nurse. Our massage trsaSmenx ls all that can be desired Write Or can Office second and third floors, l6M DextAr Ave, Montgomery, Ala
 Hours, to 6. Sunday hourA Q to IL and to (.
 I cure cancer with the x-ray. I rub ana give the baths in syphilia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19

Electric lighted dining are on trains and between Birmingham and New Or leans. Lebanon and Cincinnati; also on trains to between Montgomery and Nashville. Service a la carte.
 New and handsome chair cars {seats free) operated on trains l and 4 between Cincinnati and New Orleans. High back seat coaches and chair cars are also run on all through trains b-ween Cincinnati Louisville, St. Louis, Evansville, MempAS Nashville anc-New Orleans.
 Train No. carries through Pulimans from Chicago. Cincinnati and New York to New Orleans. Also through day coach and sleeper between stN Louis and Montgomery.
 Train No. : carries through PulImans from Cincinnati and New York to New Orleans and St. Louis to Jacksonville; also through tourist sleepers to San Francisco,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
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e e C CHILDREN'S PARADISE.
New Experiment in FIathouse SocioI-
 Ogy.

New Experiment in Flathouse socioI-
 Ogy.
 Boston Transcript.
 A very entertaining experiment in ffathouse sociology-entertaini at least, from the outside point of view --is shortly to be tried in New York, a city in which any kind of experi- ment in apartmentology should be well comed. This particular fiathouse prop osition Is one that Is popularly known by the renters as "tbe Children's Par adise." It is the first one of it's kind in the metropolis which unequivocally welcomes families with children, and even makes provisions for their com fort by building in the basement a room 50 by 60 feet for the storage of baby carriages. A prize Is offered for the first baby born in the house. The phil anthropists behind this enterprise evil dently believe that the race suicide problem can be solved in terms of brick and stone and mortar. They no doubt reject that mechanical theory which traces the evil to the pressure of pop ulation from abroad. and accept the simple explanation that families now adays don't have children because there Is no place to put them. So long as their flathouse is unique 1t is likely to be well filled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
LOW RATES TO WORLDS FAIR VIA.
 EEy&S5St|
ou,cles. time and bed route.

Quickest time and best route.
 s1e,1O. 15-day ticket; on sale daily s22 10, 60 day ticket; on sale daily s97 2O season ticket; on sale daily. SI2 g5 lO-day ticket Sold on CuesdayS during September, and good in day coaches ohss Season. sixty and ffteen-day tickets are ,ood in either direction Via Mammoth Cave. Ky, with stop-over privilege. .os.u , St Louis 20 a. m. tomorrow. FIS Leave Montgomery S;sS tdmoTrot p m today ar TIVE ro,9h S sleepers on both trains, also .nrdmSb electric lighted day coach with. out cno w. I. BEASLEY.
 P. A, Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
Miners Vote on Wage ProposIt,oD

Knoxville, Tenn. Sept. 17.-An the local unions of District No. 10. United Mine Workers of America, voted today on the question of accepting a 2 per cent reduction. The returns will be canvasscd by officers of the union in this city next Thursday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
A RARGAIN.

We are going to sell all this week
 our fine grade of Jersey Butter at zoe per pound in order 10 introduce 1t to
 the public, and also soup mixture, Okra
 and Tomatoes in pound cans, at Sc a
 can.
 H. l.. YELVERTON & SON,
 Phone 247, No. Court Square. Na-su-mo
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
Dress LAWS,

We used to have laws to regulate our dress said a Chicago antiquary. Our clothes in the past had to con- form with the ordinances of the Gov ernment or we were liable to go to jail"
 He quoted from the ruling of the Massachusetts General Court of Sep tember s. 1884:
 That no person, either man or wo- man. shall hereafter make or buy any apparel, either woolen, silk or linen, with any lace on it. silver, gold. silk or embroidery, under the penalty of the forfeiture of said clothes. Also all gold or silver girdles. hatbands, belts. ruffs and beaver hats are prohibited. Also moderate great sleeves. slashed apparel, immoderate great rayles, long, wings, etc.
 Thereafter. no garment shall be made with short sleeves, whereby the naked ness of the arm shall be discovered in the wearing thereof"
 The antiquary explained that the "rayles' prohibited in the law were neckerchiefs He had no idea what q longwing was"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
GIRLS APRON 4s23.

 alc a which is atac tuckng edgitha bual utilized combination
  cical and rviceable To a be 2yardso of inches 4to Fashion O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19

HAS STOOD THE TEST SJ YEARS. Groves Tastaless Chill Tonic. The first and original tasteless chill tonic. 50 cents.
 cod
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
 Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets All druggists refund the money if 1t fails to cure. F. w. Groves signature is on each box 25c we'd fri mon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
Seab0ard Air Line Ry.

 Leave Arrive Daily. Montgomery, Ala Daiy 7:sOami Hurtsboro. Columbus. Rich-I
 QRnd. Albany. AInericuAi
 ICordele. Jacksonville Nal
 Icon (via Cordele), Savannah
 and pVanls East. 7:66pn
 IVia Western Railway
 and Atlanta-l S;46amlFor RaIeigh, Norfolk, Old1 a:2Oam Point Comfort, Petersburg1
 Richmond, Washington Ball ltimore, Philadelphia, Newi
 lYork and all points East
 Pullman Sleepers AtlantaI
 Ito Norfolk and New Yorkt
 IDining service noonl l:aopmt train from Atlanta ] o:2Onrm 6:3oDm Union springs. Ala. andl
 points Seaboard betweenl
 Montgomery and Et DaviA
 ISolid train for Unionl
 tSprings; no change of carsl S:I5am -DeIightfui Ran and Water trip 10 the EasS via Norfolk or Savannah. Apply to Chaa. c. Hicks. C.. A: S. T. suratt U T. A. Msnt- E Stewart, A. O.. P. A.. Savannah. 0aA sDAily except sunday. -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
AMERICAS WE'RE ACTIVE.
Largely Increased Business Transacted
 In London Market.

London. Sept, 1s.-Apart from the American market. in which business was active. Stock Exchange operators last week were engaged with the set clement and showed little disposition to speculate. although prices were fairly
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-02
cIRcuMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
A Case In Which Il Would Have Told
Against an Innocent Man.


Several years ago took late train
from Boston to New York." said man
Of business in Kansas City. TN the
morning I was awakened earlier than
usual by the porter, who said that a
robbery had been committed on the
sleeper during the night and that all
the passengers would have to get up.
Some one had taken six one-hundred-
dollar bills from the clothing Of a gen.
tleman who occupied a berth In the
middle Of the car. Every section had
been taken before he left Boston and
as the train had been almost constantly
In motion 1t seemed certain that the
person who had committed the theft
was still on the car.
"The porter said no one had been
aboard but the passengers, and that
none Of them had left. 1t was pro-
posed to search everybody. A man
who had berth directly opposite from
the one VINO had been robbed object
ed. He told his name and said any
one might easily find that he was
man Of good reputation. In the mean
time some officers boarded the car and
after a little swearing got the money
from the colored porter, who was the
guilty one.
Then the passenger who had refus-
ed to be searched asked the officers to
examine his pockets. This seemed
strange, but he insisted. In an inside
pocket they found six one-hundred-
dollar bills. 1t was merely a coinci-
dence that he should have the same
amount Of money as the other passen-
ger had lost, and in exactly the same
but he knew that un-
der the circumstances he could hardly
establish his innocence. How was that
for a case Of circumstantial evidence?'
American.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-02

he suddenly jabbed his guns into his
belt, the gang In the corner never
making a move, and in two bounds
he had Fleet around the middle. Fleet,
before being grabbed in that way, had
made a dive for his desk to get a gun,
but he wasn't sudden enough. Corby
lifted him clear of the ground, as
grocery boy lifts a ten pound sack OF
flour, and Fleet landed on the plank
sidewalks, his left leg broken below
the knee. That was the exact place
that Corby's brothers leg had been
broken when Fleet had hurled him out
of the same window.
"As soon as he made the toss Cor
by wheeled about again and got his
guns out, and then he backed out OF the
door that he had entered by. He had
squared the account Of his dude broth
er and his little Durango mission was
accomplished. ed."-Washington Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-02

BRYAN's BLUFF WENT.-William
Jennings Bryan while making his re-
cent stumping tour found he would be
compelled to wait half an hour or more
for his train, says the New York Her
aid. Taking a seat in the waiting
room. he drew forth a cigar and light
ed it. Just then a porter entered and,
pointing to a sign. said:
II beg your pardon, sir, but you see
that smoking is not allowed in this
room."
WELL" replied Mr.. Bryan, Il sup
pose that rule is not always strictly
enforced?"
"Oh, no. sir; neither is the one
alongside Of It," said the man with a
grin.
Employees Of this railway are not
permitted to accept tips"
Mr.. Bryan finished his cigar undis-
turbed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-02

A POLITICAL SHERLOCK HoLMEs.-
Ex-Governor Long Of Massachusetts, is
a political Sherlock Holmes. Not long
ago he was at county fair, when a
farmer approached him. Governor
Long stuck out his hand and said:
"I am glad to see you again sir, glad
to see you. How's your wife? AMI
the boy?"
All was right and accurate, and the
farmer beamed with pleasure. Cover
nor Long continued:
And say! How about :hs white
horse? Still have him, 1 suppose"
wall, nov. Who'd a thought you'd
remember little thing like thar, Guv-
nor? Yes, still got the old white
horse"
When the farmer had passed out o;
hearing, a friend exclaimed:
Say, governor, that wife and boy
question was all right and safe. But
how in the world did you know ne had
a white horse"
We'll" said Governor Long, I'll tell
you. 1 saw some white hairs on his
coat and took chances. That's ALL
Cleveland Leader.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-02
WISDOM OF ANIMALS.
The Ape of Apuleius-A Dog Actor
Wise Dogs and Elephants.


Apuleius says that in the spring
fetes Of Isis, the forerunners Of the
Roman carnival, he saw a monkey
with a straw hat and a Phrygian
tunic.
But monkeys do not seem to have
been popular in Rome. The cleverest
of all the animal performers were Of
course the dogs, and one Snowman had
the ingenious idea Of making a dog
act a part in a comedy. The effects
of a drug were tried on him, the plot
turning on the suspicion that the drug
was poisonous, while in fact. 1t was
only narcotic. The dog took the
piece of bread dipped in the liquid.
swallowed it and began to reel and
stagger till he finally fell on the
ground.
At the right moment he began to
move very slightly as II waking out Of
a deep sleep. Then he raised his head,
looked around, jumped up and ran joy
ously to the proper person.
The remark that animals do not grow
wiser with age is contradicted by the
habit of elephants, noticed even in
ancient times, of making the young
ones cross a ford first. The officer who
superintended the embarkation of the
elephants sent from India to Abys-
sinia for use in Lord Napier's cam
paign tells how one old elephant VOL
unteered to drive all the others on
board. His services were invaluable,
but when they had all embarked and
he was invited to follow them he firm
ly declined and had to be left on shore.
I myself have noticed the acquired
caution of the older dogs Of Constanti-
nople, which left untouched the crusts
threw them, while the young ones
ate them ravenously. A Greek native
told me that this was because Euro
peans were in the cruel habit Of throw
ing poisoned bread to the street dogs;
hence the old ones, having seen the
bad effects on their companions, re-
fused to eat bread thrown by Europe
ans, though they took 1t readily from
any Turkish beggar who shared his
scanty fare with them.-Contemporary
Review.