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The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-11
SECRET SOCIETIES.

SECRET SOCIETIES..
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAs.
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p URLINGTON LODGE NO. 336, X OF p.
= meets every " Wednestay night in Fraternal
Wednesday evening December !. work in the
rank OF Page in amp ited form. Visitors are
cordially invited to RosEar a5fHef s5s;s oc5NsoR
Frank oConnor. X. OF Z. s.
G AsrLE HALL, COLUMBIA LODGE. NO.
rs 9 ss's and usSsay esct;on svepies e9
acers for Incoming term. All members ex-
pected; good time. Visiting brothers cordially
''''''l' ALEXANDER NICHOLSON. C. C
J. F Dempsey. X OF r. & s.
CASTLE HALL OF MONITOR LODGE. NO.
6s. X. OF p. meets every Thursday even
streets. visitsfs always Teleems; Mssnhsrs s1-
CHEvALIER DODGE. No. 20. *. OF P
~ Castle Hail in odd Fellows Temple. Hall
No. 2 eighth floor. Regular meeting every
Wednesday evening. s O'Clock sharp Work in
eember u. lsoi illustrated with rtereop,icon
views Visiting kRishts Wa always yI.Wux, TSie9me
Attest: Louis W. s sorsenffsi. g n K. Of R & s
ADDRESS. .s53 Arsenal street
nAMoN LODGE. No. Is. K p. MEETS
h,.,,5ever every wednesday evening in Odd Fellows,
No !. at o'clock. "Wednesday December H.
business meeting: Members expected. Vis!tins
oFothes are cordially invited. M .,,.,
H H serpel. < kEafh & K s.. sTSAM N6 s74s Evan.
avenue.
f UPuRE GRnAT LODGE. No &c. x. OF
meets n every Wednesday a, ) o'c.eck. Wednes-
day. December :. Work in rank OF Page Mem
W. 4. Roberts. K Of r. & S, -''- l. - -
SAcIFIc LODGE. NO. Soi K. OF p. MEETS
ing Sisfgy eFgy vs Wssd65ssfsday evening Century bud
ness meeting. Visitors invited.
W. A. Gray. K. Of & 5. -
p RIDE OF THE WEST. NO. a. K. OF P.
a,r meets every Tuesday evening at castle
siaass aal sop,hs5st s. e9Iner q Ninth and Market
Albert Brewer x. Of r & t-' - -
p iTHAGoRAs LODGE. NO. rs. K. OF p.
hall northwest Garner Grand and Fs:ton AZ s1s ~.
avenues. at O'Clock Work in the rank of Page
peetsd Visiting srotsss always xecoms Ms@nss'
H. l. WALKER. c. c.
,n. ~: Ett,nse,. K. OF r. & S. 5s25 Easton ave-
RosERr e cowAN LODGE NO lsi. K.
3cloek; West Han. Century 4 bgiid.nr. ding Ninth in
In rank Of Esquire. Mer1be raluc sted 70 attend.
visitors welcome. OSCAR H sToLL. c. c.
| <HSttsl| merry IL LutDOcrl. n. OF X. x >.
w ABAsH LoEcE. NO. .4s. X. OF p.
H meets every Tuesday evening al castle
| hall. southwest corner broadway and Benton.
Work in the rank OF Page. Visitors cordially
invited vi d s,.,.. g ! Sss6Es: 9Ss68ES: G 6: 6
(lIAsHINGToN LODGE. No. ISs, x. OF T..
W Century BuIiding, Ninth and Olive
Friday evening. December It, rank Of Esquire.
Members are requested to be at Zuelrna LCdge
| Monday evening. December L. Big night. Com
unittee meeting.
| A. ]. TILDEN. c. c.
Joseph P. Dummich. K OF r. < s.. Maple
| wooc 10.
| y ELENA LODGE. NO. a2I. K. OF p.
! y meets Montay evening. December l.. in
o.clock n.L Work in rank o: page, Also biz
| Pythian night committee. Members expect
| ed and visrtors cordially invited to attend
| FRANK ]. VOLLMER. c C.
| Attest: o. u. Brooks. L. Of r L S.
| P, o. Box 1os2.
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MONEY WANTED.

j have some splendid f1rst-clsss deeds Of trust
for a-oco 5000. g. 500. S10o1, G,I0. "A, ,90o.
40 s .ooo, $4,000 on improved property worth
double the amount Of the loan: IRE and tornn-
do insurance with loan; interest to per
cent Call al oece. make speciality Of good
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-11
ORDER OF SCOTTISH CLANS.


rLaE DOUGLAS. NO. =. ORDER OF SCOT
~ tish Clana. meets first and third Tues
days Of each month At Wes,sate Hall. corner
of Grand and Easton avenues. Visiting clans
men cordially invited to attend
p. c. QUINN. Chief,
No. <33S Fairfax ave.
Attest: David Millar. Secretary. No sols
Ridge avenue.
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MONEY TO LOAN

On Personal Property.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-11
JUNIOR ORDER UNITED AMERIcAS
ylECn KuNA-

JUNIOR ORDER UNITED AMERICAS
AECHANlCS.
YoN COUNCIL, NO. q. JR. o. @. A. II.
l. meets every Monday evening at Junior
o. Z. A. NJ Hall, No. 3251 South Seventh
street. Visitors are welcome.
L. A. wESNANTEL, c.
r Boil. Secretary. No. 0os Gasconads street
" cPHERSoN COUNCIL, NO. 4. JR. o. q.
iSh A. N. meets every Tuesday. southwest
corner Ninth and Arsenal streets. Visiting
brethren fraternaIly invited
wM. J. GREENWOOD SR-. Councillor.
Thos H. Greenwood. Secretary.
Ct. LOUIS COUNCIL NO. ]. JR. o. q. A.
= NJ. meets every Monday evening 1t
streets. Visitors invited and members expected.
Z. HOWARD MILLER. Il. g.
J. W. Mertz. Councillor.
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s Christmas Money {!

~Here It Hs.o
WE LOAN MONEY TO EvERYBODYi
CALL ON Ue for any amount you need. LIE.
e RAX YOUR BILLS, and BUT. YOUR
CdkeI6IAA6 presents. a. you can repay US on
our eesy r9yment system. Our SPECIAL HoI-
1DAX RATES are the LOWEST EVER OF.
lERED 70 the peopls Of St Louis. Informa-
tioo e6sssfully river; T YOU CANNOT cali.
- ana a sMsAl1SMNH1ti HEMH1ttiDI DI2AN 9 AgNAccexRp cex B,ae
"a n. BROADWAY. COR LOCUST ST
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NAIIONAb UNHONs
d al Union, meets every frst and third Nom
day evening at 6 O'Clock at Lueken's HalL
Iowa avenue and Arsenal street Member are
requested and visiting friends are traternally
Invited to attend.
FRANK RABAND. Fresident.
VIM. R BedinEton. Secretary, zS1S Arsenal
street
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woMES's CATHOLIC
ORDER OF FORESTERs.

1,1uMEN's CATHOLIC ORDER OF FOR
W esters-St. Vrncent's Court. No. M
,,rn's Catholic Order Of Forester. me, )
eve-y second and fourth Thursday Of esch
month At 81, vincent's Hall, Ninth street and
PARK avenue. Members cordially invited.
MISS MAMIE A. SHEA, Chief Ranger,
lk2S s. Eighteenth 1t.
Ms, Martha Boiand. Responding Secretary.
. Ito Dolman II
Miss Catherine Reynolds. Financial Secrs-
tary 1eli n. Compton ave
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DON'T PAY. BIG INTEREST

FURNITURE. ffANos. HoRsEs, wSGoSs.
etc. By PAYING small CoMMIssIoN for
ments: DISCOUNT Il paid before time tx
PIRES. CALL or WRITE us, 2o5 n. Tenth st,
room III Ozark building. ANDERSON Fl
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wooDMEs OF THE WORLD.

WOHS V' " s0Asos
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I'VE OAK CAMP. NO. IL, W. OF W..
Hall No 3. Bowman building. northeast cor
ner Eleventh and Locust streets. Visitors are
invited and members expected to be present
GEORGE LEHMAN, {. c.,
Ed r. Smith. Clerk. No. ~ South Ewing
ayenue.
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LANGAN & TAYLOR

STORAGE AND MOVING CO
View warehouse, 1s2s Washington ave; 600 pri.
cheapest insurance in the city: you have access
10 your room at any time: all moving packing
tabished 1850. Ring up { al or Main 2e56 and
get our rates. We have no branches
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= ArHBoNE SISTERS. kxcELS1oR TEN
IN ple, No. L. meets every second ano fourth
FRIDAY Of each month at Anchor Hall Park
and Jefferson avenues. Members expected To -
prsse.if and visitors cordially invited
MRS. ALLIE IOPMAN. u. E c..
3o46 Thomas street
Nrs Frances Hulburd- NJ F. Of c.. lSoo
Papln street
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LOANS ON FURNITURE.
Rates and terms unheard Of. Look:
Sl.50 weekly pays Sf50e loan.
SID weekly pays a 1870 loan.
800 weekly pays i0.so loan.
75c weekly pays a $40. 90 loan
Payments may be made weekly. serlimonthlJ
or monthly. II is to your interest to consult Us
Al business private and aboveboard. See Us
CHEMICAL FINANCE CO.,
sol Chemical BLDG. Eighth and Olive sts.
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w. s. PRICE

WILL GET YOU
o10OOO for 800 q year.
&SS.OO for $500 q year.
&SO.OO for l2OO q year.
aZS.OO fer - 40 q year.
On FURNITURE. PIANOS. horses. wagons,
etc. els Mermod & Jaccard building: kin
phone d 1sls
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TRADE EQUITY FOR VACANT.

nne six-roon frame house and double stors
building. lot IooxzD feet; rent $500 per wear
deed Of trust 5000: will trade equity Of si,ov
JAS. N. F'RANc1Sts CO.. 7u3 Chestnut 81
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Or. Dennis isaul.T s M.ss.a:.sn ieea.ss ps;:i sys
yian and surgeon. conducts the most reliable
sanitarfurn for confinement La this city: psrfect
setluSon and home comforts: trained nurse:
lowest terms; all female trouble skI1fully
treated under absolute guarantee: ladies' Vhen
na~E-n1 4 sY,erfalist cofae vrffe
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L H. DANGERFTELD.
Temporarily in Charge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25

boarders at our table that 1t was the patriotic duty of every citizen to shut down on eating meat until the criminal meat trust was ruined
 'The breakfast food I put up on dad was some pulverized cork that got at a grocery out of a barrel of California grapes. It looked exactly like other breakfast foods, but you'd dide to see dad and several invalid southern col onels. and two women who were at the table, pour cream on that pulverizc,l cork and sprinkle sugar on 1t. and try to get the pulveriZed cork to soak up the cream, but the particles of cork tioated on top of the cream and acted alive. An old Confederate colonel. who had called dad a damyankee ever since we had been there. and always acted as though he was on the point of drawing a gun. took the first mouth full and after chewing 1t awhile he swal- lowed as though his throat was sore. but he got 1t down. and ordered a cock tail, and looked mad at dad. Dad mo- ticed that the others were having diff ffculty in masticating the food. and so he pitched in and ate his food, and said 1t was the finest he had ever tasted. but the rest of the crowd only took a spoonful or two, and ct fruit. One woman who was there to be cured of the habit of betting on the races, got the cork in amongst her false teeth and it squeaked when she chewed, like pull
 the blood and the pores of the skin ling a cork out of a beer bottle. They all seemed to want to please dad and so they munched away at the cork. un
 til the woman with the false teeth had to leave the table, then a colonel went out, and then all quit the table except
 dad and I. and by that time dad felt as
 though he had swallowed a life pre-
 server. and he said to me:
 'Hennery. either the baths or the climate or something has upset me and feel as though your dad was not very long for this world. Before I die I want you to confess to me what that stuff is that I have been eating. and then I can die In peace"
 q told him that he wanted light
 breakfast. and thought there was
 nothing quite so light as cork. and that he was full clear to the muzzle with
 pulverized cork. and he couldn't sinl;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous

notbins. whose conversation is empty ands frivolous not to say vulgar; who drink and. gamble ani squander their money and theirs existence. But men and women of that type have existed since the world began. and are not confined to one class of society or one country.
 Then the fashionable world Is often oc- cupied in a manner which would astonish their detractors and also past generations. One has only to consider the vast number of enterprises of all kinds in which society women of the present day are interested. not to mention political and literary work. to realize how much must be done by them. i. The more prominent the woman the more she is called upon to do, and it is often subject of admiration abroad that an En- glishwoman or an American can and doess accomplish
 One of the great features of both coun- try and town life is the playing of the popu- lar game of bridge. which has taken hold of society in most extraordinary fashion. to the exclusion of all other games of cards.
 A great deal of nonsense as to It's ganb- ling has been said, even from the pulpit but from that point of view 1t Is innocence itself compared to the baccarat and poker playing of ten years ago. not to speak of
 the games of hazard in the early Victorian era, when thousands were lost nightly in private London houses.
 Gambling at cards has existed ever since
 their invention, but since the introductioE of bridge 1t has certainly been for such low stakes in England. The points played in most houses range from a penny to shii- ling.
 From a hostess's point of view bridge h a great boon; an easy way of disposng of
 and occupying a number of guests. who in
 the course of wek may find the time dragging. M On the other hand, like everything else in this world. there Is a revers de la me- daiIle, and if indulged in too much its evils will undoubtedly bring about reaction. Gambling is certainly not the worst as- pect of bridge. It is slowly but surely de- stroying all after-dinner conversation of any kind.
 This is a curious phase. and when car ried to excess has certainly deteriorating effect, not only on the intellect but on | the character. Art, literature. music. one | seldom hears discussed-politics sometimes and the people who indulge in them are | soon voted bores and secretly thought to | be taking up valuable time from the be- | loved tables
 The regular bridge player becomes very selfish, sacrificing everything which inter feres with his game. His manners. too. | suffer. and he will not attempt to restrain him temper if he Is cursed with one: he | snarls, wrangles and falls. metaphoricaliy | speaking. on his wretched partner who has | made some mistake until, fl she be wom- | an he has reduced her to the verge of tears. | or if a man. to wanting pistols for two | and coffee for one-and this Is supposed | to be a pleasant and profitable way of | spending an evening.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
Ry HON GEORGE w PECK

BY HON. GEORGE W. PECK. GEx-Govenor of Wisconsin. formerly
 publisher of "Peck's Sun," author of
 "Peck's Bad Boy" etc.)
 Copyright, 1904, by Joseph B,
 Bowles. Copyright in Great Britiau.
 Note.-The series of which this article is the first will appear weekly, reiat- ing the experiences of Peck's Bad Boy and his Dad" on a tour including va rious cities of the United States and Flu rore. The old man has had an opera tion for appendicitis. While convales' cling he conceived the idea that the doc tors had left some kind of an instru ment in him when they sewed him up. The Bad Boy explained 1t like tnls:
 Dad has been reading in the papers about doctors that perform operations leaving sponges, forceps and things IT side of patients when they close UT the place, and since dad has got pret'y fussy since his operation he thinks they Ieft somethine in him. Some days he thinks they left a roll of cotton bat ting or a pillow or a bale of hay, but when there Is a sharp pain inside ne thinks they left a carving Knife. but for A week he has settled down to the belief that the doctors left monkey wrench in him and he is just daffy O" that subject. Says he can feel 1t turn
 
 screwing machinery, and he wants to consult a new doctor every day as to what he can take to dissolve the monk ey wrench so 1t will pass off through the blood and the pores of the skin. He has taken it into his head that noth- ing will save his life except to travel all over the country and the world, and I have got to go with him to look after him. The doctor thinks he needs excitement, and shall do what can to let him have it.
 They went first to Hot Springs and San Antonio, the narrative beginning with the following letter from the last named city:
 san Antonio, Texas.-My Dear Chum: Dad and I left Hot Springs because the man who kept the hotel where we stopped got prejudiced aganst me. I suppose did carry the thing little too far You see dad has got into this breakfast-food habit and reads all the advertisements that de-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
Where Hats are Free.

Once a year in the later part of August, New York has a free hat distribution This years occurred recently. All the big job ping houses on Broadway between Houston an Chambers streets disposed of the stock in the usual manner. In one place the clerks anH the employers took up stations in the windows of the second floor and sailed" the hats out to the waiting throng. It was like throwing pennies to pickaninnies Every time a hat appeared there was rush for its possession Hardly one reached the pavement. It was the nearest thing to a football game or a college rush that one could imagine. While most of the free hat grabbers were newsboys and street gamins, there were many well dressed and respectable men participating in the scrim- mage for headgear The chance to get something free overpowered them evidently and they seemed to be willing to lose Ss worth of dignity for the sake of getting S1 hat for nothing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25
pECK'SBADBOYA ABROAD
The Bad Boy and His Dad Have Trouble With A New
 Breakfast Food---Dad Rides Buckins Broncho.

any more when he took a bath. Dad turned pale and we went out in the of- flee and found that all the people who sat at our table and ate breakfast food were in the hands of doctors, and daG went in the room with them. and each had a doctor. and how they got it out of them l don't know. as I was busy organizing a strike among the bellboys I told them that they could double thei: wages by striking at exactly ten o'clock, when all the boarders wanted cocktails sent to their rooms.
 They struck all right. and the break fst-food people had got all pumped out. and then 1t came my turn. Dad gave me a licking, the boarders kicked at me. the landlord ordered me out of the house and the striking bellboys, who had their places filled in ten minutes. chased me all over town, and when got back to the hotel dad had bought tickets to San Antonio, because the doctors told him to get out on the prai- ries and take horseback exercise to shake the pulverized cork and the mon key wrench out of his system. and ev. cry body threw stones at the bus that we rode to the depot in. Gosh, but l hate a town where genius has no chance against the mob element. The worst was that the woman with the false teeth, because she lost them somewhere. and had to hold her hand kerchief over her mouth while she called me names when the porter took me by the collar and the pants and flung me into the bus. Dad told the porter. when he handed out the res ular tip that he would have made it larger if the porter had taken an ax to me. Dad is getting so funny he all most makes me laugh.
 Well, kid we arrived here next day, and got acclimated before night. Dad bought a wide gray cowboy hat. with leather strap for a band, and began to pose as a regular old rough rider, and told everybody at the hotel that he was going to buy a ranch and run for con gress. Everybody here is willing northern man should buy a ranch, but when he talks about running for con- gress they look sassy at him, but dad can look just as sassy as anybody here. He told all around that he was a caval- ry veteran of the war, and wanted to horse to ride that would stir up his patriotic instincts and his liver, and all his insides. and a real kind man steered dad to a livery stable, and I knew by the way that the natives winked at each other that they were going to let him have a horse that would jounce him all right.
 They saddled up real nice pony for me but when they led out the horse for dad I knew that trouble was coming. The horse was round-shoul. dered on the back. and when they put the saddle on the horse bumped up and coughed most pitiful. and when they fastened the cinch the horse groaned and the crowd all laughed. A negro boy asked me If my old man was ever on a horse before, and when I told him that dad had eaten horses in the army the boy said that horse would eat him
 cause he was the worst bucker from Buckersville. in the western part of the state. I told dad the horse was a dam
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-25

gerous bucker. but he tipped his hat on one side and said he had broken more bucking bronchos than those Texas liy- cry men ever saw. Dad borrowed 2 pair of these Mexican spurs with d wheel in them as big al a silver dol lar and the man held the horse by the bridle while dad got on, and I must say he got on like he knew how He asked which was the road to Houston and we started out of town.
 Well, sir. I have been in a good many runaways, and was filling a soda fountain once when 1t exploded. and have been on a toboggin when 1t run into a cow, and I have been to a church sociable when boy turned some rats loose. and a terrier went after them right among the women, but I never was so paralyzed as l was to see dad and that horse try to stay together The first two miles out of town the horse walked, and acted as though 1t was going to die, and my pony would get way ahead and have to wait for dad and tho camel to come up.
 Dad was mad because they gave him such a slow horse.
 What are those things on your heels for?' I says to dad. Why don't you run the spokes into his slats?
 said, just to be sociable
 Never you mind me says dad
 After I have looked at the scenery
 awhile I will open the throttle on this
 dromedary, and we will go and visit
 the pyramids
 T was little ahead and I did not catch dad In the act of kicking open the throttle. but I heard something that
 sounded like a freight train wreck and dad and the horse went by me like q horse race only that the horse was not on the ground half the time, ard he didn't go straight ahead. but just lowered his head between his legs and jumped in the air and come down stiff | legged. and then jumped sideways, and changed ends, and did 1t all over again, ! all over the prairie. and dad was d sight Ills eyes stuck out and his teeth rattled and every time the horse came down on his feet dad seemed to get 1 shorter as though his spine was being
 telescoped up Into his hat. I think dad
 uouId have fallen off the first jump. only he had rammed the spurs in amongs
 the horses ribs and couldn't get them 1 ort Gee but you never saw such [ actions. unless you have seen a horse 1 po nlum crazy. The horse kept giving dad new fancy side steps and jumps un- i Ill dad yelled to me to get a gun and
 shoot him or the horse. and he didn nt | care which yelled to dad to loosen | m on the bridle. and let the horse run 1enathways instead of sideways, and | I guess he did for the horse lit out for | some musquite trees, and before l couId get there the horse had run under
 q limb and scraped dad off and when
 I got there dad was lying under a tree trying to pray and swear all to wonst and his spurs were all blood and hair | and things a horse wears on the inside l oT bisseIf and the horse was standing
 not far away. eating grass nd looking | at dad If dad had had his revolver along he would have killed the horse | hut the horse seemed to know he had been fooling with an unarmed man. ] | got dad righted up. and he rode my