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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
The Rose of old St. Louis
 Ry Mary Dillon.


 A thoroughly joyous romance. The book is deep with vast international is- sues that went to make up the strength of the Union. with tears with expedi- tions for discovery, with hostile in diane, with mighty debates in Congress and Senate of mighty men. with discus sions of the council chamber of Bona parte, with Talleyrand, Marbois. Liv- ingston and Monroe. Yet the weight of historical matter is never allowed young love. Out of all the crowding to hamper or dull the romance of events of international intrigue, ex- change, purchase, and diplomacy the characterization of the main people of the pages stands out clear and life-like.
 The picture of the life of the French Southern city, St. Louis, of the early days are as bright and alluring as if shone on by the sun of today.
 The Chanteaus, the Vigos, the Gra- tiots and the Papins must regard the St. Louis Exposition as a personal af- fair, and the attendant abundance Of Louisiana Purchase literature as fam lily records. so frequently do their names and those of the rest of the early settlers of St. Louis. appear in the pages of these timely romancea
 A new character on the scene of that city's early days Is Dr. Sangrain, the talented emigre, with his wonderful in- vention his wit and his wisdom In his laboratory at the very season when the young giant of a hero was making wonderful experiments of love-making with Pelagie, the Doctor was making some wonderful experiments with phos- phorus, by which one might at any mo- ment obtain a light, without the aid of tinder, by means of little sticks of wood dipped in the phosphorus!" So were the matches made in the days of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

Corsets.

If you buy the proper sort of Corset there's never any "breaking" to De done, instead there's comfort and satisfaction from the first hour. Our spec ialty is selling you the proper sort Of a corset.
 At $f.O0; W. B. Corsets for sfight medium figures long and short hips trimmed with lace and of French Batiste.
 At $I.0G R. C. Corsets extended hips; for full figures, straight front effect; of Batiste, trimmed with lace.
 Memo Corsets for stout women; Delta Dip form which lengthens the waist line and gives the dip effect; automatic garter fasteners. On special sale at $2.00. La Vida Corsets the latest and best models of genuine whalebone, $4.0O to $7.5O. Expert filter will fit you with the model best suit- cd to your figure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

vivid story. whose combination of truth and charm will win for 1t great popularity.
 My LfP Angelo, by Anna Yeaman Condict. charming story of a lit- tie child. There is in the story not bit of child-study. There is no new Insight into the mind or heart of the child. Just the story of the sweet, clinging, beautiful outside of the child that all the world can see and love for itself
 If the story has any moral and 1t is sweet enough to need no such excuse Tor being. no more than does a daisy Tor blooming, 1t Is that a child brought up on love brings out love-
 Angelo, who knows no greater i'll to De dreaded by those around him than his: T won't love oo," and no greater good his own: Now I will love 'oo" creates love in a stern and crusted New England heart He wins love out or that heart not only for himself, but Tor the mothers own brood, heretofore suHering all the stunting and looping or of too strict bringing up.
 Little Stories, by S. Weir Mitchell. M. D. IL. D., of Harvard and Edin- burg.
 pr. Mitchelrs work always pays the reader. They are books acquisitive. books inquisitive and books initiative. BOOKS that acquire from your own mentality all that you can give to make their meaning clear, to piece out what the author has left unsaid. Books again there are that fill you with in- quiries, whose answer neither the au- thor In hand nor yourself can give; such books send you far afield in the library fn Books that are initiative. so full these or thought, of suggestion, that the written page Is but the initial of your own thoughts. of remembrances, of lmaginations that spring to life at the authors words. These are the books that live. that are loved.
 Much of pr. 'Mitchell's work Is of thls last order. His stories not only charm but inspire.
 There Is an acridness in some of the little stories of this volume that of necessity comes with deep knowledge ana experience of life.
 How can one know by deep diagnoses the human heart without feeling the bitterness of life? The good old physi- nlan Of the first story is able. however, on discovering the bitterness to ofrer the antidote.
 The story of Two Men is not so nopeful. The way of the transgressor IS easy and the path of the industrious IS hard. Such Is the moral of the tale
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Radical Reductions in
 Linens.

You know our linens, their splendid finish,s exclusive pat terms, firm and. sOlid weave that comes through the wash as perfect linen shouId,-so there's TO need to tell you that when you can select from such qualities at prices like these it is an opportunity you cannot afford to let pass. Here are the linen bargains of the sea- son.
 5-8 all pu,e Linen Table Napkins,
 half bleaehed real va1ue $l.25 at
 $1.M per dozen. Hemstitched Huck Towels, extra
 large and all pure linen real val
 ue 39c at 25c. Winch Double Satin Damask; ex-
 tra fine quality, all pure linen,
 none better at $t.50; special at
 SLIP t-2 per yard.
 34 Bleaehcd Napkins, all pure lin-
 en $2.00 value at $t.4e dozen. 60c Bleached Sheets, ? t-2 yards long at soc.
 st5e Pillow Cases 45x36 at t0c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
NEW BOOK NEWS
 CONDUCTED BY MARTHA YOUNG


old. Even the great mirror brought from France, the pride of Madame Saugrains good heart was to be sacri- feed to science.
 "Madame!" exclaims our fair haired
 giant, returning to St. Louis after many months; what have you done with your mirror?" She shrugged her
 shoulders and looked irefully at her husband.
 Antoine she said, needed some quicksilver for his experiments. Voila my mirror"
 Whereupon Captain Clarke, brother to General George Rogers Clarke, ex- plained that the doctor and the captain Meriwether Lewis had been all winter evolving strange instruments In the doctors laboratory which were to prove of service on the expedition to the farther West. "Out of madame's mir TOT Dr. Saugrain has fashioned little glass tubes holding quicksilver, and with measure laid off on the side by which we may be able to tell just how hot or how cold 1t may be- And more wonderful still. he has fashioned other little. tubes by which we are to tell when 1t is going to storm and when 1t will be fair weather"
 Good Doctor Saugrain Wise Doctor Saugrafn. Madame Saugrain was as wonderful in her own way with her marvellous housekeeping and her French cookery. No wonder that our hero tasted nothing in Paris SO good as her croquecignolles and gooseberry wine. ..t.
 Does not that old skill of French cookery still savor the household arts of all our coast country, of New Or leans. of Mobile, of all that part of in land Alabama that lies about the old French Grant2 And there is no cook cry ike 1t! The picnic at Chauteau's Pond, the ball at Madame Chauteau,s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Radical Reductions if, Summer Suits.

These Summer Suit prices are mere shadows of what, they were when the season was younger, yet. there's no falling off in style, fabric or finish, in fact they are such late style garments as to be almost considered :. advance Autumn creations. Let your feet stray to the Suit section tomorrow morning and see what splendid savings are yours.
 Of Grass Linen, Waist and Skirt
 trimmed with box pfaits value
 A.5O at $2.49 the Suit.
 Of Merccrized Chambray; blue or
 gray, and also butchers linen in
 navy and Oxford in white; these
 were up to $6.75, at $3.75 the
 suit. Linen Suits that sold up to $i4.501 H.75 the Suit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Ready-to.W Wear Skirts.

Every one of these Skirts bears the unmistakable imprint of style excellence. The re- ductions in price are SO liberal as to make the going without new skirt sheer folly. White Piqus Panel effect down
 front; were $2.25 at $1.25 each. White Pique; Plain tailored effect
 with deep flars were $2.75 at $t.75 each.
 White Pique; trimmed with em-. broidefy and straps were $3.50, at $2.25 each.
 White Piqus Trimmed with em- broidery; yoke effeet were $4.5O at $2.98 each. White Pique; our best members that sold up to 5000; at $3.98 each.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Notions.

Tomorrow will b: dividend day at the Notion counter. kThe stock is out of harmony with its neighbors, perhaps
 we bought too heavy, but whatever the reason it must
 slffer "a lowering of prize fig
 ures.
 t0c Hairpin Cabinets, fuil 100 count assorted pins at Sc a box.
 t0c Pearl Buttons, these are real pearl and assorted fancy styles,
 at t0c a card of 2 dozen. Odd Belts, in silk and leather, some worth up to $t.0O at tOc each. 25c Wash Belts, gilt buekles at f5c. Toilet Pins, white or black assorted sizes on a sheet at 7c sheet. Jewelry; Gilt Waist Sets, Beauty Pins, Sterling Stick Pins and Sterling Link Cuff Buttons, all soc valtses, at 25c. 25c Violet Borated Talcum Powder 3 cents.
 Roger & GalIett's Violet Rice Pow der 17e. CoIgates White Clematis Toilet Soap 7e.
 3oc Celluloid Soap Boxes 25c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Radical Reductions in Underwear.

We are moving down with OUT sharpest price seythe the surplus stocks of warm wealth CT heterogeneous. They cover ground we needfor other goods and though prices have advanced since these were pur- chased, we prefer to dispose of them at once. The savings are as follows.
 Women's Gauze Pants Soc va1ue
 at 29c each.
 Women's Union Suits of Lisle; were
 89c at 63c each. Women's Vests; Swiss Ribbed, were
 25c at 15c each.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

of the thief and the iron-worker in their momentary meeting and exchange Of words in Bryant Park.
 The thief is just out from a winter Tn Sing-Sing. mot a bad winter, either There's a society helps fellow after you quft-gives you good clothes. too. Gets you work"
 The industrious man, honest as the day itself. hard working as nature her self Is, has been hurt at bridge work He goes to a hospital. comes out with no money, no clothes, no work-no help.
 This Is unbelievable, this condition of things, if one did not see 1t plainly. In this city. where millions flow into charities, 1t is wonderful to see how shut in are the channels.
 One must be bad or beggared to be benefited by the flowing funds.
 There is so far as I can learn nc organization or no moneyed individual who reaches out the real brotherly hand of help to the worthy and the in- dustrious. As long as one can buffet the waves and keep a nose above water all the cheer he gets is: Swim. broth CT, swim" Never hand or a plank thrown out to help. When the swim mer sinks nerveless, then all the or ganized life-saving service may be sent to save. And this late saving will be at the cost-such cost when you con- slider the expense of a prosperous and much -officered organization-as would have set the swimmer on firm ground and made him a helper of others-if expended earlier on him, when he had some strength and spirit in him. Well, Dr. Mitchell has told the story and told it better
 "A Ghost of Glory makes the reader wont to tell sea story for himsele Dr. Mitchell tells of sailors who saw the ghost of the ship Bon Homme Richard at the very Sour when the "Kearsarge" sank the Alabama" off Cherbourg. My first footfan on for egn shores was at Cherbourg As one boat came in all the deck was spotted with groups who talked over that sea fight When I got ashore my first letter awaiting me there told of the ceremonies attendant on the un- yelling of that monument ip Mobile to | Admiral Raphael Semmes O: the Ala bama.
 "A Dilemma" is a jewel of a story | which might have enriched the gem | casket of Poe, or of Maupassant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

1 all the local deities of fertility-with | all their shameful and murderous rites, 1 including the burning of children To such foul depth had Israel fallen. The cumulative nature of sin has a startling illustration in that the sams superlatiVe terms are used to describs the sin of son as we'll as of father, Each did worse than all before him. The Teachers Lantern. with Ahab new and vivid section Of Hebrew history begins. It closes with the destruction of the house of Omri by Jehu. Its importance is indt- cated/ by the fact that its incidents are recorded at length. The advent or Elijah makes 1t an epoch of absorb ing interest. It is the description of one of the decisive battles of the world the battle between Jehovah and Baal. It Is both the glory and the shame of the nation.
 Ahabs foolish choice of a wife re-. suited in lasting dishonor. Compan- ionship stamps character, "A compan- ion of fools shall be destroyed" There was general" law against marriage With a heather. For king to vio- late that law was all the more repre- hensible because of the exemplary power of his high position. Yet Ahah
 
 unwarned by all previous visitations-. which were in vain as far as he was concerned.
 Jezebel Is odious in the last degree. put she must be treated with historic fairness. She was a vigorous woman or vigorous race. Her name is link ed with the classic names of Belus, Pygmalion and Dido.
 Samaria was name destined to be- come familiar and significant. It's ori- gin. as here given, is exceeding inter- esting. Omrfs removal of his capital from Tirzah to Samaria was like Con stantine's removal from Rome to Con- stantinople. The new site was exceed ingly advantageous-for strength and beauty. The name is derived from that Of the owner of the hill, Shermer, from whom it was purchased at a price which is curiously a matter 0f record to this day.
 The inscription on the Moabite stoaa Is in ancient Phoenician, and covers thirty-four lines. It is an interesting incident that when the Arabs found the archaeologists anxious to secure this stone, they became suspicious and broke it up into small pieces. to be used as amulets. Not understandine
 - F"ANS' sAiSS tHoHSht tAo reason 1t was wanted was that 1t pos- sessed some magic spell. The infinite patience of the archaelogist Ga class of workmen not generally understood or appreciated) is illustrated in the recov- cry of the fragments, the restoration of the stone and its translation It ia in the Louvre in Paris.
 Two golden calves seemed an incl dent so small that 1t might be winked at They were only graven reminders Of the true God They were far apart. One was at the northern and the otbsr at the southern boundary. Their sat- ting up was an insignificant affair. not worth making a fuss over. But no' That was the crcvice in the dike. that small orifce came all the putrid flood of idolism The be- sinnings of evil should be resisted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Fans.

You have much more use for these than have we, they 'ake upsvaluable space and to be quickly rid of their presence we will name such enticinp prices as these: Just three prices on OUT entire stock : of Fans. All the 7c and t0c Japanese Fans
 at 5c. All the t5e and 20e Japanese Fans
 at t0c. All the 25e and 35e Japanese Fans
 at 19c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
B A N K RUPT SALE
MT. Business Man.

You use Office Stationery Probably S1oo. co worth in year. Whatever the amount is vou can buy now and save from 20 to 90 per cent You are glad to discount your invoices at Der cent. Why not show some. good common sense in buying: Blank Books, Pencils. Inks and everv- thing you will need in your office for the next twelve months
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Pillow Tops.

Do you know of a cooler or more interesting task for a hot afternoon than the working of a pretty pillow tops We have them all stamped and with the. materials to work them, as, we'll. Autographed Tops, beautiful new , subjects on fine art denifns at 23c
 each.
 Stamped Tops; on Linen Clash, de-
 signs for cross stitch work, soc
 values at 35c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
"THE OLD SCRATCH"
HOW the Evil One Came to be Popu-
 Iarly Known as "The Old Scratch.

n.
 One of the many familiar names of ms satanic majesty Is The Old scratch, It is undoubtedly duo to the Iact that scratching Is so disagreeabie mat people thought 1t no worse than ,ne evil one A scalp full of dandruff keeps one scratching all the time; not only disagreeable but considered very lnelegant in polite society-as 1t should be-because one ought to keep me scalp so clean that 1t would not ltch. To cure the scalp of dandruff ef- fectlVely, use Newbros Herpicide. It Kills the germ that creates the dan drun which Is preliminary to falling hair' and, finally, badness. No other hair preparation kills the dandrufr germ. Herpicide also is a very de- llghtful and effective hair-dressinE Sold by leading druggists. Send 100 In stamps for sample to The Herpicido Co.. Detroit, Mich. E. c. Fowler, Spe- cial Agent, sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

Just look through your gath ering of Summer stockings. Are you statistical Wouldn't you like a pretty pair of tans or perhaps a pair or two of lace embroidered black hose if you could buy at such radical ly reduced prices as these?
 All the broken lines of Hosiery are
 assembled for a final clearance
 sale; this includes the best solid.
 eolored and fancy Hose in stock;
 values up to 75e at 47e a pair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Side Lights on History.

Chicago Journal
 Anthony was bidding farewell to Cleopa- tra.
 no tslisman, no keepsake, by which may remember you by" said Anthony who was somewhat extravagant with his nreno.itior.
 Well. answered Cleopatra with an equivocal look, how would you like a souv- enir spoon?"
 Needless to say. he got it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Radical Reductions in Wash Fabrics.

In order to effect a quick clearance of this entire stock.- we will not carry a single yard over until next season-we pre- sent the remainder, including the most select patterns, at ex- treme price reductions. The penalty we pay in loss of profit is great: yet such chances should make Us many new friends.
 Fancy Lawn; the remainder of our I0c Figured Dress Lawns at Sc a yard.
 Striped Madras; all that is left of the 25e and 35e quality at t2 I-2e ayard. Linen Crash and Knickerbocker
 Settings, P in. wide, 25c value at 15c a yard.
 Gingham-Apron Checks, Sc value
 at 5c . yard.
 English Nainsook; 32 in. wide; 15c
 value at t0c.
 Egyptian Tissue; checks, plaids and
 solid colofs 32 in. wide; 25c value
 t8c a yard. Imperial Long Cloth; the $I.75
 kind at $f.47 a piece. Extra Sheer Persian Lawn, French Batistc, India Linon, French Lawn; 25 to 35c values at Ioc yd. Nainsook Cheeks splendid for ehildren's wear; worth up to 15c at 7c the yard.
 Pajama Checks 40 in. wide; He the
 yard. Novelty Linen Voiles Linen Chif-
 fo: and Linen Twine Cloth; we
 are determined to bid them good
 bye without delay. There is
 still splendid choosing and you
 save soc or over on every yard.
 Many of the styles are really de-
 sirable for fall wear 75c to SIPS
 value at 29c the yard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
We tarn our stocks so rapidly that nothing ever
 gr0qUs stale fn Montoomerv's Best Store.
A Day of Radical Reducti

We are confronted by condition: the Fall Stocks will soon arrive, these were or dered with the expectation that we should have two extra floors in which to place them, those two floors are not yet ready, will not be ready for two weeks yet. What can we do? One thing, our present stocks must be immediately adjusted to meet the existing conditions, they must be quickly cleared out. Thus tomorrow there goes into force host of new and radical price reductions on all warm weather goods, price reductions so deep and SO beneficial to your pocketbook that they should bring you to Montgomery's Best Store without loss of time. This will be averitable gold en shower of good things, a welcome chance to supply your every Summer need at our marvellous Alteration Sale Prices.
 As many of the lots small you shoud be on hand
 early tomorrow morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31
Impaired Digesfi0n

May rot be all that is meant by dyspepsta now, but it will be if neglected.
 The uneasiness after eating, fits Of nerv. ous headache, sourness of the stomach, and disagreeable belching may not be very bad now. but they will be if the stomach ia suffered to grow weaker.
 Dyspepsia Is such g miserable disease that the tendency to 1t should be given early attention. This is completely over. come by
 Hoods JarSaparilla which strengthens thewhols digestive svstan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-31

Jezebel is odious in the last degree. but she must be treated with historic fairness. She was a vigorous woman of a vigorous race. Her name is link ed with the classic names of Belus, Pygmalion and Dido.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-28
Mr.. Yerkes' First Deal in Soap.

MF. 7 6I kSS r lFSl Zeal IN soap.
Charles 7. Yerkes, who is now busy
supplying London with an adequate
ness career with a successful specula-
ton that did not involve the outlay OF
{; dollar. 1t was a Saturday afternoon
and he was strolling along a wharf in
Philadelphia when be came to a store
where an auction sale was in progress.
How mucn am | offered for this
box of soap?' asked the auctioneeer.
The thirteen year-old boy looked at
the brand and saw that it was the same
soap as that used in his hCme. He
knew what his mother paid for it at re-
tail, and SO he made a bid The
auctioneer smiled at him, cried the
bid once, and said:
"S2ld to-what's your name, bud?'
Charles Yerkes.'
Then another box was put up and
bid in by the boy. and this was con
tinued until fifty boxes had been
struck Off tc him. He had deposit
OF five dollars in a savings bank
which had been there for some
months. He showed the auctioneer
/ his certificate CT deposit, and said he
would soon return and pay for the
soap
"A O went h wit VIII
family traded and asked him if he
| wanted to buy some soap. The gro
Ger asked him how much he had an |
what it was worth. The lad replied
| that he had fifty boxes and that .
would sen the lot for certain z&..4.
naming the amount double thaE which
| the soap had cost him at t @ auction
house. The deal was clio oil and then
| the storekeeper asked tae lad how be
had come by it. When Yerkes told
| him, the man opened his eyes and SAID:
Il had intended tc go 10 that auction,
but forgot it The boy did not draw
his five dollars from the bank, and
thereafter it was his great pride to add
to it. 1T is SURPRISING" said he, not
long ago, in telling the story OF his
first money ma'ing effort '.how it
grew from year to year When | was
twenty-one years CT age the money
of which this was the foundation
amounted t. several thousand dollars :"
! Success.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-28

poor at Christmas she besought her
hearers to cast their bread Upon the
waters, reminding them CT the promise
What ailcr many days it WOULD return
to them. Her appeal net with a re-
sponse frem little girl who donated
bread bought with her Christmas
money. With the donation went a
note in which she said
You can throw this bread in the
water il you want to, but I don't even
want any of it back. | couldn't eat it
when il was all et.'--New York
Times
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-28
precociOus.

"oh. yes. we We're a very young cou-
ple-mere children, in fact l was but
simpering schoolgirl in short skirts,
and George Was just a boy in jackets.
l remember how pleased he was when
he east his first vote"
but he didn't vote until he was
twenty-one:"
George was very precocious. He
voted much earlier than they usually
do. Cleveland Plain Dealer.