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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23
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Mexico City. May 22-The Great Amer iean smelting and refining companies here are competing with the local banks in selling exchange on American cities. The smeltlng companies generally have large amounts of money to their credit in the United States and are thus able to ex- change business profltably.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23
AIabama Teacher. to Attend.

Phenix City, May 22.-(Special.) )-Quite A number of the Girard and Phenix City teachers will attend the summer school at the University of Alabama at Tus- eaioosa. Edwin Franklin Buckner, pro- lessor of philosophy and education at the University, spent yesterday in the two cities in the interest of the sum mer school.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23
 FunerzI of am Imfant.

The funeral of Thomaas l. Hewlett, IT,, the 2-mopths-oid infant son of Mir. and Mrs. Thomas I. Hewlett, who died Saturday at the home of his parents, 1040 South Hull Street, took place at { o'clock yesterday afternoon from the residence. Rev. Father Dennis Saw age, pastor of St. Peters Catholic Church, officiated. A large circle of friends of the bereaved parents attend ed the funeral and a number of pretty floral designs were in evidence. InteFment was made in Oakweod cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23

ROYAL GUIDE to St. Louis Worlds Fair; 100 page book, we'll bound; cram med full of all needed information. Di- rectory, eoIored map. guide; everything. 25e. copy, prepaid. Don't miss getting one. Circular free. Royal Guide, Co. Box S57, Montgomery, Ala. Adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23

Montgomery Theatre, May 24, ssSO D. m., Capt. R. P. Hebs0n. Beneat AIethodlst Protestant Church. 'sAEarveIeusly entertaining" Bruce
 Kennedy, City Editor Advertiser. Tickets at Bmstiami &E Cassimua. Reserved seats at HirgcheF Bros, Admission, yB and soc. 7t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23
Te.cherx, Imstftute Bcxin.,

The annual institute of the teachers of Muscogee County opened yesterday, with Prof. c. B. Gibson, the superin- tendent of the Columbus public schools, as expert in charge. The institute will be in session five days between now and the annual examination of Teachers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23
CoIumbus Cotton Stock,

There are now only s,90o bales of sai- able cotton In the Columbus warehouses This stock is small, but not as small as at this time last year, when practically all the cotton had been sold. The local mills stocked up well early in the sea- son. Most of the buying here now is by representatives of exporting firms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23
JACOBS PHARMACY
Little Prices Big Stocks.

That's the key note to this stoeyou always depend getting what you want and at the price you should pay Use the telephone Goods delivered anywhere inthe city promptly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23
aIr. nl.nen I.aid te Rest.

The funeral of Samuel Dimon occurred
 this afternoon from his residence east of the city. Many friends from the city dciatsd. assisted by Rev. Theodore Cope land. The interment was at Linwood
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23
Y. N. Q. A. naII Tean,

A Young Mems Christian Association baseball team, out of the best talent in the city, will be organized tomorrow night and will be factor from now on in local amateur ball circles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23
To Try Criminal Cases.

When the Superior Court meets to- morrow morning 1t will take up crimi- nal cases. Two murder cases. John John D. Irwin, and Walter Anderson, the slayer of John Wright, another ne- gro boy, are to be tried this week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23
PARADE IS NOT GIVEN
COLUMBUS MILITARY HEED PRO-
 TESTATIONs OF PASTORS.
Two Murder Cases to Be Tried Thts
 Week in the Superior Court. Funeral ef MT. Dimen-- Other News.

Columbus, Ga, May 2.-(speciai)- J. There was no dress parade of the local military at Wildwood park this after noon, although the affair had been ad. vertised all the week.
 When it was announced that the pa- Tade would be given, various citizens and ministers entered a protest. saying 1t would be a dissertation of the Sab bath.
 Tn view of these protests the officers of the three local companies yesterday afternoon called the affair of. The boys say that they meant no dissertation of the Sabbath by giving dress parade, as no admission would be charged, and they could turn out more conveniently on Sunday afternoon than on any other afternoon of the week. Church members made the point that with seven days in the week the affair should be arranged for some other day than Sunday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-23

ofice of the Attorney General.
 Washington. D. C., May IS, 1904. Hon. John w. Gaines, House of Repre- sentatives:
 sir-Renlying to your letter of May 10th, relative to the Brittsh-American Tobacco Company. Limited. I have re- ferred it, with it's enclosures, to MT.
The Globe-republican., 1904-02-11
THREE
CARDINAL
POINTS
BLOOD
w w ~
HEALTH
HAPPINESS

It is a fact that, with impover.
ished or unhealthy condition Of the
blood, suffering, i'll health and un-
happiness must result.
Rich, Red, Radiant Blood means
to the possessor splendid health,
and health means happiness to the
vast extent physical condition may
exert its influence.
Do you suffer from nervousness,
weakness, brain tag, loss Of energy,
a sluggish, tired body, with little,
if any, ambition and vitality Do
you feel that you must have rest
and are unequal to your daily tasks
and responsibilities Does your
body ache and pain all over from
lack Of circulation and proper nu-
trition1 Does your system need
to be built up and held theref II
these and similar conditions exist,
speedy relief and permanent cure
are within your reach.
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= ~ 4 VeyA ncent Festival 1t
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J H Fo Display nhmntY


/ IN not resolve one thing or other,
Until l first consult my mother
When she says so. It's half a grant,
And may be taken for consent
Many superstitlons were embroid-
cred on the original st. Valentine ira
dition, and some Of them arc held in
honor even to this day. One Is found
in this most curious extract from
young woman's diary, published in
an old-time English periodical
Last Friday was st. Valentines
Day and the night before got five
bay leaves and pinned four of them
to the four corners of my pillow, and
the fifth to tho middle; and then, II
dreamt of my sweetheart Betty
said we should be married before the
year was out. But to make 1t more
sure, | boiled an egg hard, and took
out the youk and filled 1t with salt;
and when ! went to bed, eat 1t shell
and all, without speaking or drinking
after 1t. We also wrote our lovers
names upon bits Of paper, and rolled
them up in clay, and put them into
water, and the first that rose up was
to be our Valentine. Would you think
it?-Mr. Blossom was my man. 7
lay abed and shut my eyes all the
morning till he came to our house;
for would rot have seen another
man before him for all the world"
First Met, First Wed.
Gay, the poet, has placed in the
mouth of country lass the well.
known tradition that the first person
whom one meets on Valentines day
is to become ones spouse, She sings:
Last Valentine, the day when birds of
Their paramours by mutual chirplngs
find,
early rose just at the break Of day,
Before the sun had chased the stars
away.
A-held ! went, amid the morning dew,
10 milk my kline flor so should house
wives dO)
Thee first, spled-and the first swain
We see
In spite Of fortune shall our true love be.
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festival Of st. Valentine. 1t is we'll
known that in many languages one
letter Of the alphabet may easily be
substituted for another through popu-
lar error in the spelling Of particular
words. 1t Is suspected by some that
the name Is primarily derived from
the Latin yale" which is equivalent
to our farewell" a salutation that
was placed at the end Of letters; but
large number more ingeniously find
its source in the Latin "valens,' vail
ant, gallant. According to them in
passing from the Latin into the Nor
man French this word took a g" in
lieu of the w." and a logical develop
ment of 1t was the noun "galantin," a
lover of women, AS gallantry and
valance, in another serse, are syn
onymous, 1t was easy for "galatin"
to become "valantan" or "valantin,"
1t Is pleasant to leave all these con-
lectures aside after simply passing
them in review, and to determine,
merely for the delectable purposes
Of the imagination, that we will join
with Charles Lamb and other most
worthy dreamers in regarding st. Val
entine as real bishop, who has a
very charming mission in connection
with the love affairs Of humanity.
Thus does the inimitable Lamb apos-
trophize him. like unto thee, as.
suredly, there Is no mitred father in
the calendar. Thou contest attended
with thousands and ten thousands
little Loves, ard the air is
"Rrusht with the kiss of rustling Wings
Singing Cuplds are thy choristers
and thy prosecutors, and instead of
the crozier the mystical arrow is
borne before thee"
A Typical Valentine.
Who would be such traitor to
youth as to demolish entirely the
legend of ST. Valentine? Read what
an English imitator of Boileau wrote
to his lady love:
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tior n ID rolotod tbot G. EranoIs
do co,os ond otbor rbr,stian noctors
mt tho names of saints on the lots 70
no drown In Tho n,ocs ~ those ~
maidens and charged the vounp mon
who racelvad Them to initiate those
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The Globe-republican., 1904-02-11

It's the fashion nowadays to speak
Of many old customs that still sur.
vlve, although much diminished, as if
they were to all intents and purposes
already dead. st, Valentines day is
nowhere observed, 1t Is true, as much
as 1t was 200 years ago, nor even as
much as 1t was in the early recollec-
ton Of some of the elder generation Of
the present; yet it Is very far from be.
Ing extinct as a peculiar and popular
holiday. In some of the rural disticts
Of England 1t Is still celebrated with
much quaint fidelity to tradition, and
even In this country certain Of its well
known features are not likely to be
wholly abandoned, II ever, for many
years to come, Indeed, the social
prophet may well question whether st.
Valentines day may not rather regain
much that 1t has lost through the at
triton Of time and change by the natll-
raj reaction that follows all positive
movements. The tendency toward re.
newed respect for some social insti-
tutions Of the past that have fallen
Into partial desuetude is rather mark
ed. The dominant instinct of the
twentieth century thus far seems to be
conservative as well as progressive
Not very lorg ago it was thought
that st. Valentines day was given over
almost absolutely to the sorry wits
and their patrons who made 1t a con-
venience for vulgar lampooning and
anonymous libel. But even then the
pretty sentiment belonging to 1t had
not been altogether lost, and since
then 1t has steadily revived. The proof
Of the assertion is in the fact that
there Is now greater demand for
printed valentines of real poetic and
artistic merit than ever before, and
that those Of the cheap, illlterate and
malicious type are comparatively lit.
tie sought after.
So much that Is within the reach Of
all has been written about st. Valen-
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| I'm Norfolk" says Sir Henry Ellis,
librarian Of the British museum, 1T
Is the custom for children to catch
each other for Valentines and If
there are elderly sons in the family
who are likely to be liberal, great
care is taken to catch them. The
mode of catching Is by saying Good
morrow, Valentine, and If they can
repeat this before they are spoken
to, they are rewarded with q small
present, 1t must be done, however,
before sunrise; otherwise, instead Of
reward, they are told they are sun
burnt, and are sent back with dis.
grace.
I'm 0xfordshlre the children go
about collecting pence, singing.
Good morrow, Valentine,
First ills yours, then It's mine,
So please give me Valentine.
IN an old English ballad, the lasses
are directed to pray cross-legged to
st. Valentine for luck. In some parts
Of England the poorer classes Of
children array themselves fantastic.
ally, and visit the houses Of the
wealthy, singing.
Good morning to you, Valentine,
Curl your locks as ] do mine,
Two before and three behind,
Good morrow to you. Valentine.
1t Is noted in an old Roman calen.
dar that ghosts are wont to walk on
the eve of St, Valentine. This super.
stitlon was doubtless due to a tragic
association Of ideas, prompted by the
memory Of the bloody death of the
good st, Valentine, who was beaten
with cudgels by the Romans and then
beheaded and whose remains are pre-
served In q church near the Porta del
Popolo at Rome, long called after him
the Valentlnlan gate. A French
almanac Of 1872 says that blood
letting on st. Valentines day makes
the blood clean every night and morn
Ing; and that blood-letting the day
before guards from fever for a whole
year.
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Of material diocese, and others that
he was only presbyter. Wheatley
writes that he twas q man Of most
admirable parts, and so famous for
his charity and love that the choos,
ing Of valentines upon his festival
took rise from thence" In this OK.
PLANTATION, however, the cause is evil
IDENTIFY mistaken for the effect. The
custom Of choosing valentines was
already established, and CHANGING,
through its derivation from the pagan
festival, to fall upon the ides of Feb.
ruary, In which also occurred either
the birth or the martyrdom of st.
Valentine, the appropriation Of the
name to that custom was most nat
ural in view Of his character.
In England and Scotland and the
countries colonized by them st. Val.
entine's day retained all through the
Middle Ages and down almost to the
present more typical character than
1t did elsewhere. In Austria and Hun.
gary 1t Is q festival Of flowers rather
than Of love billets. Young girls who
wish for a husband cast flowers into
the Danube, and II they are borne
steadily down the stream, without
meeting with serious obstruction, the
omen Is held to be suspicious of
speedy marriage. In some parts Of
France the eve Of st. Valentines day
is called the Feast of the Torches;
but the celebration, which, indeed, is
sometimes held on the first Sunday of
Lent, has, apparently, closer his.
torical relation to that period of alb.
negation than to the patron Of loves
courtshlp. The torches that are used
are made Of twisted straw, and are
brandlshed in the air by those who
carry them, while at the same time
peculiar rustic dances are performed.
A Pathological Theory.
Antiquarians have drawn from phil.
ology q means Of explaining In an alto.
gether different way the name Of the
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1.-THE S"-Louis Prion.

| To Dorlnda, on 81. Valentines Day:
Look how, my dear, the feather'd kind
~ mutual caresses joyn'd
Bill, and seem TO teach us two
What we 10 love and custom owe.
Shall only you and | f0rbear
TO rect, and make a happy pair?
Shall we alone delay to live?
This day an age Of bliss may give.
But, ali! when the proffer make,
Still coyly you refuse to take
Ny heart | dedicate in vain,
Inc too mean present you disdaln.
Yet, since the solemn time allows
10 choose the object Of our VOWS,
Boldly dare profess my fame,
Proud to be yours by any name.
The writer oftenest quoted for a
characteristic description of the old
manner Of observing the right of st.
Valentine Is Nilsson, o French travel
err An equal number Of maids and
men get together" he says; each
writes their true or some feigned
name upon separate billets, which
they roll up and draw by way of lots,
the maids taking the mems billets and
the men the maids; SO that each Of
the young men lights upon the girl
that he calls his valentine, and each
Of the girls upon young man that
she calls hers. BY this means each
has two valentines-but the man
sticks faster to the valentine that Is
fallen to him than the valentine to
whom he Is fallen"
A Poetleal Version.
A poetic picture of this custom Is
found in Poor Robins Almanack for
the year 1857.
This day bright phoebus enters Pisces.
The maids will have good score of kisses
For always when tho sun comes there
Valentines Day Is drawing near,
And both the men and maids incline
To cfuse them each Valentine,
And Il a man gets one he loves,
He gives her first q pair of gloves;
And, by the way, remember This,
10 seal the favor with kiss,
This kiss begets more love and then
That love besets q kiss again,
Until this trade the man doth catch,
Ana then he doth propose the match:
Ihe womans willing, tho she's shy,
She x!vcs the man this soft reply,
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tines day that any article upon 1t
must necessarily be only a reminder
Of that which is already known. 1t
has been the theme Of numberless
poets and antlquarians. After all,
nothing better expresses the spirit Of
this festival, since, upon the extension
Of Christianity, 1t assumed its modern
character, than the lines Of that fresh
voiced English poet, the Rev. John
|. Dome, who was contemporaneous with
Shakespeare:
Hail, Bishop Valentine! whose day this Is;
All the air Is thy diocese,
And all the chlrplng chorlsters
And other birds are thy parlshioners:
Thou marryest every year
The lyric lark and the grave Whispering
dove;
The sparrow that neglects his life for
love;
The household bird with the red stom-
acher;
Thou makest the blackbird speed as soon
As doth the gold finch or the halcyon-
This day more cheerfully than ever shine,
This day, which might enfame thyself,
IVY old Valentine!
The germ Of the celebration Of st.
Valentines day Is found in nature IT,
self. It was first pagan tribute to
the fecundity Of the earth and Of man,
personided In Pan and Juno, and there
Is reason to believe that Its origin
was Identical with that of a Pelasglan
festival, observed In Latium before the
time Of Romulus and Remus, and
brought thither by Evander from Ar.
cadla. This was q festival Of seven
days, beginning in the ides Of Feb
ruary, or on the 14th or 18th Of that
month. 1t was called Lupercalla after
the wolf, lupus, which Is supposed to
be associated In some way with Pan,
and was often represented by the an
clients as a smybol Of light and the
course Of the seasons. Pan was the
killer Of wolves and the protector Of
the shepherds who dwelt upon Mount
Palatine before Romulus and Remus
built their city there. BY some, the
name Of the festival Is supposed also
to,bear relation 10 the legend Of tho
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Now 1t Is announced that the Span.
lsh sailors, and not Dewey, sunk
SPANS ships at Manila, Presumably
the Spaniards saw that one Of the
fleets must DO sunk and with true
Castilian courtesy decided that 1t
should not be that Of tho visitors.
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Out at Miller, s. D., a woman des-
perado has awed the town and kid.
mapped Wilbur Quirk, drug clerk. We
extend our sympathy to Wilbur and
emphatically protest that the Miller
woman Is carrying the leap year bust.
ness too far.
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used about every known remedy that
Is said to be good for kidney COM
plant, but without deriving perma-
nent relief. Often when alone In the
house the backache has been SO bad
that 1t brought tears to my eyes. The
pain at times was so intense that |
was compelled to give up my house.
hold duties and lie down. There were
headaches, dizziness and blood rush.
ing to my head to cause bleeding at
the nose. The first box Of Doan's
Kidney Pills benefited me SO much
that continued the treatment. The
singing pain in the small Of my back.
the rushes Of blood to the head, and
other symptoms disappeared"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. 50 cents per box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY.
-
Tact is the art Of knowing what not
The Globe-republican., 1904-02-11

President Harper, who says that
'the bright student is almost always
lazy probably feels that he could
point out a number Of students who
are cultlvating a reputation for bright.
ness.
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Louisville, Ky, claims first rank
among the cities of the world as a
tobacco manufacturing center Pc
oria comedies this, but insists that
tobacco is only one Of the necessarles
Of life.
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A Frenchman on Long Island has
discovered an "infallible opposite" to
the mosquito, which he promises, will
exterminate that pest. After it has
eaten up all the mosquitoes, what will
1t do next?
The Globe-republican., 1904-02-11

When woman gets so she doesn't
care about the size of her feet and
turns her attention entirely to her
soul, you can set it down that old ago
is creeping on.
The Globe-republican., 1904-02-11

Thirty thousand orders for automo.
biles have been placed with Ameri.
can manufacturers for this year, The
horseless age may not be in sight, but
the good roads age Is.
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The New York Judge who has refus.
ed to declare that marriage Is illegal
because 1t is loveless will of course,
be condemned, regardless Of contempt
Of court, by all romantic people.
The Globe-republican., 1904-02-11

There Is a young man in Pennsylva-
mia who has attended Sunday school
1900 times without missing Sun.
day. He ought to be eligible for a
good job in the Standard Oil office.
The Globe-republican., 1904-02-11

Mr.. Howells thinks that authors
ought to form a union. When they do,
every member will doubtless have to
pledge himself not to work more than
twenty-four hours day.
The Globe-republican., 1904-02-11

What war costs nowadays Is shown
by a Toxic dispatch which says that
the Japanese government has on hand
$500 1000" enough to sustain a
short, sharp contest"
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A farmers wife at Drlffield has
given seventeen shillings to the church
missionary society, proceeds of eggs
laid on Sundays" London Daily
Mail.
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A Chicago woman's club has in
some mysterious way discovered that
modern poetry is all down at the heel.
Poets are, Of course, seldom we'll
heeled.
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A New York man committed suicide
rather than undergo an operation for
appendicitis, He must have been
afraid the doctors could do something
worse than kill him.
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So many automobiles seem to be
determined to soar among the stars
that some of them might. perhaps, be
usefully converted into airships.
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DODGE CITY,
KANSAS

The man who wears the corset vest
must not be offended if real men call
him sister.
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Hall Game has nervous prostration.
Now perhaps he knows how most Of
the people who have seen hid plays
suffered.
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A West Virginia marksman has
been fined S25 for killing his rival in
love. Which seems reasonably cheap
price when you come to think Of 1t.
The Globe-republican., 1904-02-11

David Observation-Disclosures
has been appointed a postmaster in
Hawaii. Let us hope that Dawes
administration will be O. X.
The Globe-republican., 1904-02-11

Look out for the pneumonia germ.
which is hiding around the corner
ready to pounce upon you.
The Globe-republican., 1904-02-11

College songs, it seems, are not as
popular as college football. The Yale
slee club lost $1,000 on its Christmas
trip out west
The Globe-republican., 1904-02-11

A bear Is running at large in New
Jersey. The citizens are in hot pur.
suit of the animal and If caught it will
be Incorporated.
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Russia may not like the looks Of
the husky persons that are patting
Japan on the back.