The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-02

sack and go out for a week and live in the woods. He will come home hun gry, perhaps, sun-burned and footsore, certainly with blistered hands and tired muscle. but with the reservoir of his being. both moral and physical fill- ed to overfiowing with life drawn di- rect from the heart of nature.--Rich- mond Times Dispatch.
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 QUEEN ALExANDRA's CAT FANCY. | It Is well known that Queen Alexan- | dra, Englands well beloved Queen, Is an expert dog fancier. and that her kennels at Sandringham contain some of the best dogs in all England, but that she is also cat fahcier has not been at all well known until very re- gently. In fact, the special liking for cats that Her Majesty has lately dis played. threatens to entirely supplant her fancy for blue-ribbon dogs. She found that her dog breeding was so widely known and so generally copied that she decided to drop that and go in for raising tabbies In pursuance of her policy of thoroughness, Queen AL exandra at once secured a small army of the best breeds. These cats are much in evidence at Buckingham Pal ace. Windsor and Sandringham. To friends desirous of possessing a cat of exalted pedigree, the Queen is most generous. giving freely of her host of felines. Six cats are the favorites of the Queen one, Sandy--so named be- cause he was born at Sandringham-a valuable Persian, being the particular favorite, and travelling as constantly with his mistress for the past several months as ever the Kings celebrated Irish terrier Jack, did The feline pro- teges of Alexandra find no favor in the sight of Edward VII for he cordially detests them. Photographers and eel ebrated cat artists have visited Wind- sor and Sandringham and have taken pictures of the Queens favorites.--Il- lustrated Sporting News.
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 LUCIFERS DATE FROM 1927.
 The first really efficient lucifer match must be put to the credit of John Wal ker of Stockton -on-Tees, England who in 1927 placed them on the market un- der the name of "Congreves." in com pliment to Sir William Congreve. the inventor of the war rocket These matches were sold for a shilling a box. which contained, besides a few dozen matches, a little piece of folded sand paper, through which each split of wood had to be drawn before it could be made t ) infiame. An original tin box, stamp ed with the royal arms and bearing the word "Congreve." is preserved as a cu- riosity in one of the London museums. | As in the case of all other industries,
 this was initiated by hand labor alone. | The splints of wood were no doubt originally dipped in the igniting com position one by one, but subsequently
 they were tied in bundles and dipped
 en bloc, the workmen giving each bun dle a twist with his hands. so that
 the end of each splint would be free to move a certain extent and absorb a little more of the compound than il
 would if kept quite still
 The next advance was to fix the | splints in a frame. so that each was
 separated from its neighbor, and this frame containing about 1,500 matches
 would be brought down on a marble slab upon which the composition was
 spread. The tipped matches. still ir
 their frame. would then be dried in air | for a few hours and afterward placed | in a heated chamber to complete their desiccation. Manual labor is now all | most wholly dispensed with in the man
 ufacture of matches.
 The employment of yellow phosphor-
 ous for the charging of matches made | the industry very unhealthy one. and
 the work people If not in the best of 1 health ran the risk of contracting a | terrible disease known as necrosis of
 the jawbone the vulgar name for which
 was "phossy jaw" With improve
 mcnts in manufacture this evil has now | been eliminated-AnE Exchange. HH
 | NOTICE WORKING WO-
 | MANS HOME ASSOCIATION. The regular monthly meeting of I~Working Woman's Home Association | will be held at the Home this afternoon | at go o'clock. A full attendance is | earnestly requested.
 | Mrs. T. w. Hannon, | Mrs. Chas. l.. Campbell. President. Assistant Secretary.