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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

train. under escort of the police ana the board ofShealth. Say, the frelsn. train smeiled like 1t had a hot pox' pu. nobody suspected us. When we soI most to New Orleans dad said; Hen nery I hope this will be a lesson 70 you and I told him two more sucn lessons would kill his little boy dead:
 ''what did you do with your clotnesF said the groceryman, as he snuned around as though he thought he coulo smell something.
 70, we bought new clothes in New Orleans and let our old ones out Of the window with rope. A man picked them up, and they sent him to the quarantine for smallpox patients. O. we came out all right, but 1t was 8 close call. Say, bet this prairie dog can lick your cat in 0 holy minute, and the boy pushed the dog against the cat. said sick 'em,' and the cat scratch ed the dog. the dog yelled and bit the cat, the cat ran up the shelves over the canned goods and tipped over some bot ties of pickles and the old groceryn1an got crazy, while the boy took his prairie dog under his arm, and his horned toad in his hand and started to so out.
 'Tll drop in some day and have some fun with you" said the boy.
 eff you do I will stab you with a chees knif," said the groceryman, as he picked up the broken glass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

where the stray sunbearns fall upon them; the dark-stemmed maiden-hatr clings in trembling clusters to the de- caying tree bark, and the waxen cups of the white lichen flower glitter out against the dark background. Over head the brown moss hangs in sornbre festoons from the dead limbs of the ce- dar and the fir, in places reaching al- most to the earth from heights that are lost in the dense gloom of tho wood. Underneath is Q deep moss of fernlike leaf receives the weight of the foot in so yielding a manner that one instinctively draws back as though from dangerous sands.
 There Is no call of bird or chirp of squirrel; all is lifeless to the eye and ear, save now and then, across some gaping gorge a heavy sound swells on the air. the ground shakes with a gem tie tremor. and one knows another monster has fallen naturally to the earth.
 Before the advent of the white man these forests stood in comparative safety. The Indians. as a usual thing, hunted along the river ways or fished by the sound. It seldom happened that his fire found its way into the forest above and when 1t did 1t seldom work ed great damage for there were no large cleaTln&Bp Wtvn tneir heaps or dried branches and dead stumps to give overwhelming force to the fire. The trees standing in unbroken ranks. with the dark moss clinging to their trunks. were we'll able to resist the fire. but when the axe sounded on the hill and clearings began to appear the stray spark from an evening fire found the forest an easy prey. It is a sad sight to see the distant hills lit up with the glow of the timber fires and to know that hour by hour the work of centuries is being undone and the lum- Der needed for American homes is be- ing lost forever. On nearer approach the heart Is awed at the sight of the great tongues of fire leaping hundreds of feet into the air or glowing in dense columns of smoke. In the vicinity Of these confagratlons the sky becomes dark; the air is full of smoke and ashes while for miles around the white soot quietly flakes down day and night un- til everything Is covered with it. From the tops of the Cascades one catches the aroma of tho burning cedar and fir and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

ladder from the outside and turned the hose on dad, then the police come and broke in the door. and the landlord 1was along. and the porter. and all the cha m- bermaids and everybody. I had turn ed in all the alarms there were and everybody came quick. The skunk met the policeman half way, and sa- luted them as polite as could be, and they fell back for endorsements. Dad got his pants and yelled that he was stabbed, and don't know what didn't happen. Finally the policemen got my skunk under a blanket and walked on him. and he was squashed, but, by gosh, they can never use that blanket again, and I told 'em so."
 Its a Swonder they didn't put 6 blanket over you and kill you, too." said the old groceryman, as he moved away from the horned toad. which the boy had placed on the counter. What did they do to you then? What way
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

Jumped into half barrel of dried ap- pies and began to dig with all four feet as though to make bed to lie in.
 Take that animalcuie. or whatever !. 1t is. out of them apples said the old groceryman. picking up a fire poker. "what is it, and where did 1t come from, and when did you get back. and fwhy didn't you stay away, and what do you want in here, anyway" and the old man eyed the animal and the had boy, expecting to be bitten by one and bilked by the other.
 That's a prairie dog from Texas, if you are not posted on ornicothology, said the boy, as he took the prairie dog up and put him on the counter near the cat. Dad Is all right. only we were driven out of Texas by the board of health"
 T told that pirate chum of yours. when he read me your letter, that you would be in Texas just about a week. and that you would be shipped home In a box. They are not as tolerant with public nuisances down South as we are here. But what did you do there to get the board of health after your and the old man pushed the cats back down level, and held her tail so she couldn't eat the prairie dog.
 Well, sir, 1t was the condemndest outrage that ever WdBs 1dAu tuO wy as he gave the prairie dog some crack CTS and cheese. You see. dad told me I could pick up some pet animals while I was in Texas. and I got quite a collection. while dad was in the hos pital. Here Is one in my pocket" and the boy took a horned toad out of his pocket about as big as a softshell crab and put in the old groceryman's hand
 Condemn you. don't put a poison ous reptile in my hand" said the old man, as he dropped the ugly looking toad on the floor. ard got behind the show case, while the boy laughed fit to kill. Now tell your story and va moose, by ginger. or will ring for the patrol wagon. You would murder B man in his own house, and laugh at his spasms."
 70. get out, that toad, and this prairie dog are as harmless as your old cat there," said the boy, as he watched the old man tremble as though he had jum-jams. T have got . tarantula and a diamond-back rat tlesnake that will pizen you, though I'll tell you about getting fired out of Texas, if you will stand still a minute. You see, had my collection
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
Knabes' Drug Store, Court Square.

sees at great distances the white smoke rising silently into the sky.
 These fires easily pass beyond al human control: the pitch in the trees burns with intense eagerness and drives back all attempts to save the timber. The hardy lumber jack can only fold his blankets and move be- yond the zone of lire and walt until some welcome rain or change of wind brings xelief.
 It is impossible to travel far through this State without coming across eve idences of these fires. Here and there entire hills have been laid bare; the half-burned trees rising in ghastly piles far and near. while the soil balEes hard and dry under the warm sun. Tha loss of Washington timber due to this cause is incalculable, though vast quantity of the lumber so burned can be used if well located. The cedar and fir are of such clean texture that th0 inner wood is often serviceable after the outer has been charred or routed away; as a usual thing, though, land that has been under fire is useless and abandoned
 Nature Is in many ways an admira- ble person to make the best of misfor- tune, for after the fire has swept the timber, leaving the black trunks as charred monuments of it's sway, she rears over the remains another source of profit and pleasure for man In the blackberry and raspberry bushes which spring up on every hand. Thousands of bushes of these fruits ripen each summer along the cleared hills, and the industrious farmer. taking his cue from this has set himself through many districts to berry culture, with the most marvellous success. The time is not far distant when Washington, es- pecially in the vicinity of Sedro- wool- ley, will be one of the greatest produce CTS of berries In the world The soil is admirably suited for their culture. they grow wild to an unusual size wherever there Is the slightest open ing. and on warm moist days the air Ia full of their odors. Under the cultnr- ing hand of man the berries of that re- zion become marveis of beauty and sweetness
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

The worlds best timepiece. an electric clock in the basement of the Berlin Observatory, was installed by Profess sor Foerster in 1865. and has often run two or three months with an average daily deviation of only fifteen one- thousandths of a second. To improve even this marvellous performance, the astronomers in charge are arranging to place the air-tlght glass case in an underground vault, securing freedom from changes of temperature and air pressure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

did your dad explain itf How long did you remain at the hotel after thatT
 We didn't stay. hardly any after that" said the boy. as he pushed the prairie dog along the counter toward the groceryman's cat, hoping to set them to fighting. "The landlord saio we d--d yankees were too strenuous for his climate and if we didn't get out of his house in fifteen minutes he would get a gun and see about 1t. and he left two policemen to see that we got away. Dad tried to argue the question with the landloard, after all the windows had been opened in the house. He said he had come to Texas for quiet life, to get away from the climate of the north. but he had no idea any landlord would turn animals into gentlemans room. and he would sue for damages, but the bluff did not work, and we left San Antonio on freight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
BY HON. GEORGE W. PECK

BY HON. GEORGE W. PECK. (Ex- Governor of Wisconsin, formerly publisher of "Peck's Sum-" author of "Peck's Bad Boy" etc.)
 Copyright in England, 1904. by Joseph
 B. Bowles.)
 The old grocerSman sat on an up- turned half-bushel measure, in front of the stove, drying his old-fashioned boots. As he fried the soles in front of the red-hot stove, there was an odor of burnt leather, but he did not notice it, as the other odoTs. natural to the dirty old grocery. seemed to be n the majority. The door opened quiet ly, and the old man got up to wait On a possible customer, .when the bad boy rushed in and dropped on the noor the queerest animal the old man and the cat had ever seen. The cat got up or the counter on a pile of brown wrap ping paper. curved its back and per: meyowed, and the strange animal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
More Than a Foot.

Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem.)
 The Sultan was very angry.
 They can't make me shell out by pointing a gun at me-" he hoarsely announced.
 Wont you meet the parties?" the viZier mildly inquired.
 "No!" thundered the commander of the faithful, T tell you they can't make me stir a foot by pointing a gun at me-"
 But, your ineffable highness," per- sisted the vizier, this Is 13-inch gun"
 The Sultan reached for his turban.
 That's different" he said.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
ROCKY FORD MELoNs.
How the Famous Colorado Product 1s
 Grown and shipped.

How the Famous C0A0F4uO EEOuuCt As
 Grown and shipped.
 Denver Post.
 The first basket of Rocky Ford canta- loupes this season was consigned fl 1m Rocky Ford to Chicago. This basket con- tained fourteen melons and brought S3o in Chicago. There is friendly rivalry among the growers as to who will produce the first basket and the first crate. Messrs. Aylor Long were the prize winners this year, and were handed s14 for their fourteen melons by the commission men who shipped their early product. Two women growers. Mrs. c. W. Cundiff and Mrs. M. E. Owens. took second and third place, following with Q basket apiece, which were shipped to Denver. It was the 18th of August before the first express carload of "cants" left for New York or Chicago. Last year the first express car shipment was made Aug ust .2. this car being consigned to Chicago. bringing s2.5oO. followed next day by a sec- ond car load to New York city, which brought S2,1oo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

The average annual rainfall of the British Isles is 39.5 inches, but 5s inches fell in 1879. 51 in 1871 and 5z In 1903.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
To Organize for Pr0iaciinn

A meeting will be held in Omaha on
March I. when preliminary steps will
be taken for the organization OF a
farmers trust. II will be known as the
National Farmers Exchange, and will
have a capital of $4,000, 900. II. N,
Gaines of Topeka, Kan. is chairman
Of the committee which Is working ul
the organization. In discussing the
matter he says:
"In organizing the concern we will
concentrate u efforts first on grain
second on live stock, third on colo
storage, fourth on lumber and coal
NTH on packing house products ant
milling products"
Steps have already been taken to Sc
cure terminal elevators at Kansas City
Omaha. Minneapolis and Chicago. OF
fees for handling products of the trus
will be established in all the big elite.
OF the country.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
Kansas Flour to be &. q. ID.

The millers and -four manufactur-
ers of southeastern Kansas and south
western Missouri have decided to make
a radical change in business methods.
The millers belong to an association
which has agreed to do away with
credits and start the new year on n
cash basis. Circular letters will be
sent out to the trade notifying them of
this change.
Hereafter. instead OF selling -four
ever in carload lots on time the trans
action will be a cash n A statement
will accompany the bill of lading for
shipments of flour, regardless of the
financial standing or responsibility OF
the c%onsignee. and the goods will be
delivered G. O. ID. The millers are
compelled to pay cash for their wheat
to the farmers and they think that the
buyers ought to pay them cash in re-
turn. Nearly every milling concern In
southeastern Kansas and southwestern
Missouri belongs to the association and
the new rules will be strictly observed
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
ssnntnr Hanna SerIonalx III.

Senator Mark A. Hanna, at Wash
ington, ID. c., had a setback which for
a time considerably alarmed his fam
lily, who had been encouraged to hope,
he was getting to be himself again,
but the congestive attack which they
feared was averted to some extent by
prompt action, and the senator, while
not so well as earlier in the day.
showed excellent rallying power and
improvement owe his condition at
shutdown. The setback anne in the
form of an attack that resembled sick
spells that have seized the senator on
two or three occasions in the past few
years. Members OF the family were
on hand at its first outbreak, and by
the prompt application of mustard
plasters and hot water the attack was
prevented from becoming SO serious
as it was feared II might become andl
later 1t was stated that the senator's
condition was again almost at his u.
NAL state Of the past few weeks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
Protest to Eleven Colleges.

n. G. Cooley. superintendent OF the
Chicago city schools. and the members
OF the high school board of control,
have sent a protest to the presidents
and faculty members of eleven OF the
leading western universities, concern
ing the practice of allowing high
school pupils to enter their UNIVERSE
ties. and play upon athletic teams with
out SUFFICIENT credits to entitle them
to that privilege.
Inc high schools have aimed to meet
the demands of the colleges as to schol-
arship. but that the larger institutions
induce the young men to leave the high
schools long before they are ready in
an educational sense, In order that they
may play In the athletic games.
The protest was sem to the follow.
ing colleges: University of Chicago
university OF Illinois, university of In,
diana. university of Michigan, univer,
sity OF Iowa, university of Nebraska
university OF Minnesota, university OF
Notre Dame. northwestern university
university of Wisconsin and Purdue
university.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
NOW Up IN ARMS
Kansas Stockmen Begin to See
They Must Legislate
WILL FIGHT MEAT COMBINE
B~eginsing of an Organization which May
Extend Into Every state Raising
cattle In the Union

A dispatch from Salina. Kan, says:
THE stockmen of central and west
ern Kansas are up in arms against the
railroads and the combines which have
decreased the value of live stock to
such an extent as to make their bus
mess improbable. The stockmen,
farmers and shippers have stood ths
present condition of AFFAIRS as long as
they feel that they can afford to do sc
and action has now begun in many OF
the counties in the stock-raising dis
tricts to arrange for war against the
corporations which are held responsible
for the present condition of things.
New organizations of rme and
stockmen are being formed in the DIFF
ferent counties and the interest in the
old organizations is being revived.
The principal method of warfare will
be through the legislative bodies of the
state. Saline county has already start
ed the fight. which probably will be
taken up by the stockmen's associa-
tons in a majority of the counties In
the central and western portions OF
Kansas. Saline's two candidates will
receive the support of all the people
who might be benefited in the change
of present methods which the shippers
are compelled to stand for. The Saline
County Livestock association will sup
port Thomas Anderson. the present
mayor Of Salina and president of the
association. for state senator from tn
Saline-Ottawa district: also G. Il,
Kirkland, a member Of the association
the present representative from Saline
county. These two men will be elected
giving the stockmen and farmers two
members at least, who will work In
their interest.
Never was so much interest dis
played in years as is now for the or
ganization OF stockmen. Besides re-
ducing prices Of the farmers product
tn elive stock merger has made a nun
Der of minor changes which do moi
meet with the approval of the shippers
For instance. the Kansas City ~exchang,
recently became a member of the Ma.
tional Live Stock exchange. One rul,
o! this national body provides thai
there shall be no more local solicitors
~ agents of commission houses; an
other that the shippers and cattle deal
efs shall pay their own telegraph ant
telephone bills. Meal tickets are o
denied the shippers and the railroads
have refused them return transporta,
ton. All Of these things. in connection
with the low prices which they receiv,
for their stock, have compelled th'
stockmen to revolt.
Another very important matter is tt
be fought out with the railroads. Their,
IS general complaint of high rates an,
unsatisfactory service. The railroads
realizing that they have had the ship
pers at their mercy. furnish little or u,
accommodations. These matters will b'
taken up with the railroads through tn,
state hoard Ct railroad commissioners
a body which the farmers. stockmer
and shippers hope to control this fall.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
THE WORK
Details of Arrangement for the National
Republican Ton ~vention.

The subcommittee of the national re-
publican committee which has been
making preliminary preparations for
the national republican convention to
be held at Chicago June q, has con
clUded its work and adjourned. Com
mitteemen Harry $. New. of Indiana.
X. Il. Schneider Of Nebraska. and w. Y.
Stone OF Maryland. sergeant at arms.
of the national committee, will meet
again in Chicago about March 20, and
continue at work until after the com-
mittee has adjourned.
The subcommittee spent much time
in discussing the seating arrangements
of the Coliseum. where the convention
will be held. On the projection of the
platform near the speakers will be seats
for the chairman OF the national COM
mittee, the chairman OF the convention,
the secretary OF the convention, and the
sergeant at arms. Sack of them. on a
platform elevated four and one-half
feet. come the fifty-one members OF the
national committee. Back OF the COM
mitteemen has been arranged an in
cline with 460 seats for distinguished
guests, principally leaders, etc. The
press circles. accommodating about 230
men. is arranged in a semi-circle about
the speakers stage and the platform
occupied by the national committee.
Owing to the necessity for the econ
omizing Of space an absolute rule has
been made by Sergeant at Arms Stone
that the press seats will be allotted
only to press representatives actually
telegraphing reports OF the progress Of
the convention.
Applications for seats in the press
section must be addressed to Sergeant
at Arms Stone. at the custom house.
Baltimore.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-12
FIRE AT BALTIMORE.
City Was Mass Of WhirIing, Burn
ing, Binding Embers.
THE LOSS OVER SIS, 900, 900
Wholesale and Retail Districts wiped
Out by riams IL over Haif Mile
Long and quarter Mile Wide

A Baltimore. Md. February Z dis
patch says: The fire which broke out
a few minutes before IL o'clock this
morning in the wholesale dry goods
house Of John Il. Hurst & Co. has
rp ged wi unreatrained fury continu-
ously ever $. ICE. and at midnight it is
still unchecked after having destroyed
almost all of the large stores and ware
houses in the wholesale district around
Hopkins place and all the buildings on
both sides of Baltimore street from
Howard to Holiday street, from
Charles and Baltimore and Lexington
and on Fayette street from Charles to
Holiday. including a total of about
twenty blocks OF the most modern and
substantial buildings in Baltimore, in
volving a loss which cannot now be
estimated, but which has certainly al
ready reached thirty or forty millions
OF dollars.
Ever since about 6 o'clock. when
darkness came, the fire department,
although aided by engines from Wash
ington, Philadelphia. Wilmington and
the surrounding counties and suburbs,
has been utterly powerless to make
any effective resistance to the con
Stunning element, though for hours as
many as four hundred streams of water
were thrown into the flames. Indeed,
go terrific has been the heat ever since
the fire started and so dense and suf-
locating the volume of flying sparks
and burning cinders that 1t was difficult
for the fremen to stand long within
fighting distance of the flames, while
early In the afternoon several trucks
and engines were hopelessly disabled.
At z o'clock the situation was SO des-
perate that Chief Horton decided that
the only thing left TO do vas 10 dyna-
mite buildings at threatened points
and thus prevent. as far as possible. a
further spread of the flames. In pur-
suance OF this plan a number of build
ings on South Charles street between
German and Lombard were blown up.
Subsequently the splendid structure of
j. w. Puts IL Co., notion dLalers. at
Charles and Fayette streets. was dyna-
mited. and then the Daily Record
building, Ross drug store and others.
But this heroic remedy merely delayed
but did not seriously impede the on
ward march of the Confagration and
for two hours more the fire department
has stopped. practically helpless and
resourceless.
The burned area is three-quarters of
a mile long and from two to eight
blocks wide.
The burned district of Baltimore is
the heart of the business section. in
GLIDING the entire wholesale trade and
a great part of the retail trade. In
the fire district were all the important
business and Office buildings. all the
newspaper offices. two hotels. the cen
trial building of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad. the city hall. the court house,
the postoffice building. the Western
Union and Postal telegraph Offices. the
Bell telephone building. police head
quarters, Holiday Street theater and
several OF the important banks.