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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03
If You Do Not Know,
 You Ought to Know That

The standing armies of the world, and its navies. aggregate 9,300,0Oo men, In case of war the European nations can raise their armies to 9s0o,00O men. Chi nese soldiers get $l per month and board themselves. Between i79l France raised armies that numbered 4.556 900 men, three fourths of whom were killed or died of wounds and diseases contracted in the field. Is it any wonder that the French men of today are under-sized?
 Chicago issued building permits for 564 buildings last November that aggregated mits were issued and the amount of money involved was SS,702000.
 1i,0o0 automobiles were sold in this coun- try during the six months ending with November last
 Ending September s0th, last, 4,SOS volun- tary petitions in bankruptcy were filed in the United States, 2,O0O less than have been filed any year since 1898; Il ,663 cases have been closed in the year and these bankrupts have had assets Of $S,O52,oOO and liabilities of $106, ,14S,00
 The Treasury Department estimates that 1t will cost $605 PSF ,OO0 to run the Government for 1904. and $624,502.OOO for 1905 3s'@
 A part of the new court house at Mar shall, Ills, collapsed lately, also a build ing at Trenton and an apartment house in Pittsburg. In both the latter lives were lost and many people narrowly es- caped. Ali these buildings were of so- called monolithic concrete construction. When will people learn to leave this new fad alone and build of tested and reliable materials?
 For the benefit Of those who may feel 'exclusive'' or "stuck-up," or who prate about blue-biood, etc, it wilt be we'll to remember that if We go back but twenty generations. or 7c0 years each one of us has 1,0&8,576 ancestors and are related more or less closely to at least 27O, GOO, ,OOC of our fellows Going back but a couple of hundred years further and tracing down our genealogy we would find that We have more cousins than there are people in the world and that on the basis of but two children per family. The dis crepaney Is accounted for by the fact that there have been so many intermar- riages We have only as many cousins as there are people in the world today, but are related to a great many many times over.
 Exclusive of locomotives, we manufac- tuRe 5000 engines of 100000 horse power every year.
 In the District of Columbia with 1S9 l57 white people and ss,325 coloredd, there have been 29.S39 arrests during the year; t477 whites. 1B,112 colored. The great bulk of these arrests were for disorderly conduct and simple assault. The District Is comparatively free of grave crimes.
 Some Sundays ago the church attend ance of upper New York was counted. It Is a district of 4SS.0OO people, less than a quarter of the population attended church. Two-thirds of the total attend ance was Roman Catholic; Episcopal came next Methodist next. then Presby- terian. Baptist and Lutheran and in all these churches there were but 9,2Ss men. There have been thirteen sessions ex- traordinary of Congress, including the one adjourned last month,
 ! The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03
GAME. IN NEW ENGLAND
MORE OF IT THERE THAN IN
 THE WHOLE WEST,
Its Increase in Recent Years-En. larged Shelter for Denizens of the Wild-Another Factor Modern
 System of Game Laws.

Boston Herald
 There is more game in New England to-day than even in the whole West, !" says James Russell Reed, the sportsman who is a foremost figure of the Massa- chusetts Fish and Game Protective As sociation, and for several years its pres ident, and there is more big game be- tween the Hudson river and the Gulf of St. Lawrence than there is west of the Hudson river" Then, not to be possibly ripped up on his statement. he qualified it by saying that he would include the Adirondacks with the territory named and put the assertion beyond possible question. This would include the Adiron- dack region. New England, New Bruns- wick and Nova Scotia. He also excludes Alaska, that not being continuous terri tory with the Trans Hudson section
 Of course this condition is new. But 1t Is due to several causes which arc also largely new One is the change in the character of human interference with the wild animals. Deserted farms on the hill towns imply a reforesting of constd- erable areas which were formerly under cultivation or in pasturage. This means enlarged shelter for the denizens of the wild, better cover under which they can advance across the country and more ex- tensive feeding grounds. Another material ID tue syStGAh VI BuhAO laws. whereby the increase of many kinds of game is promoted. Another material factor Is the modern system of game laws. whereby the increase of many kinds of game is promoted. The absence of pro- lection for the destructive caTnivOres per mIts them to be killed at pleasure by men, and their death means life for hum dreds of vegetahle-eating creatures in place of one fish-eater killed.
 I. !. heard of a wolf in New England. In that year he was informed by an eyewitness who saw big black timber wolf chasing deer near pond in Maine. Another report. from another witness. the same day, near another pond. was that q eimi- lar wolf had also beer. pulled down by It's blood-thirsty pursuer and partially eaten. That kind of wolf was formerly regular inhabitant of New England But constant warfare upon it by man seems to have driven it out entirely.
 It is the fact that deer, 200 years ago, were not found at all in Northern New England. They have lived in Plymouth woods ever since the country was dis covered and few were found on islands along the Maine coast long ago. Their absence from Northern New England is laid to the wolves, for in winter the wolves could run down deer in the snow the snary hoorS Of the deer cutting doWh SO that flight was fatally impeded. while the wolves. with spreading toes. could pursue with small loss of strength by sinking in. With the extermination of the wolves has come the expansion of the deer to the former wolf territory.
 Bears have come into Massachusetts in 1 consequence of the increased growth of forest. Reports from Berkshire county occasionally show that bruin is crossing roads and leaving footprints on the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03

have been stopped. But enough quail are now in the State to supply all that are wanted. None have been imported for two years. Such birds stand a much better chance of increasing than birds of passage, such as the wild geese, which are not under the protection of law at all.
 Remarkable conjectures are made about the strength of wing of the plovers. These birds breed twice a year. and the young grow so fast that they can fly only six north these birds fly up the Mississippi valley When going South they return by the Atlantic coast.
 It is possible to take only few plov- CTS in the West in the fall. But they seem to keep out at sea when going South, for the most part, coming to land only when there Is a great storm at sea. MT. Reed says that ordinarily, after leaving Nantucket or the New Jersey coast, the plOvers are not heard from again till they reach Patagonia. Ornl- thologists, he says. do not find traces of them between these points. and. incred- lhle as 1t may seem, it is believed that they keep out at sea continuously in making this prodigious flight to the end of South America. They spend spring there. just as they spend spring in the North,
 
 Much of. the credit due to better laws and practices is to be given to the bet ter understanding between different or ganizations. In Massachusetts the granges, the game clubs. the forestry aa-, sociatiops and the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association all work harmOniouait. for the .proteetion oe the interests and objects Of each A eeli- tral committee of the four bodies has oversight of matters, and by pulling to- gether they have accomplished much through the Legislature. The relations between these parties are more harmeni- ous than few years ago. By working together they have reached better un- derstanding of each other, and there is more mutual respect than when they were not united in their efforts.
 It is believed that at last the mere pot hunters have been brought under the law. and that hereafter the extermna- ton of game will not be possible as it has been until about four years ago. By enforcement of the laws now on the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03
Laxo PiIIs for Evervbodv.

I.axo Pills may be taken without fear into the most delcately organized sys- tenn. as we'll as the most robust, when an occasional help is needed to adjust and correct the normal functions of the stOm- ach. liver and bowels. Druggists, 25 cents.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03

book it Is believed that the present fav- orable conditions can pc continued indef- nitely
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03

If the moon looks high, cold weather may be expected
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03

The highest wind ever recorded was some years ago at North Platt, Nebras- ka, when it attained velocity of 96 miles an hour: Buffalo, New York, has seen ninety miles an hour, Galveston. Texas. & and Chicago S4. while New York and many other cities have experienced little breezes of 80 miles or SO.
Evening journal., 1904-06-25

cost um fifteen bundled dollah. I be
bury all same mandarin-ali same Lit
tie Pete. You plOmise. surcY
Il promise you, Charlie. You shall
have funeral finer than Little
Petes"
Charlie nodded his head contentedly,
drawing a breath of satisfaction.
"Bimeby Hop Sing send um body
back China" He closed his eyes and
lay for long time, worn out with the
effort Of speaking, as if asleep. Sud
denly he opened his eyes wide. "Nou
no hogettee horsey"
"Four horses. Charlie. I'll remem-
ber."
He dropped once more, only to rouse
again at the end of a few minutes
with;
"Eirst chop coffin. plenty much sill
YER" and again a little later and very
feebly, "SiX piecee-band music-Chi-
ma music; four piecee- gong-four"
Il promise you, Charlie" said Viii
bur.
"Now," answered Charlie-"now
die
And the low caste Cantonese cody,
/ with all the dignity and calmness of a
! Cicero, composed himself for death.
An hour later Wilbur and Moran
knew that he was dead. Yet, though
they had never left the hammock, they
could not have told at just what mo
| ment he died.
Later, on that same afternoon, vii
bur, from the crows nest, saw the
u lighthouse on Point Iona and the
huge, rambling bulk of the Coronado
hotel spreading out and along tbs
beach.
1t was the outpost Of civilization
They We're getting back to the worl'
again. Within an hours ride Of thr
hotel were san Diego, railroads, news
papers and policemen. Just Off tn
hotel. however, Wilbur could discern
. the cleaning white hull of a Unite,
+, States man-of-war With the glass n
could make her out TO be one of tn
monitors, the Monterey in all proba
bility
After advising with Moran it wa
decided TO put in to land. The repor
as 10 the castaways could be made {
the Monterey and Charles body for
warded to his tong in San Francisco.
III In two hours tima the schooner wa
we'll up. and Wilbur stood by Moran
r side at the wheel watching and study
ing the familiar aspect of Coronad
+ beach
4 Its a great winter resort" he tol
>, her. Il was down here with a part
a two years ago. Nothing has changes
p You see that big soft Of round win.
Evening journal., 1904-06-25
WORLDS FAIR.
Great Coach Excursion via Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.


Vania Railroad.
June 23rd and 30th are the next dates
for great coach excursions TO St. Louis
via pennsylvania railroad, on account OF
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The
rate for these excursions have been fixed
an such 2 low figure that they AFFORD
those of limited means an opportunity OF
seeing the Worlds Fair al an exceptional
lv ANAL cost. The unusual success attend
ing the first Pennsylvania railroad ex-
cursion indicates that these Will be very
popular.
Special trains Of standard Pennsylvania
railroad coaches Of the most modern pat-
tern will be run on the aforementioned
dates from New York. Philadelphia. Uar-
risburg, Altoona ard Pittsburg, directly
through to st. Louis. with ample stops
( for meals at convenient hours. Each train
Will be in charge Of a Tourist Agent Of
the Pennsylvania railroad. The rates viii
/ be the same as for the first excursion,
| May TO- $50 from New York, $3.50 from
Philadelphia, ana proportonate rates from
other stations.
Specific information regarding time OF
special train and connections and rates
from principal stations cas-. OF Pitts
burg. will be announced shortly.
Evening journal., 1904-06-25
TO GET A MACHINE NOW
Maybe It Will Be a Week or Two Be-
fore the Canvasser Arrives, So
Drop Into the Office Yourself.

Widespread interest is being taken
tn The Evening Journals new premi-
um offer, by which readers of Will
mington's most progressive paper can
secure a $3.50 Columbia GraphOphone
practically free, the only condition be-
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graphophone after one year they must
buy twenty Columbia records from
Lippincott & Company.
This extraordinary offer is made pos
sible through an especially advantag-
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Company, 306-14 Market street, who
are the selling agents in Wilmington
Of the Columbia Graphophone Com
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This wonderful premium cannot be
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In detail the offer is that each sub
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Evening journal., 1904-06-25
CHAPTER XII.

%KA HE winter season at the Hotel
del Coronado had been unusu-
E ally gay that year, and the
young lady who wrote the so
ciety news in diary form for one of
the San Francisco papers had held
forth at much length upon the hotels
'unbrolen SUCCESSION of festivities"
She had also noted that prominent
among the newest arrivals" had been
Mr.. Nat Ridgeway of San Francisco,
who had brought down from the city
aboard his elegant and sumptuously
fitted yacht Petrel a jolly party, COM
posed largely Of the seasons debu-
tantes. To be mentioned in the latter
category was Miss Josie Herrick
whose lavender coming out tea at the
beginning Of the season was still a
subject of comment among the gos-
sips-and all the rest of it.
The Petrol had been in the harbor
but few days and on this evening a
dance was given at the hotel in honor
Of her arrival. 1t was to be a cotillon,
and Nat Ridgeway was going to lead
with Josie Herrick. There had been a
(To be Continued)
Evening journal., 1904-06-25

hope ,of sighting some wnlte cruiser or
battle vhir on her way south for target
practice. In the cache OF provisions he
had lett for the beachcombers he had
inserted Il message. written by Hoang
to the effect that they might expect to
be taken snff by a United States man
of-war wifi lin the month.
Hoang Ill d not readily recover his
'1oss Of face" The Bertha's Cinnamon
would have nothing to do with this
member OF n hostile tong. and the hui
miliased bemchcomber kept almost en-
tirely TO himself sitting on the TO-
c'stle head all day long. smoking his
sui-yen-hu and brooding silently to
himself.
Moran hads taken the lump Of am
bergris from out Eitchelrs old ham
mock and bad slung the hammock it.
self in the schooner waist. and Char
lie was mate as comfortable as pos
sible therein. Lhey could do but little
for him, how ever. and he was taken
from time to- time with spells of
coughing that raclScl him with
dreadful agony. AT length one noon
just after Moran had taken the sun
and had calculated that the Bertha
was some eight rules 20 the southwest
Of San Diego she was surprised to
hear Wilbur calling her sharply. She
ran to him and foJVnd fhim standing in
the waist by CharlIe's hammock.
The Chinaman WIS dying and knew
it. He was talking in a faint and fee
BILE Avoice to Wilbnr as she came up
and ,was trying TO explain to him that
he was sorry he h@i deserted the
schooner during the scare in the bay.
PLENTY muchee sOily," he said.
China boy, him heap naid of Feng
shut. When Teng shut no iikee. we then
must go choP-chop. Plenty much soly
/ leave um schooner that. night Solly
plcnty-savvyf
"Of course we savvye Charlie" said
Moran. "You weren't afraid when it
came TO fighting"
'r die pletty SOON said Charlie
calmly ''You say yOu,gib me fifteen
bundled dollahT
"Yes. yes; that was our promise
What dS,yow want'done with it, Char
lieg"
81 wantAplenty fine funeral in China
town in san .Fancisco. On. heap fine
You buy i,m ,hrst chop coffiu-savvyi
Silver heap ,mHch-cost um big money
You Glib my money to Hop Sing asso
citation, topsi De. Ming Yen temple. You
savvy Hop slug"
"Nes, yes"
"Tell um Hor&Sing I want funeral
four piecee horse. You no flogetteC
horseY' he addedS Slpprehensively.
"No. III not forget the horses, Char
lie. You shall have four"
"Want six piecee band musicians
China music-heap aplenty gong. Xol
no hogettee? Two piecee priest, al
dress um white -saUy? You mus buy
um collin yo'self Neliy fine coffin
heap much silver, an" -four piecee horse
You catchum frecl aeker p one, five
seven bundled firecl acker; make un
big noise An loast + IL an plenty lic'
an China blandy. II zap fine funeral
Evening journal., 1904-06-25

Moran. all full OF windows? That's
the dining room. And there's the
bathhouse and the bowling alley. See
the people on the beach and the girls
in white duck skirts, and look up there
by the veranda-let me take the glass
yes. there's a tallyho coach. Isn't it
queer to get back to this sort of thing
after Magdalena bay and the beach
combers?'
Moran spun the wheel without reply
and gave an order TO Jim to ease Off
the fOresheet.
Evening journal., 1904-06-25
REDUCED RATES TO ST. LOUIS
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account
nnn,norstio National convention.

Fo- the beneht OF those desiring to at-
tend the Democratic National Convention.
TO be held at ST. Louis, July g. the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company will sell
round-trip tickets to St. Louis, from an
stations on its lines. from July to 8.
inclusive. good returning. leaving St.
Louis not later than fifteen days. includ-
ing Gate Of sale. on date Of valuation by
Joint Agent at St. Louis, at rate of single
fare for the round trip. For specific in
formation concerning rates aud time OF
trains, consult nearest ticket agent.
Evening journal., 1904-06-25
nnd knnne.'

and kIlllnr
So It was>arraneed that the defeated
beachcomber. the whipped buccaneer,
who had '1cst face and no longer
dared look his men,in the eye. should
be taken aboard
BY o'clock next morning Wilbur
had the hands at work digging the
sand from around the Bertha Millner's
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-02
Weather Report for June.

During the month we had 10
rainfalls, most of them only good
showers. The sun shone Ii whole
days and II half days. Seventeen
days were more or less cloudy.
The average temperature at noon
from the LIST to 9Th was SO de-
grees; from the 9Th to 18th, 63 de-
grees; form the 18th to 22d, Y de-
grees; the last nine days, 80 de-
grees. The coolest morning was
the 13th-40 degrees. The hot
test day was the 25th; the aver
age temperature FROM $50 a. m.
to 8 p. m. was sc degrees. The
hottest period was from Z a. m.
the 23d, to 7 p. M, on the Goth;
average temperature Of 81 de-
grees. The average temperature
for the month at noon was 73 de-
grees.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-02
DOWN RIVER Raj ROAD

and sixty days is too short time
for any speculation. We have no
doubt the Council will act wisely
and in business-like manner in
this matter.
Mr.. Partridge assures us the
company will build the road as
far south as Friendly this sum-
mer and fall. He says the COM
pany has gone SO far and has ex-
pended so much money already
that it cannot afford to drop
the matter, and that the company
without any outside assistance
has capital enough to build the
road to Friendly at least, and will
do so. He talks very confidently
of doing this, and says there is
no doubt but that the cars will
be running from here to Friendly
by Christmas-or sooner. Such a
road means so much to our city
we feel certain the Council will
aid the enterprise in every way
it can to make it 60.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-02
Gold in Texas Wells.

A startling report comes from
Houston, Tex. Gold has been
found in enormous quantities in
the rocky strata everything the oil
bearing formation. Four wells
drilled by the East Texas Oil
company, ten miles northeast OF
Crockett, are said to contain the
gold sand. According to the
story, the auriferous formation is
found in different, qualifications
at 1856 and 729 feet under the
ground. One well has 40 feet OF
the gold sand. There\is no dis
counting the wealth Of Texas,
when both gold and oil can be
obtained from the same wells. A
few months ago the discovery
was reported of well that pro-
duced fire water Of such extraor-
binary strength that it ate up
iron, and when poured over wood,
set it on fire. A gold bearing well
is vastly to be preferred to a dus-
ter that produces nothing but
aqua forts.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-02
MAYORS Notice.

In supplement to my notice OF
several weeks ago, regarding the
use of explosives in this city on
the Fourth Of July, | wish to
state that the police have been
given Instructions to promptly
arrest any person found explod-
ing the giant crackers or using
the shooting canes. This prohl-
bition is considered necessary to
public safety and comfort. The
city ordinance prohibiting alto
gether the use of explosives will
not be enforced except in its rela-
ton to the cannon crackers and
canes. Small frecrackers, torpe-
does and fireworks will be permit
ted with the understanding, how
ever, that the users will exercise
due care and caution.
Given under my hand this I'd
day of July, 1904.
LYNN KIRKLAND,
72-1t Mayor.