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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
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the sunny path, trembling violently. She had dropped the spray of velvety blossoms and her thin. horny hands clasped each other.
 Now. Ma'am. dye see thot there sign? An can ye read it?" he bristled with feeling of duty.
 Yes. she could read, she said. A weak voice, but quivering with sup pressed grief.
 What dye s'pose we plant them fur? What dye s'pose I'm here fur? Don't ye know it's a crime to mutilate trees. No. we can't have it! Be gone with ye, I say" Again she spoke.
 "Undt wouldn't you lets me dake dat leedle tweeg init me?"
 "Yes, know what ye intind to say. It's desthroyed any way-it's desh- tructed-but. ye can't have it! Let that be yer punishment, this toime. No. go an don't let me catch ye offinding again."
 Officer McGrady turned his back on the shame-faced culprit. when a few words caused him to halt. Words, that struck his ear like a sigh, words that brought back to the old man scenes of by-gone years.
 'T haf leedle child dying at home, Meester! McGrady had lost his own little daughter many years ago, but thCSo IoW WOioS H NHONS and recollections.
 "Ye have a child dying. Ma'am?" She nodded. then-suddenly-she reeled and would have fallen. had not the muscu- lar arm of the man supported her.
 ''Be seated, Ma'am, be seated!" He hurried her to a bench near by.
 Tank you. sir" With great effort she seemed to recover, and now they were seated side by side. T haf a sYeed, leedle child dying-mine darling leedle Elsa"
 "Tell me all about 1t. An Is there then no hope for herr"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
VLADIVOSTOK NEXT
JOHN FOSTER FRAsERs DECRIP-
 TION OF THE PLACE.
Harbor Absolutely shut off from the Pacific and Guarded by Row of Fortress Teeth--Towm Has
 MRrvelously Changed.

Chicago Daily News.
 After Port Arthur, vladivostok, John Foster Fraser in his book, ''The Real Siberia" writes as follows: ''Vladivos- tok is busy and lively town. It hugs the sides of billowy hills and at the Same time clings to the harbor side. This harbor is made by nature, not large, but deep, absolutely shut off from the Pacific and guarded by row of fortress teeth. Once or twice I went roaming with my camera, but every where on the hills around was check ed by a notice to keep on forbidden ground. All the hills overlooking the channel-way from the ocean to the har- bor--where all the navies of the world could be snuggled away and nobody find them by searching the coast line seemed burrowed with forts. Every day one or more of the vflrships in the harbor went out and did target practice"
 Describing his arrival in Vladivostok, the same writer says: Tt was the only station from St. Petersburg to the Pacific that was right in town. As I jumped from the carriage my eye was inscribed: 'v1adivostok to St. Peters burg, 9s77 versts' (6547 miles).. It was o'clock in the evening. but o'clck in the morning by Greenwich time.  (Three o'clock in the morning Chica- 20 time.) About the station was vigorous. energetic life. A porter saized my baggage and, instead of slouchIng, ran so that I might secure A carriage. He was the first Russian had ever seen in a hurry. The drivers were alive and swung up their horses with a crack Most of these men were fair -whiskered and light-eyed. pict- turesaueIy clad In cIoaks of blue vel vet and with red shirt sleeves sticking through the armholes.
 My carriage rattled over the stones of a strongly paved steet. On the street opposite the quay were huge white painted, balustraded and ostenta- tious stores, a colossal 'magasin' there block of offices somewhere else; everything telling of a new town in the throes of development-a broad as- phalted pavement at one place, blanks broken and uneven in another. On inc streets there were business men. readily moving and not dawdiing the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
BULLOCK SHOECO.

a general investigation by the admin istration into political conditions. It is learned that for a long time there has been no hurry to make appoint ments in the South before looking into questions of patronage. The admins tration has in this respect tnaugurateo what may be termed campaign or conversion, by which 1t hopes through appointments to win over many men to the Republican Party in the South. It is understod to be counting partic- ularly upon the independence Of the south and upon Democrats who wear their party robes very loosely. While it is not expected that the party will be able to carry any of the States, 1t IS anticipated that the quality or ne party may be improved.
 Con nsiderable attention is being paid to Alabama at the present time, where it Is understod there will be mighty shuffiing" in the Republican Party. The idea of the President, 1t Is said, is to give a "sauare deal all around the State" For some time Republican pol tiles in Alabama have not been going to suit the President. and for that reason nearly all of the Federal ap- pointments there have been held up pending an investigation. only one Presidential postoffice appointment mas been made. It is understood that prob ably Postmaster Buckley will be re- appointed at Montgomery and Postmas- ter Barker at Mobile, but 1t is not so certain as to the latter.
 Since the issuance of the Presidential order requiring Presidential ofhcehold- CTS holding political positions to re- linauish either one or the other, mum ber of Federal officeholders in the South have resigned their party posi- tions. notably Postmaster Barker. who has retired from the Republican State Committee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19

'No--she iz dying--going fast--undt soon I will be left alone. She vas so preedy, midt her blondt curls undt blue eyes dat looked shust like leedle vio- lets. The doctor has given her ub-- mine Gott She vas mine hope, mine joy. My life vas one of hart vork--of sorrow--but ven returns home at night--ven mine pets leedle white arms vas apoud mine neck, den vas happy. for in dat baby's smile vas dor gift to gif me strength. Now she has nod smiled for so many days, she has grown so thfn-so 1eedle iz her face undt dose beeg eyes look so sad--undt I know dat soon dey will close-undt will haf to lay her avay'-the woman sobbed. McGrady felt queer, so ho coughed several times.
 'T haf nod seen dat sweed angel smile so long-undt long so to see i'd vonce-- only once more! Dat smile had some- dings in i'd, which could make von bet- ter-id vas like heaven to me. know. So sweed, so goodt, so shentle--id vas like a sunny landscabe--id vas Spring id vas Gott! Id vas a poor voman's only pleasure! I know she iz going to die soon--undt von thought Is unpeara- ble-to tink dat she will leave me init dat sad, leedle face. I vosh. dat she would smile vonce more--or die init last swced smile on her lips. Elsa. | mine leedle blondt angel, always liked apple blossoms-undt dat made me tink dat maype if I could bring her 1eedle -shust a leedle sbray of apple plos- | soms--maype-dat smile would come pack vonce more-maype"-
 | McGrady sat silent, his eyes with | far away look in them He was a stern | man, yet he somehow felt as though he | were the culprit. No one knew or ever
 found out, that he had vision then | and there.
 | A green country church yard meath
 the clear sun of old Ireland-a small grave. covered with green, where his
 own little darling had found her rest ing g-place. He thought he heard a
 thin. childish voice speaking to him,
 urging him on to one good, kind act.
 That this one act of gentleness might lessen his own grief, tighten the bur
 den that rested upon him.
 That grim. sordid, old heart melted
 within him. He arose and presently re-
 turned with that one wonderful bough
 ot sweet. pink blossoms.
 ''Ma'am," he ventured to say, then he
 dropped the branch of perfume on the
 woman's lap. Don't speak of thankin
 mel don't deserve it-an' hasten | home to yer darlin'-an'-an' If ye
 should get home-Heaven grant, thot
 yer little angel may get well again! l I-I wish though--thot ye'd come once more, jes to let me know if thot child
 smiled again. I'm and old man and
 many a year has passed since saw my baby's last smile" The woman hastily
 arose and hurried away.
 And McGrady? One noisy sparrow told the other with wonder, that the old, grizzled fellow. whom they feared
 so much, wept. This may only be gos-
 sip, though. for-I saw the guard a mo. ment later-and he. walked erect. ana l with a lighter step.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
APPLE BLOSSOMS.
BY JULIUS H. HERMANN.

Bf JULIUS He hEHtMANNs kCopyright, 1905. by Daily Story Pub
 Col
 It was in one of our city parks. The gray figure of the guard moved leisure ty down the main gravel path whistling softly to himself. as people are apt to do when at leisure. A glorious May sun was shedding its rays over the green lawns and the sprouting trees. with their various colored buds. Birds were chirping their noisy little song of spring and happiness. A balrSy wind played with the crowns of the trees and bushes, now and then shaking cluster of pink and white blossoms from the mother stem.
 McGrady, the park police, was just turning into one of the many side- paths, when a slight noise. as the breaking of twigs, arrested his foot and he turned. staring sharply at a cluster of bushes. from which the blos- eom-covered top of an apple tree gazed forth most conspicuous. Everything was quiet now. yet. McGrady, un- daunted, approached and confronted a small woman in poor, yet tidy apparel, with worn face, decidedly German. She had a frightened look in her eyes and endeavored to hide her right hand back of her.
 "Drop that. Ma'am" sternly came from McGrady's lips whose clear eyes had detected a mutilated branch over his head.
 The woman spoke not word. but her eyes pleadingly sought the grizzled features before her.
 Don't ye know, that yer not ter mutilate any O these trees2 Now, come out O this" She followed him out into
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
WEALTH IN THE HOMES.
Indications of q New and Better Era
 of Gain Seeking.

Seattle Post st-InteIlIgencer.
 One of the most enterprising citizens of Everett has discovered the secret of increasing wealth in the home. one year ago he invested $6.50 in tearing down an old front fence, clearing away the rubbish and planting grass where weeds had previously covered the lawn. A few days ago he was offered cash increase of $165 over the value Of his place before the work had been per formed. He therefore estimates tbat the small outlay of money has ad- vanced the valuation twenty-five fold, which must be added to the sale price of his property.
 There is magic in human endeavor where labor is correctly applied. The home is of such importance in private and public life that it should never be neglected in the march toward tho fortress of riches. A lawn without grass and flowers presents scene Of desolatlon The stranger gazes upon the spot and concludes that 1t is own ed by a shiftless man. There Is noth- ing enticing to tho children where the bloom of natural beauty has faded. Na- ture does all she can for every home in Washington. Her smiles are given without regard to surroundings.
 A little energy will convert poor yard into a beautiful lawn. That adds wealth to the individual owner and increases the value of all the adjotn- ing properties. A street bordered on either side by well Kept homes is al- ways regarded with pride by the resi- dents of a town or city, and 1t is visit ed and admired by tourists. It Is like an oasis in the commercial desert where one is surrounded by business houses and factories that prevent the planting of flowers and grasses. Its plants bring rest to the tired and com fort to the low spirited people.
 The many associations now forming in different sections for promulgatlng the spirit of public improvement indi- cate a new era in the seeking for
 wealth. Money does not constitute all there is in this world so full of riches. Contentment and the satisfaction of Knowing that nothing has been neg lected in the work of building up the l home and community assist in making people happy. Every effort in the line of beautifying the urban sections of the State should be encouraged. The women who are giving their attention to civic improvements are entitled to | the greatest cOmmendation. They re- aIize that there Is wealth in caring for | the homes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19

day away; gangs of Chinese laborere. who work from sunrise to sundown ana are always happy; the perky little Japanese, aping European costume while their womenkind keep to their winsome Nipponese garb and go clat- tering about on wooden shoes; and the coreans, all in white and with features so soft that you mistake them for wo- men--a polyglot crowd. indeed. all help ing to make the town prosperious.
 Vladivostok has grown with great rapidity In 1880 the population was I 300, in 1897 it was 2S,s9s. In 1901 it was 3s,000. of whom 24.700 were military, 5000 Chinese, 2,s0o Japanese and 2.30O Coreans. The city was founded as a military post in 1862, and was declared free port in 1873. The harbor Is ice free for nine months of the wear.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
Farmer was Released.

n. l.. Cant, a Montgomery County farmer, was arrested at 5:30 o'clock yesterday morning by Patrolman N. r. Huffman on a warrant sworn out by O. $. Davis, a clerk in the employ of Meehan & Morris. charging him with the embezlement of $5 from the firm.
 When the case was called in the Re- corder's Court yesterday afternoon the man who had sworn out the warrant for Gant's arrest refused to prosecute him and the prisoner was allowed to 20 on payment of court costs.
 Cant was alleged to have taken S5 from Meehan & Moris's agent on the Lower Wetumpka Road in payment for some chickens and eggs to be delivered to the store in Montgomery and the trouble began when Cant failed 10 show up at the store.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
The rverrlaaes to Be Drained.

Springfield (Mass) Republican.
 It is proposed to reclaim the Ever glades, the great and practically un- explored region of Florida. The region contains about 3,000.000 acres, and has never been thoroughly explored, though excursions have been made through if. It is believed that the land would be very valuable if drained A company has been formed to undertake the work and a message in regard to the matter is expected from Governor Broward to the Florida State Legislature. At present the State gets no revenue whatever from the region, while If the Everglades were drained and a portion of the region put under cultivation the additional tax return would probably be large.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
Mrn. HaskeIru Recital.

This gifted lady will give a recital at St. Johns Church Thursday even ing, April 27th. for the benefit of the West End Neighborhood House or free kindergarten. Speaking of her recent appearance in New Orleans, The Times Democrat says:
 Mrs. Haskelrs reading consisted of seven selections, each of a different character and by a different author All were rendered with equal grace and ease. Mrs. Haskell has a comedy ap- pearance. and, with her art and per- feet understanding of her reading, held the close attention of her audience last night" adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
Mr.. stowe,. rnetturnltx.

Julia Ward Howe, In The Aeaaer MaS
 azine.
 In ordinary society Mrs. Stowe was usually silent and reserved. Yet Of what passed in her presence she was close observer have heard her spok- en of as "owlish," but ] think thai ner owl which it Is said that an Irishman once purchased, mistaking 1t for a par rot. When asked whether the bird had been heard to speak. he replied; No. 1t does not talk, but 1t keeps up devil of a thinking"
 When she really took part in conver- sation. her quiet face became very ex- pressive, and her dark eyes would spar kle with the sense of humor which al- ways underlay her deep seriousness of character.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
Appolntments to Be Made to Win Con
 yerts to Administration.


 verts to Administration.
 Washington Special to Baltimore Sun
 Postmaster General Cortelyou is pay ing particular attention to postoffice appointments throughout the South in order to carry out the plan of the ad- minIstratton to make changes in the personnel of the service with a view to strengthening the Republican Party below Mason and Dixon's line.
 The daily list of changes in fourth class postmasters has recently shown an unusually large number of fourth class postmaster appointments in the South in comparison to those made in the North and Western States. In Mis- sissippi alone twenty-one fourth-elass postmasters were appointed in single day Inquiry shows that this class Of appointments Is now doubling ana rrebIing those made for the North.
 The oficiaI explanation of this ob- .aired from, A high source is that the Postofiee Department has been hold ing up postofnce appointments pending
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
The Poets Trials.

Don't you sometimes have thoughts" asked the soulful young thing, that are absolutely unutter- able?"
 T do. miss," answered the old poet, "And sometimes, when I am digging for a rhyme that won't come, I have thoughts that are absolutely imprint abls.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
paid a5 for CuttInr Tree.

T. J. Holt, well known citizen was fined S5 and costs by Recorder Airing ton yesterday afternoon when he was arraigned for cutting shade trees on Union Street several days ago. MT. Holt had the contract for moving 8 house and cut the tree when he found that 1t impeded the progress of the building he was moving. He paid the fine and was released.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19

It is said that Marauise oyama, wife of the Japanese field marshal, while in this country in 1878 embraced Chris tianity and was baptized. The rite was performed in the historic Christ Church Upper Merton Township, near Norristown,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
Fined for Yagrancx.

Lula Smith, Mary Barnee, ArthUT Gilmer and Henry Trammell. negroes arrested on charges of vagraney were fned S5 and costs each by the Recorder yesterday afternoon. Rosa Taylor. negress held under a like charge, was fined $10 and costs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19

Expert Sewing Machine Repairs,
 Also sewing machine oil Of absolute purity. and the best needles and parts for ail machines at Singer stores. Look for the red S. 104 Dexter Ave: Mont Romery Ala. adV-~tu.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-19
CHANGES IN THE SOUTH.

Homegrown strawberries. 12 1-2c per auart, Phone A Brock Grocery Co.
Smyrna times., 1905-07-12
THREE UNTIMELY DROWNING
ACCIDENTS ABOUT DOVER
TwO,BOYS DROWNED SUNDAY AT COwOILLS
CORNER AND A LITTLE GIRL DROWNED.
Frank Hall and Charles Price Were Crossing
the Marsh at MoOre's Meadow When They
Stepped into Hole and Went Down.

At Moore's meadow near CowgilPs
Corner, a short distance from Dover,
Frank Hall, aged 10 years, son of
Caleb Hall, and Charles Price, son of
Edward T. Price, left their homes early
Sunday morning, for the purpose of
taking a swim in Simon's Greek, into
which Moore's meadow empties. To
reach he creek it was necessary for
the boys to wade out over the marsh,
much of which is miry. In doing so,
they stepped into deep hole, presum-
ably muskrat hole, and sank out of
sight before assistance could be rend-
cred. A younger brother of Price ran
to the house and gave the alarm, and
an immediate search for the bodies
were made. They we're soon recovered
but life was extinct. DIR. Tignor, a
veterinarian of Dover, who had been
called to the home of Price to at
tend sick horse, assisted in the re-
covery of the bodies. The parents of
the children, when apprlsed of the
drowning, were almost overcome. The
double funeral took place yesterday.
Another sad drowning case took
place near Dover Monday afternoon
when Mage May Munoe the Is yea
old daughter of William Munce,
farmer. was drowned in Mckee
branch. The little girl. with two other
girls of the same age, went on black
berrying trip. Becoming warm, 1t wa
suggested that they take bath In tn
branch. Selecting a secluded spot
where no one could see them, the girl
waded into the stream. They di
not know that strong current wa
running in the centre of the brook IN
til they had reached the middle of tn
stream. Several times the curren
knocked them down, but finally two {
the girls managed to reach the ban
and pull themselves out of the streau
The Munce girl became exhausted an
: was drowned in the sight of her con
panions. The body of the girl was r.
covered after a long search. 1t wa
taken to the home of the father, an
: interment will be made on Wednesda
at Manship's Church.
Smyrna times., 1905-07-12
WHEAT rHRESHlNG SHOWS GOOD YIELD S
Edward G. Walls aud Mr.. James D. Pratt
Seem to be 10 the Lead so Far AnuOuaced.

Despite the inclement weather,
wheat threshing has been pushed for
ward as rapidly as possible in this vi
cinity for fear that the continued wet
and showery weather may damage the
crop. Some of the yields announced
have been very gratifying while others
did not come up to what was ansiais=
pated. The largest yield per acre so
far announced in this immediate vi
cinity is on the farm of Edward G.
Walls, who, from one field that he
had threshed, procured 33 bushels to
the acre. From his next field which is
now being threshed he expects an even
larger showing. Mr.. J. D. Pratt on
the Hill farm near Clayton also reports
large yield, one field it is said,
yielded him "a bushels per acre. Den
ney Walker and J. B. FAIRIES, each
report yield of 80 bushels to the acre,
Miss Louisa Cummins, "Woodlawn"
25 bushels to the acre; Daniel Thomp-
son, 25 bushels; W. D. Hudson, % bu-
shells; Ephraim Lower, %; and Wiz
liam Smith, 26. Some of the bess
growers have not been heard from yet.
Plums are ripening fast and the pros
pect is for a large crop in this vicinity.
Smyrna times., 1905-07-12
DELAwARE'S FARMING INDUSTRY LEADS
B. F. B. WOOdaII Draws a Comparison Be-
tween Delaware and Canada.

B. F. B. Woodall, the Milford hor-
ticulturist, who has just returned from
an inspection of the country and visit
to farms from Delaware to the Cana
dian provinces, says in a statement
Saturday: "When left Delaware on
June %. many different crops had al
ready been harvested at a fair profit,
and all through the State wss one con-
tinuous golden wheat field, or thous
ands of acres of corn, waist high and
innumerable gardens of vegetables.
The contrast was very marked in New
York and Canada. Very little culti-
waited land was seen in either; their
corn being only an inch or two high
with grass almost hiding it, potatoes
just coming up; few other vegetables
to be seen. 1t is not surprising there
fore, that some of the northern men
come to Delaware and fail to succeed
at first, for they know very little about
cultivation of crops we grow. A Ca
madam looked at me in astonishment
when l told him / had harvested two
tons of hay per acre and then had 6
crop of corn growing on the same
field, already two feet high and that
would get fifty bushels of shelled corr
from the same land. Also that / had
harvested $50 per acre from peas ant
that land was also in corn. TheJ
could not realize it as facts. The New
York orchards did not look prosper
GUS in either foliage or fruit compared
to our sprayed orchards in Delaware
Smyrna times., 1905-07-12
ST. PETERS SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.
EuiOyed at Woodland Beach Yesterday
Items of Interest Concerning Parish.

The Sunday School of st. Peters
Church spent an enjoyable day yester-
day on a picnic to Woodland Beach.
The outing was largely attended and a
pleasant time was had. Besides the
feast of good things taken along by
those participating, the Sunday School
gave the scholars treat of ice cream
and cake. The rector of st. Peters
Church is now arranging to take his
annual vacation which will begin week
after next. On Sunday July the 23rd
he will preach special sermon at his
former parish, holy Trinity, Green
port, N. Y. on the occasion of the
fortieth anniversary of the church
During his absence st. Peters Church
will be in charge of the assistant rector
Rev. w. H. Croft. Rector Gilreatf
and his family expect to be gone I
month or six weeks which will b'
mostly spent among the mountains
On Sunday August the 9th Bishol
Coleman will visit the parish an'
preach.