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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

and Investigating mind, an earnest seeker, after knowledge, and above all, possessed of wonderfully sympa- thetic nature.
 In 1S4S she married Isaac Pinkham, builder and real estate operator, and their early married life was marked by prosperity and happiness. They had four children, three sons and a daughter.
 In those good old fashioned days it was common for mothers to make i their own home medicines from roots and herbs, natures own remedies calling in physician only in specially urgent cases. By tradition and ex- perience many of them gained won- derful knowledge of the curative prop critics of the various roots and herbs. Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest in the study of roots and herbs, their characteristics and power ever disease. She maintained that just as nature so bountifully provides in the harvest fields and orchards vegetable food of all kinds; so, if we but take the pains to find them, in roots and herbs of the field there are remedies ex- pressly designed to cure the various ills and weaknesses of the body, and it was her pleasure to search these out, and prepare simple and effective medi- cines for her own family and friends. 1 Chief of these was a rare combina- tion of the choicest medicinal roots and herbs found best adapted for the cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu- liar to the female sex, and Lydia E.. Pinkhams friends and neighbors learned that her compound relieved and cured and it became quite popu- lar among them.
 All this so far was done freely, with out money and without price, as a labor of love- r ~ 1 But in 1873 the financial crisis struck Lynn Its length and severity were too much for the large real estate interests of the Pinkham family, as this class of business suffered most from fearful depression. so when the Centen- nial year dawned it found their prop erty swept away. Some other source of income had to be found.
 | At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's
 Vegetable Compound was made known
 to the world.
 The three sons and the daughter,
 with their mother, combined forces to
 restore the family fortune. They
 argued that the medicine which was
 so good for their woman frieds and
 women of the whole world.
 The Pinkham's had no money, and
 little credit Their first laboratory
 was the kitchen, where roots. and
 herbs were steeped on the stove,
 gradually filling a gross Of bottles. Then came the question of selling
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23
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value of about $1,SOO,0O0.
 Connecticut usually has on hand s5,- GOO, 900 worth of cattle. s5,00O,OOO worth of horses and $5OO,0OO worth of hogs.
 Detailed estimates of the market val ue of years yield of garden produce, of dairy products and of poultry and eggs aren't readily obtainable, but the totals are expansive and impressive.
 The specimen figures which are quo ted and which, of course, assume to be only approximations show that Con- necticut agriculture talks in millions without suffering; that when Con- neeticut soil is tickled with hoe it smiles with a harvest: and that farm ing continues to be an important busi- ness in the Land of 4sfore or Less Steady Habits. The notion that Con- necticut agriculture is played out, or is playing out, should be catalogued un- der the head of colossal delusions. We expect that the volume and value of the agricultural products of the state will undergo substantial expansion during the next decade.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

it, for always before they had given it away freely. They hired a job printer to run off some pamplets setting forth the merits of the medi- cine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. and these were distributed by the Pinkham sons in Boston, New York. and Brooklyn. The wonderful curative properties of the medicine were, to a great extent, self-advertising, for whoever used it recommended it to others, and the de- mand gradually increased.
 In 1877, by combined efforts the fam fly had saved enough money to com mence newspaper advertising and from that time the growth and success Of | the enterprise were assured, until to- day Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vege- table Compound have become house. hold words everywhere, and many tons of roots and herbs are used annu- ally in its manufacture.
 1 Lydia F. Pinkham herself did not live to see the great success of this work. She passed to reward years ago, but not till she had provided means for continuing her work as effectually as she could have done it herself.
 During her long and eventful expe- rience she was ever methodical in her 1 work and she was always careful to i preserve a record of every case that came to her attention. The case of ! every sick woman who applied to her ] for advice-and there we're thousands received careful study, and the de- tails, including symptoms, treatment
 and results were recorded for future reference, and to-day these records, to- gether with hundreds of thousands made since, are available to sick wo-
 men the world over, and represent a
 vast collaboration of information re-
 garding the treatment of WOman's ills
 which for authenticity and accuracy can hardly be equaled in any library in the world.
 | With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her daughter-in-law, the present Mrs
 Pinkham. She was carefully instructed 1 in all her hard-won knowledge, and
 for years she assisted her in her vast
 correspondence.
 To her hands naturally fell the direction of the work when it's origina'
 tor passed away. For nearly twenty
 five years she has continued 1t, and nothing in the work shows when Lydia
 F. Pinkham dropped her pen, and th' present Mrs. Pinkham, now tho mother of a large family, took 1t up With woman assistants, some as cap | able as herself the present Mrs. Pink ham continues this great work, ant
 probably from the office of no othel
 person have so many women been ad
 vlsed how to regain health. Sick wo J men, this advice Is Yours for Health
 freely given if you only write to asl for it.
 Such is the history of Lydia E, Pink
 hams Vegetable Compound; mad'
 from simple roots and herbs; the ont great medicine for women's ailments
 and the fitting monument to the noble
 woman whose name it bears.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23
WIFE ADVISED SUICIDE.


 You have brought dishonor upon us. I give you twenty-four hours grace in which to commit suicide" was the pithy note received by an engineer while staying at Rennes from his wife in Paris. She had in his absence ob- tained from her daughters knowledge of the criminal acts of which he had been guilty. After heletter she sent her brother to Rennes to make sure that her husband did carry out her instruc- tions, with a sum of e16 Ss to pay for the funeral and 9S for other expenses. The engineer on meeting his brother in-law, agreed that he had better conn init suicide The difficulty was where to do it. Anyhow, they must have dinner previously, and, as it was to be his last, they had a good one, with comforting wines. After dessert the would-be suicide was anxious not to bungle the operation. But he shrank l from blowing out his brains in the ho- tel where he was staying and had been we'll treated. It would be such a shabby return for the landlords atten- tive hospitality, so, accompanied by his brother-in-law, he took the train early next morning to a neighboring town, and walked to the cemetery, 8 place for killing ones self.
 On the way, however, the engineer remembered all at once that he had a relative who was the priest of that very parish He really could not conl- init suicide there. It would be such shock to his relative to find the body, and have to bury it in unconsecrated ground. In any case, when he came to think of it, would it not be more proper and fitting for him to take his life in Paris, in Pantin Cemetery, where his parents lay buried? The brother in-law approved. The engineer could blow his brains out on his mothers s grave. That would be dramatic and effective ending. The two therefore took the train to Paris, but by the time they got there 1t was too late to think of suicide. Dinner was more like it, and the two men had a second and last repast together, after which | the brother-in-law appears to have lost all memory of what happened un- til he awoke the next morning. He could not help shedding a tear to think that by now his former companion was | doubtless no more, but lay cold and lifeless on the tomb of his mother in Pantin Cemetery. He dressed hur- ridly and hastened thither, but found | no trace of suicide. The sextons had observed no tragic event that morn ing. With many misgivings the brother-in-law went to his sisters, fearful of his reception, for he had failed to fulfil his trust. The he found and heard her giving her husband, formerly the would-be, but now the | wouldnt-be, suicide, a strong talking to. True to her word, as he had not put himself out of the world. she gave him in charge, and he has been com mitted for trial.-Paris corespondent | London Telegraph.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23
KNIGHTS TEMPG.AR.
Members Will Drink Toast to Eminent
 Commander on Christmas Day.

Members Will Drink Toast to Eminent
 Commander on Christmas Day.
 Throughout all ChrlstendOm the members of the order of Knights Tenn pIar, whether on land or on sea, will during a toast to the most eminent mcomander of the order, at exactly the same hour, on Christmas day.
 The head of every commandery in the world has received q ~iccular from the grand encampInent announcing the toast and the resyonse of thE grand master. The circular reads a. follows: Grand Encampme"t. Knights Tenn
 plar, U. S. A.. tlffi:e 3f Committee
 on Christmas O IserIA ion.
 Portland, Me, N1v. l, iS01.
 Dear Frater-The following senti- ment has been prepared by the com mittee on Christmas day: ITO Our Most Eminent Master, George
 M Moulton:
 "A Merry Christmas, with health and prosperity to all the goodly fellowship of the Cross"
 The grand master sends the follow ing response: 10 dIi llS lOydl dIiO lONlIl5 oJA- diers of Christ enlisted under the ban ner of our order, wheresoever dis pensed, throughout the world: Peace be unto thee and that contentment which cometh from firm and unfal- tering reliance upon our Father, Who art in Heaven
 Will you join in these sentiments Monday, December 25, at noon. stand ard time Equivalent to p. m. Green wich timel, and will you extend the in- Yitation to your command, as well as to all true Templars and their friends, l wheresoever dispersed on land or on sea.
 "Courteously and fraternally yours, STEPHEN BERRY"
 Portland, D. C."
 The following table of the time equivalent to noon in this jurisdiction is given showing at what hour the toast will be drunk in the different parts of the world:
 Hawaiian Islands, standard time, 165 deg. W. 6 a. m.
 Alaska, standard time, 1855 deg. W. 8 a. nj.
 Pacific, standard time. 1O5 deg. W. g a. m. Mountain standard time, 1O5 deg. W. 1 10 a. m.
 Central, standard time, 90 deg, W. Ii a. m.
 Eastern, standard time. 75 deg. W, F a. m.
 Greenwich. standard time, 0 deg. W. p. m.
 Philippine Islands, 12o deg. E. a, m, December 26.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

uary is called Special Holiday Mum ber." It contains some very good stories and the usual amount of poetry, which Is always acceptable. Why the Jews Leave Russia is told in an ii- lustrated article by Adolphe Denziger. IL. D. This article will be found both interesting and timely. The illustra- ti6ns accompanying Edwin R. Sam born's article, Some Orangs and Chimpanzees," were photographed by the author in the New York Geological park.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23
ss6 Chapel Street.

NOTICE.
 THE NATIONAL NEW HAVEN BANK.
 Incorporated 1702.
 The annual meeting of the stockhold- CTS of this bank win be held at their Banking House on Tuesday, the 9th day of January, 1906, for the election of df- reetors for the ensuing year and to con- amend the third section of the Articles of Association of said bank so that it will read as follows: The Board of Di- rectOrs shall consist of not less than five nor more than ten stockholders.
 EDWARD D. MIX, d9 tlll Ja9 Cashier
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

q hear that the new stars acting brought down the house." "Yes, it did. In one week it brought down the house from eight hundred to ten people and the ushers. ."-Cleveland Leader.
 Mrs. Wigwag-"Did your husband have any opposition in running for governor of his club?" Mrs. Malaprop No, not a bit, In fact, he was elect ed by an anonymous vote. .'-Philadel- phia Record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

Mabel Mahin, author of ''The Lulla- by" in the December McC1ure's, is the daughter of man who owned and ed- tied the Muscatine Journal, with Mark Twain's brother for partner, at the time when Mark Twain himself was setting up type in the office and Ellis Parker Butler was carrying and delivering pa- pers to subscribers.
 Pastor Charles Wagner writes char acteristieally about the American edi- tion of his book, T. Evangile ct la Vie:'' T safely, received the copies of the Cos pel of Life and find the translation fine. May the book do as well as it did here, where not only Protestants, but Catho- lies like it much"
 The new volume of Uncle Remus stories, Told by Uncle Remus," by Joel Chandler Harris, is now in it's third edi- ton. -,-
 Phillips have postponed un- til January the publication of Foster S Complete Bridge" by R. F. Foster 7 The Cost of Competition" by Sid- ney A.. Reeve, announced by McClu~e- Phillips for publication in December, has been postponed and will appear late in January.
 McClure-Phillips announce the sale to an English publisher of an edition of Mary Stewart Cuttings successful book, Little Stories of Married Life."
 McClure-Phillips are putting to press a third edition of Eugene Woods Back Home"
 McClure-Phillips have just brought out in America an early work of G. Loves Dickinson, "The Greek View of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

This remarkable woman, whose maiden name was Estes, was born in Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, com ing from a good old Quaker family. For some years she taught school, and became known as woman Of an alert
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

Pearson's Magazine for January con- tains eight unusually bright short sto- ries and no less than six special arti- cles, among which is one inside story of the recent famous Jerome campaign. This article, anecdotal and written in an inimitable style, is the work of Rob- ert Adamson. "The National Ravages of the Alcohol is an article which every person should read.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23
WHO SHE WAS.
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA
 E. PINKHAM

And a True Story of How the Vege- table Compound Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of '73" Caused it to Be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23
STEINERT0NE
 PIANOFORTE.

Remarkable Instrument at Manu-
 facturers' Priees-Inportant NO-
 tice to Prospective Purchasers.
 Christmas is but a few days off and hundreds are worrying about what they shall buy. If you have not got piano to grace your home why not settle the Yule-Ttde prob lem by purchasing one, and thus make the hearts of everyone in the home overflow with joy. .
 An exceptional offer is made by the SteinertOne company, of 106 Park street, this city, that deserves the interest of intending piano. forte buyers. The company offers that remarkable pianoforte-th STEINERT0NE at manufactur- CTS prices. It can do this as 1t maintains warerooms only at the factory, sells only at the factory and thus saves to the purchaser the heavy expense of costly saIesrooms in the center of the city, which other companies are compelled to add to the cost of a piano. No such opportunity to get the finest piano. forte on the market at such a req sonable cost has ever been given and should not be allowed to pass,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

Messrs. Herbert B. Turner & Co.,, Boston, announce for an early day of publication "The Snare Of Strength" by Randolph Bedford, an Australian author well known throughout the commonwealth, and in his own Vic- toria adding the reputation of uncom~ monly venturous sportsman to that of author His next book divides the readers intrest among love, politics and mining speculation. the hero be- ing liberal member from Korringajork, and the Cooeooroo mines being objects of interest to many of the personages.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

The author of "The Storm of Lon don," the story in which all clothing and possible material for clothing dis appears in a night, is now announced as Mime. F. Blaze de Bury The Eng fish publishers declare g. sale of hun dred thousand copies, and 1t appears that the author is busy on another story.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

The Metropolitan Magazine for Jan-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

Life" Its character is indicated by this paragraph from the preface: The following pages are intended to serve as a general introduction to Greek lit erature and thought for those primarily who do not know Greek. have hoped that such an attempt as the present, to give. with the help of quotations from the original authors, some general idea of the Greek view of life, will not be regarded as labor thrown away. Va ried and manifold as the phases may be that are presented by the Greek civil ization, they nevertheless group them selves about certain main lines, to be distinguished with sufficient clearness from those which have dominated other natoins. It is those idea that l have endeavored to bring into relief"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

The wfliamsons Lightning Conduc- tor" the motor romance which has made them famous in America, con- tinues almost as vigorous as its title Henry Holt & Co. are just sending 1t to press for the twenty-third time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

Charles P. Gettemy, the author of "The True Story of Paul Revere" has been appointed private secretary of Governor-elect Curtis Guild, jr., of Massachusetts. MT. Gettemy's authen- tic one-volume biography of this fam ous American patriot has gone into a second edition.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

Among the new American novels that have captivated Australian readers are "The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary by Anne Warner, and "The Divining Rod,' a romance of the oil regions, by Francis N. Thorpe. The Australian publishers have just cabled for a second edition of Anne Warmers humorous story.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23

Mcclure-Phillips have just brought out in America an early work of G. LoWes Dickinson, "The Greek View of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08
Electrical Supplies of All
 Kinds Carried.
lfr. west Interviewed in Regard to the Extensive Improvements to
 Be Begun on Monday
 Morning in Ev- cry Depart- ment.

The West Electric Co. is just now enjoying most unusual spurt of prosperity. They have succeeded in renting the entire building at IF Com merce Street, where they will now oc- cupy all of the four large floors, in- troducing several new lines of electri- cal endeavor, principal of which will be Chandelier Manufactory, the only one of it's kind South.
 The first floor will be taken up entire ly for the Electrical Supplies, while the second floor will be altogether rear ranged into the most elegant Fixture Display Room in Alabama. Modern off, fees will also be fixed up on the second floor. being moved from the first floor. The third floor will be taken up by the Manufacturing and Plating Depart ments.
 The Chandelier Show Rooms on the second floor, when completed. will be undoubtedly the finest in this part of the country. Work will be begun on them Monday, and it is expected that at least thirty days will be necessary to finally complete them. They will be used to display the output of the West Chandelier Manufactory. as we'll as samples from other houses in the North.
 Mir. West is now in position to make all kinds of gas and electrical comhi- nations in Chandeliers, also refinishing old fixtures. making them as good as new. An expert will be in charge of the extensive Plating Department, re- finishing brass tables. lamps, fire sets and brass bedsteads-in fact. all kinds
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08
THE WEST ELECTRIC COMPANY
 LEASE AN ENTIRE BUILDING
All Floors of Present Location at ll7 Commerce St.,
 to Be Occupied by Them.

of brass goods. The plant is also equipped to do copper and nickle- plat ing.
 For a quick idea of the scope of the West Electric co., MT. West has divid- ed his business under four separate and distinct heads:
 1. The Electrical Supply Line.
 2. Electrical Repair Department.
 8. The Machine Shop.
 4. The Fixture Manufacturing and Plating end of the business.
 In each one of these departments only the best skilled and experienced workmen are employed.
 In Electrical Supplies there Is noth- ing that can be required that the West Electric Co. can not supply at once A full and complete line is carried at all times.
 All kinds of repair work on all kinds of Dynamos and Motors is attended to at any time with skill and despatch. They rewind dynamos. repair elevators or any other electrical repair work. The man that attends to this branch of the business does nothing else and he is the best in this part of the country.
 Then, in the Machine Shop, MT. West is prepared to do all kinds of mechanic cal repairs; in fact, anything in the machine line. The West Electric Co. will also continue in the Electrical contracting business-installing elec- tric light plants, etc.
 Few in Montgomery appreciate the scope of the work of the West Electric Co.,, which is one of the largest con- cerns of the kind South. They keep several travelling men constantly on the road, and do a big business in the four States nearest Montgomery, in competition with concerns from the largest electrical centres of the North. Of particular magnitude is that branch of the business which deals with the installing of entire electric lighting plants for concerns and municipalities. Several towns have been supplied by the West Electric Co. in different parts of this section.
 The West Electric Go. are also agents for "Willey" Dynamos and Motors, manufactured by James Clark. Jr.. & O.. of Louisville. They have sold q number of them throughout the South and complete satisfaction is reported in every instance.
 If you need anything in the lines mentioned above, call up The West Electric Co.,; telephone number e25.
 -adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08

into the small tasks as the large ones.
 She does not spend her time looking forward to the end of the day when work will be finished, nor does she drop everything the instant the clock strikes the hour of freedom.
 You do not find the successful girl rushing to her place the last minute; she gets there in time to settle down a bit before the days work begins.
 Punctuality is the keynote to success, and she knows it.
 She realizes the value of dress and dresses as we'll as her income will al- low.
 Health is necessary to success. and, realizing this, she takes as much ex- ercise as possible. keeps reasonable hours and sleeps with her window open the year round.
 She Is not easily disheartened and does not feel if things go wrong for a day or two that her career Is fail ure.
 Lastly she is pleasant in her manner to outsiders. And there you have in a nutshell the secret of the successful girl. SUGAR BARGAIN. IS lbs. Standard Granulated Sugar, S1.OO. For Monday only. O. K. CASH GROCERY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08

"I have, as every one knows been champion heavy weight { wrestler and must say that during all that time the only invigorator or medicine I used was Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. I re- gard 1t as the greatest body-builder my system in a normal, healthy condi- ton. and 1 heartily recommend it to every one who wishes to be strong and well."-TOM JENKINS, Americas 8 Champion Heavy-W Weight Wrestler.