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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
PRosrERrTr IN SOUTH AMERICA.
PopuIation of Buenos Ayres Has Passed
 the Million Mark.

FOpniastOR 0f BuenO9 Ayres Hna Passed
 the MiIiion Mark.
 Leslie's Weekly
 Bnenos Ayres. the capital of the Ars gentine Republica. has just passed fha 100000 mark in population. It is the fourteenth city in the world in inhabi. tants. and is by far the largest city on the Western hemisphere. outside of New York. Chicago and Philadelphia. ahead of 1t. Now the Brazilian city Is far behind. Thirty years ago Buenos AyFes was exceeded in population by St. Louis, Boston and Baltimore. It fs far in front of these big United States towns today. It Is growing as fast as Chicago and faster than Berlin.
 That city, and the country of which It Is the political and business center, are among the worlds marvels. al-, though the world has not yet observed 1t. Argentina has an area almost as great as all the United States east of the Mississippi. although it's population is a little less than six million. or smaller than Pennsylvanla's. In the production of meats. wool and corn it stands high. It exports more corn than. the United States.
 Before many years pass. on account of our own home demand, Argentina will suFpass the United States in exporta- tion of food produts in the Aggregate For the first half of 1905 It's total ex- as much as those of the United States frl proportion to population. Tn proper tion to the poulation of the respective countries. the immigration to Buenos Ayres Is greater than that into New York
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
RnLrNG PASSIONS
Of Men as shown By Their Queer
 Wills.

In no way do the ruling passions or men show themselves so strongly as by their wills What a curious collection might he made of these last testaments exhibiting the extremist forms of van itv. benevolence, malignancy and hu- | nor!
 It will be remembered that H. Rider
 HaRssrd in one of his books has the will of a man tattooed upon his shoul- ders. ana that the same was admitted to probate In the Chancery Court In England
 And now this author Is vindicated by the action of a miser named Monecke, who died recently in Mexico. His rela- tives were unwilling that his body should be inferred, as he had tattooed his will over his chest with some red pigment, instead of using pen and ink, The court decreed that the remarkable Truman document should be copied and the representation duly attested in the presence of witnesses. This was done' and the court has pronounced the queer will genuine. A French woman recently died at the advanced age of 90 years. Her VIII contained the following provision: T leave to my physician, whose enlight- ened care and wise prescriptions have
 made me live so long. al that Is con-
 tained in the old oaken chest in my
 boudoir The key of the chest will be
 found under the mattress of my bed.
 The heirs were much disturbed, for they foresaw a material diminution in their
 share of the property.
 The fortunate and expectant physi- clan at length arrived. The notary de- livered to him the key of the chest. It
 was opened, and found to contain solely all the drugs and potions. still intact,
 which the worthy physician had given to his patient for twenty years back.
 It has been settled that a man always
 can not do as he will with his money after death. The disposition of his prop
 erty must be reasonable, or the courts
 will set his will aside. John Stuart Mill deplored this Judicial interference with the wishes of the dead. He ar- gued that eccentric wills often were
 beneficial to the race. He mentioned the case of a rich man who left a large property to be used in caring for wounded birds. Mill argued that the carrying out of the provisions of this will would have thrown a world of de- light upon the animal economy.
 But what defense could Mill have made on behalf of the last testament of Josiah S. Twiss of Hollis. N. IT.. with whom the writer was acquainted? The provisions of his will were that his funeral music should be brass band, which should be paid $40 for its ser vices; that his body should be buried under a clump of balm of gilead trees which he had set out few years prior to his decease; that $20 should be ex- pended for peanuts and candy with which to treat the mourners; that his wife should have half the property; his six children $2 each; and that $1 1000 be held in trust forever for the purpose of educating his children's children in the generations to come. ..
 The will was presented to the Judge of Probate, who refused to set 1t up. His property therefore was disposed of In accordance with the State law.
 But some queer wills do stand. Thir-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
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 ed and tried to attract his masters at tention.
 But old John Prittleby was more con cerned with something that caught ais eye. within the house than with any thing outside. The open escrtiote in the corner reused his suspicious even before he reached the window, and win a shout he cried out that someone hsd got into the house. and directed the younger men to hunt for tae intruder. At the same moment. as the old man sprang forward into the room. Eoen turned his head and saw Mary's face at the window of the loft. While his cousin Tom noticed the bushes on the left moving in a suspicious manner.
 There was a sudden commotion. Eben made for the barn: Tom for the shrubbery. The dog parked. old John Prittleby shouted directions to every body. Old Molly came from tn. hack premises. amazed at the disturbance. which had reached even her dull ears. It was he work of few seconds for Eben to replace the ladder. and to res cue the unfortunate Mary. panting. gasping. almost inarticulate with rage and misery, from her lofty prison. As she staggered across the grass. she faItered out her story. carefully sup pressing her suspicious as to the iden- tity of the thief.
 JOiln I'Tilliepy, 1ihS d '''A' was standing in the middle of the long parlor; the lamp, which Molly had lighted, showing his face white and wet with strong emotion.
 Mary could not speak when she met him. for she felt that he had guessed the truth.
 "Is-he-gone?" he faltered. and then he sank into a chair.
 From is looking for the rascal" said Eben. Has he taken anything? I see the desk has been forced open Have you looked to see what's gone?'' As he asked this, Ebeu, who was q heavy. sullcn-looking man Of forty two. turned round sharply on his heel. with the first faint suspicion of the truth. He looked at Mary.
 ''who was it?' roarsd he. Was 1t my scoundreliy brother?'
 Old John Prittleby put up his hand. "Hushw said he. "Td give the world tor a sight of him--the world.'
 Even if he's robbed you?' shouted Eben.
 The old man staggered to his feet, and stood in tho way. when his son would have hurried up to search the pigeon holes.
 God forgive him. whatever he's done" faltered John Prittlcby. 'If he's in want, he would he welcome to anything I had"
  an exclamation of rage. he dashed out of the room on to the lawn; then both John Prittleby and Mary heard more shouts outside. and the next moment the voice of the stranger rang out sharp and clear. Something in the tones of it, the resemblance to the voice, of old John himself. perhaps, brought sudden comfort to Mary's s heart, and she burst into tears.
 Take me in then, take me in, you pair of confounded. wooden -headed idiots" were the strangers words And as he heard them. John Prittle- by's emotion grew stronger again
 A moment later, Eben and Tom drag ged into the room, through the French window, the cause of all the disturb ance. lie had his hands in his pockets. and as he let himself be brought in, coming slowly indeed, but not with any great unwillingness, Mary, looking up through her tears, asked herself how
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

CCOntInued from Page TwO.) again. T fear he will not consent"
 T shall give him his full chance" " Rupert said, cheerily, "on Christmas Day" Then. after a few more whis- pered words, the lovers parted, and Rupert passed out again into the Christmas snow. He left Isola still gazing at his departing form, and turned many a backward glance to her.
 The Christmas festival night in the home of the Bellingham's was at the height of its success. The guests had seen the appropriate adornment of the galleries. and were now crowding the drawingroom. and many remarks were made on the mistletoe bough. which was gracefully snd conveniently hung in one remote corner where intelligent eyes could easily discover it, but where it did not obtrude it's invitation on the assembly in general All the neigh boring families who had any fair claim on the social welcome of the house. and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
THE END,
ORCHID WORTH ss,oOO.
It is Fcund In the wiIds of r nhfR,ef

|
 Oyer In Tlibet there are $5.0o0 or chids lying around loose, but you risk your life if you go after them, foI | savage hlIl tribes arc awaiting the en- | thusiastic collector, or for that matter, any other foreigner who ventures into their demain. That these a valuable l flowers are there was discovered by the British Thibet expedition. This plant | is a long-lost orchid. the Cyprlpedium Fairrieanum, which has long been wanted at the rate of s5,0o0 per speci- men. ts r.' s'o 70 s,s' i-.,tf' a, A mercantile firm has been advertis- ing that reward for years without chance to pay 1t until now.
 Until last month, as London Outlook says, only five plants existed in Europe, | one belonging to Sir Trevoe Lawrence and four in the collection at the Luxem- bourg-alI in a very bad way. One of the latter lowered in 1903. What be- came of the pollen perhaps is State secret. "One imagines the silent con- centrated struggle for those tiny globuIes. It would not be very sur prising to learn that M. Opoix destroy ed the pollen. Anyway. he must have | felt relief when rid of 1t, no matter by what means.
 "only once had the plant reached l IOnQOn--ln lSOt puL llltCNh VI b"NhNS year afterward the sender could not be 1 identified. On March 25. 1857. Messrs. Stevens of Covent Garden, sold "a con- signment of orchids from Java, five boxes from India, with q new Cypripe- dium and various begonias, ferns, etc"
 l It appears now that M. Van Houtte received a few about the same time Tn Belgium. These were forwarded by an apothecary dwelling at Nowgong, in ! Assam, named Simons. In October sev- eraI of the plants bought at Stevens ! lowered, and Dr. Lindley bestowed the name after Mir. Fairrie of Liverpool For a while the precious thing abound ed MT Day had "a score of plants and flowers by he doZen." There was specimen at Kew three feet across But hybridists were few then and not very enterprising. and it had vanishe when their successors sought to in- crease the number of hybride.
 Gradually Cypripedium Fairrieanunl died out until, in 1878, 1t was reckoned among the lost orchids. Messrs San der of St. Albans and Bruges. despatch ed six collectors to find 1t, and other importing firms made attempts. But they all went on the wrong track. It was reasonable to suppose that the treasure was to be found somewhere in | Assam; moreover Tn 1861 Captal' Tronson forwarded few plants-whtch soon died--to the Royal Botanic Gar dens. Calcutta. when serving in that territory. So to Assam the collectors went. one after another, and searched the whole country-in vain.
 'The expedition to Thibet caused the discovery of c; pripedium Fairriean dni. The authorities learned that there Is another route to Lhasa, shorter and more convenient, along an outlying cor ner of Bhutan. Orders were issued to survey.
 Tn March this year Messrs. Sander
 received notice that the reward was
 claimed-an English officer of the sur
 veying party has found Cypripedinm
 Fairrieanum. On the 26th of the same
 month two Cypripeds arrived at Kew
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
THE ANNAPOLIS FI0HTs.
The Manner of condmeasmG eIe cailes
 Battles Should Re ReEaInfeN.

AANtS$S C4DUhW AG AGANlMuE4a
 Midshipman A. w. Fitch, who ref. creed in nineteen similar encounters. testified that the men wore the ordinary gloves used in punching the bag"
 Such gloves weigh usually less than an ounce apiece. No professional prize lighter would be allowed to use them. He would have to wear hye-ounce gloves at least; in many States six and in some States eight.
 The injury inflicted when gloves of the kind worn by Meriwether and Branch are used is much greater than in bare knnckle fighting. The gloves protect the hands and enable the con- testant to- strike harder blows than they could do if they were tiaing only their bare Asts. Naked fists lighting was long ago abandoned as too brutal for the prize ring.
 The great evil of the Annapolis fghts is not that the cadetss under 4heir own codes settle their differences in prlml- tive fashion. but thAs no attempt was ever made to regulate these encountefs, which the authorities have wiphed at for years. With proper gloves and ipl- der ordinary gymnasium restrictions 10 great harm is likely to result from kwo lusty young fellows punching qaah others heads. Where they are allowed to fight to a finish with the lightest Of gloves the wonder Is that there wae no Meriwether-Brapeh tragedy Ions ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
A sHREwD COUNTRY LAD.
City Customers Couldn't Make Game O
 Hlm.

A country lad arrived in London as an assistant in the shop of a corn dealer. He had been warned that the city customers would make game of him and was on his guard. A person entered the shop one morning and said: q want sixpennyworth of bird seed, please" The assistant only smiled The customer repeated his request. but the assistant responded with only q broad grin oa his face. Finally, the customer, losing patielce. asked him in forcible language why he did not serve him with bird seed. Its no manner of use your trying to take me in." said the assistant, "Tha knows tha cannot catch me.@ What on earth do you meanT said the angry customer. why, know that birds grow from eggs, not from seed"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
MOSCOW. AsIAzoNs.
Women. in the Volunteer Guard, or NFighting Band.1

HFighting Band"
 A Moscow correspondent writes that people throughout Russia are hoarding gold. An enormous quantity has thus been withdrawn from circulation.
 The streets of Moscow are not safe after dusk. The city is approaching the, stage of free shooting" every one being apparently armed with a Feyol- yer The gunsmith's have sold out.
 The citizens armed organization. called the syfighting band" has par celed Nose owsout into six districts, each having a captain and stan. The members are skillful marksmen. About 300 are armed with Mauser pistols. and the remainder with American revolvers About per cent of this private militia are women students, many of whom are excellent shots.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Do Clothes .NInke the ,Inn

: less. Here I'm wearIp' n bankers hat.
 de coat of oil maEnate, a preachers pants an some shoes dat a woalt'y saloonkeepeF give me. An yet I don't look like notin
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

The Socialists of Massachusetts have won a place on the oaEietal ballot by polling sufficient percentage of the total vote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
REVEALED UNDER
 THE MISTLETOE

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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-12
Prnising Roosevelt.

Paris. June president Roose-
velt's success in opening the way for
peace negotiations between Russia
and Japan Is the absorbing theme
here and France has forgotten her
own troubles with Germany over Mo-
rocco to join in enthusiastic approval
OF the American Initiative. Por-
traits of President Roosevelt Ambas-
sador Meyer, Minister Takahira and
ambassador Cassini appear In all
journals. with pictures of the white
house as the scene of the historic
origin of the peace movement.
without exception comment on
President Roosevelts Action Is favor
able. with an expression of slight
sense of disappointment that France
as an ally of Russia had not taken a
more prominent part in forwarding
the preliminaries,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-12
Waiting On Japan.

ST. Petersburg. June Russia
is waiting for Japan to fix the time
and place when and where the Japa-
nese terms will be placed in the hands
of Russia's representatives The for
cign Office expects the delay to be
brief.
The emperor's government would
prefer Paris to be the scene of the
initial step, but 1t is explained to the
Associated Press that neither the
Mace nor the personality of the Rus
sian representative matters greatly.
The Russian representative will not
be plenipotentiary with full power to
negotiate. His duty practically viii
be confined TO reception and transmits
sion TO the government of the Japa-
nese terms for decision whether they
afford a basis for actual peace nego-
tiations. He will be clothed with the
power to effect an agreement for a
suspension of hostilities, which sus-
nense VIII probably be for a very
limited period, during which Russia
must decide the momentous question
of peace or prolongation of the war,
During this temporary armistice both
countries probably viii be free to
continue the movement of troops and
munitions of war within prescribed
limits, although nothing definite on
this point will be known until the
meeting takes place
In spite of Official dubiousness as
to the result, well-dehned report
was current everywhere today, al
though the Associated Press could not
trace It's source, that Russia had al
ready practically obtained japanese
conditions and that they proved so
surprisingly moderate that Russia
would certainly accept them as ba-
sis for negotiations.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-12
PADUCAH IS AFTER
FOURTEEN CONCERNS
II Is Believed That AT Least Six Will Be
Landed.
One Employs Nearly 1000-..C Commercial Club After
Fourteen. Census Man Here.

With a prospect of landing four
teen big enterprises, and almost a
certainty of locating at least six Of
them, one employing between SOC
and 1900 men, Paducah can truly be
Said to be booming.
Secretary d. w. Coons, of the
Commercial club, returned this NOR
ming from Chicago, where he went
several days ago on business of the
highest importance. He had the ad-
dresses of about so concerns which
for various reasons are seeking new
locations, and visited them all.
Secretary Coons. in his character
stic way, ascertained exactly what
each intended to do and wanted
done, before it would come to Padu-
cab.
Most of them wanted a big bonus,
free sites, exemption from taxation,
or big subscriptions of stock and the
propositions from them will all be
rejected, or rather Will simply not be
considered.
Statements were solicited and Sc
cured by Secretary Coons from those
industries that are desirable and are
willing to make reasonable propo-
sition.
There are fourteen of these, and It
is believed by those on the inside
that at least six out of the fourteen
can and will be landed by Paducah,
and it is possible all will be.
One of the six is the company that
employees between 500 and 1900
men. 1t is a mandatory, and will
be a great thing for the city.
Two committees from concerns
that desires "a change of location will
arrive here this week to look over
the city, and others are to be in
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-12
THREE DROWNED
BY AUTOMOBILE PLUNGING INTO
CHICAGO RIVER.
Two Others Narrowly Escaped Like
Fate-Draw Bridge Was Open.

Chicago June 12.-Three persons
were drowned and two others narrow
~ escaped like fate Saturday night
wheE an automobile, in which five
were riding, plunged into the Chicago
river through an open draw in the
street bridge.
The drowned are:
JEROME G. HUFFMAN, Chicago
manager for chemical company.
MRS. JEROME G.. KURTZMAN.
w. A. HARTLEY. manager for an
automobile house.
The rescued are;
w. II. HOOPS. JR., manager for
automobile company.
MRS. JEREMIAH RUNYoN, of
New York
Both Mrs. Runyon and Hoops were
unconscious for half an hour after
being taken from the water, but are
expected to recover.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-12
RIVERS FLOODED
ABOUT HANNIBAL
Mississippi on a Rampage and
Over Danger Line.
Three Bridges Removed Washeo
Away--Tbe Wisconsin River
Also NJ Flood Stage.
PART OF LEyEE WASHED AWAY

Hannibal, Mo, June 12.-The
Mississippi is still rising and indica-
lions are that the crest will not be
reached before tomorrow Some OF
the railroad tracks are covered with
watcs and If is feared there will be
much damage.
The river. swollen by recent heavy
rains, has risen to the flood stage. the
rise in the past "a hours being over
five feet. The danger line. 3 feet,
was passed and the stage now reg
listers III feet
A stage Of 90 feet Is predicted. All
lowlands are submerged and railroad
traffic is badly interrupted. Three
bridges are reported washed away.
No casualties are reported.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-12
Ccnsus Man Arrives.

Mr.. G. N. Beach, of Washington.
ID. c., an attache of the United
States census department, has ar
rived in the city and is busy at work
collecting data of manufacturing
concerns for the government. He has
Kentucky for a territory, and has
been to various parts of the state,
visiting each factory and getting the
number of people employed, the out
put, and everything else in connec-
ton with the business that would be
of interest to the government.
Mr.. Beach, when he goes to city
to work, is furnished by the govern
ment with a complete list of all the
known manufactures in the place,
but he is expected to find all others,
also.
Mr.. Beach was astonished to see
how Paducah has grown since the
government got its last report from
us a few years ago, There are dozens
of industries here that are not on
the government list, and Mr.. Beach
is confident Paducah will make one
of the best showings of any city in
the country its size. His work here
will require at least six weeks, and
possibly longer.
During his stay he and his family
have rooms at Mr.. Fred B. Ashton's.
on North Fifth street. near Harrison.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-12
WHERE is WILSON?
HE LEFT IN A BUGGY LAST
FRIDAY.
His Father Searches For Him, But
Finds No Trace of Him.

Lyman Wilson, well-known
young man and son of Capt. c. w.
Wilson, river man, has disappeared,
and the last time seen in Paducah
was Friday when he left the city i'm
one of Mr.. John Terrell's buggies os-
tensibly to take a young lady from
Metropolis on a drive. lie was to re-
turn that afternoon, but failed to
show up. Saturday no trace of him
could be found but il was reported he
had driven the young lady to Cairo
to assist her in marrying a friend of
his Yesterday Wilson's father went
TO Cairo. but could find no trace of his
SON II he had been there, no one
knew anything about il,
This afternoon IL was reported that
there was a dead horse beside a bug
gy near the Clarks river bridge. Mr..
John Terrell received telephone
message to that effect, but the rumor
was not regarded as well founded
enough TO Justify him in sending a
man out TO investigate.
A telephone message from resi-
dents near the bridge this afternoon
stated that the buggy was still
there. but the dead horse had been
carried away. IL was thought that
the animal belonged in the city, how
ever. and died yesterday of collie
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-12
Highest in History.

Milwaukee Wis, June IA
Sentinel special from Portage, Wis,
says:
''The Wisconsin river reached the
highest stage in it's history today,
being above 1872 feet.
"a portion of the city levee at
Bardens was washed out for a dist
ance of 100 feet. The entire low
lands of that vicinity are under wa
ter The water stood at 1876 feet
at Kilbourn this evening, the highest
known in years. The river continues
slowly rising"