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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-30

Delightful rail and water trin to tbS Es-1 via Norfolk ar Savannah. Apply to ChaS C. Hicks, C.. A. S. T. suratt, U T. A, Mont gomery. Ala for full Information oE Charles F. Stewart, A. C.. P. A, savannah. Ca.
 pafy except Sunday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-30
seaboard Ar Line By.

Leave AEFhe Daily. Montgomery, Ala. Daily. 7:Xoam III UT As O, Columbus iRichland, Albany, Ameri- cLs. Cordele. Jacksonttlle,I lIacon (via Cordele), Sa-
 vannah and points East. q:66pm (Via Western Railway
 and Atlanta.) e:f5am For Raleigh, Norfolk, OldI 3:20Gm Point Comfort Petersburg,1 Richmond. Wasnington, Baltimore. New York anal Iall points East. PuIlmanl Sleeper Atlanta to NeP- folk and New York. Dining lear service noon train l:sopmi from Atlanta. s:sopu s;sOpm Union Springs. Ala. anal points on SeaboaFd be- tween Montgomery and Tt Davis. Solid train for Union Springs: O chanEel
 of cars. 7.ASarn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-30

to the contents of a flour barrel when
 heaped as our corn Is usually heaped. II J. F. D.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29
The Change of a word.

You wouldn't think there'd be enough difference between the definite and the indefinite article to matter much. would youi" said a woman who writes for a living. T made a lifelong enemy of wtman once just by writ ing the where I meant 'a.' It was an account of her wedding was doing. l said something about the ceremony be- ing performed at the home of the brides aunt. and then added that there were present only the few friends of the family The bride never got over that the in front of few. It happened five years ago. and when my name is mentioned she still froths at the mouth. h."-Washington Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29
THE IRISH PEASANT.
His Hospitality Ia Only Equaled by
 His Courtesy.

Hrs Hoepitalty Is OnIy kQ0oie0 "
 His Courtesy.
 The especial characteristic of the Irish peasants. according to Frank Mathew, in Ireland" is an old fash toned courtesy. They are all sure. he asserts. that they are descended from chiefs. and their manners are ruled ac- cordingly.
 Take shelter in any hut on the noun tains. and you will be greeted as if its inmates had been longing to see you. This will not be due 10 the fact that you seem prosperous; indeed. you would be even more graciously wei comed if you were in rags. Nor is their courtesy only exhibited when they arc hosts. Once when was exploring the Burren of Clare a ragged old woman seated by the wayside accosted my equally ragged driver. Excuse me. sir" she said. but did you happen so meet a loaf on the road?" Deed then. ma'am.- said he. lowing respectfully. ''snd I'ur sorry l did not" Who was she:- asked him when we had driven out of her hearing Deed then. and don't know" said he. "'Tis some poor soul that has lost her loaf and win be goin' to bed hungry tonight" On sn- other occasion an aged man. clad in knee brooches and a swallowtail coat. addressed me as was climbing path fin Connema-a. T am thinkin'. sir" said he. that you are Mfr. John Blake" "weil. sir" said I. you are thinking wrong Well. sir" be answered sol emnly. ''says I to myself as saw you come up the side. that is Mir. John Blake. and If 'tis not. says to myself. 'tis a fine upsthandin' young man he is. whoever he is" Now 1 am convinced that he knew I was a stranger, but was not that 6 charming way to suggest that should sit beside him on the low ferny wall and discuss the ways of the world,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29

has been known as reformer and a liberal. But 1t must not be supposed from this that he is favorable to a democratic form of government Quite the contrary He Is a stickler for the autocracy. But he does favor honesty and straightforward methods. and that is much. at least in Rnssia.
 Serge Yulevitch de witte Is the son of a merchant of Dutch extraction liv- ing in the Caucasus. He was educat- cd In Russian university. graduating from the engineering course He then got a position as an assistant station master on private railway. When troops were being shipped to the front during the war with Turkey he was temporarily in charge of the station. Seeing that orders from headquarters meant fatal results. be disObeyed them and substituted a system that be had thought out for himself. older men stood aghast. for they thought that the insubon'iination meant exile 10 Siberia. But the move succeeded. and instead 1t brought about the rapid promotion of the daring young rebel against the inefficient bureaucracy. In few years De witte was minister of railways. where he organized the roads ss they had not been organized before and built thousands of miles of new lines. Al a later stage by the way. the Trans siberian railroad came into being through his powerful advocacy Be ing promoted to finance minister. he instituted such vigorous reforms that he vss soon placed st the head of the cabinet Here he ruled with sn su- dacity and a genius that hsd not teen seen in Russia for years
 In manner this greatest of Russian statesmen is grur almost to hsrshness. But he is frank and honest and so de voted to Russia that much is forgivez him He is large us1- tall and mus cuisr. with q fire. high forehead and q strong face While 6 master of dip omssic intrigue. he frequently loses his temper. and his wrath errlcies with q force to make vesker men ousH before him
 Iu-zro Kcr1ura- while not so vel known ss the head cr th. Russian commission. is hi7-eif a master os
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29

works and schemes much and talks lit tie. He is a good listener. however. One of the American papers cartooned him as having paddock on his mouth and both hands hollowed out behind his ears. Takahira. though so quiet, is . wit upon occasion. When asked why President Roosevelt had suddenly stop ped taking jiu jitsu lessons. he said hs did not know, but probably it was b. cause Cassini. the Russian ambassador, regarded it as a breach of neutrality.
 Negotiations In French. In addition to these four interesting commissioners there will be large number of attaches, secretaries. inter. preters and other attendants. There is considerable red tape about peace treaty. as in other affairs diplomatic, and 1t requires Q large number of peo. ple to take care of it. All the com. missioners except De Witte speak English like natives, but the peace ne gotiations will he carried on in French, of which all of them are masters.
 It is a momentous conference. this one on our northeastern coast It will rearrange the geography of the ia. east and settle the control of that sec ton for generations to come.
 J. A. EDGERTON.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29

boiled. uriea ..s., preserved. 10 be eaten as occasion requires. The young shoots or crowns of these plants are also roasted and eaten. Seeds of the Artc- misia .tridentata or wormwood and the Atriplex lentiformis are pulverized and eaten. Pine nuts form a very impor- tant item of food with many of the tribes in the wooded section of the country, and acorns furnish other tribes with large part of their living. There are other herbs which are uti- lized by the Indians as food. Indeed. there are few plants which are not capable of being rendered edible in some manner. There are. however, oth- CT things besides plants which are made to satisfy the pangs of hunger In the animal kingdom are a number of varieties of creatures. not classed in the game list of the white man. which minister to the appetites and needs of the red man.
 There are in the southwest. particu- larly in California. bodies of bitter. poisonous waters known as borncic lakes. Owens lake. twenty miles long. Is of this class. IL is yaritable Dead sea. and. like the sea of that name and
 its counterpart. the Great Salt lake of Utah. its heavy. brackish waters do
 not support fish or marine life.
 At certain seasons of the year the waters of these boracic lakes abound | in white grubs known 10 the Indians of that region as ''koochabee." These gribs are the larvae of two winged | fy. the Ephydra californica. So plen- tiful are these grubs in their season
 they line the shores of the lake to . depth of several inches. where the
 waves cast them up from their watery incubator. The Indians at this season
 of the year camp upon the shores of
 the lake. gather this peculiar harvest and dry if in the sun Later the grrb<
 are ground in stone ulortars into fine powder. and from this insect meal
 they bake a bread which is highly
 prized-
 There are a number of other insects lizards. reptiles and the like-vhich are
 used as food by different tribes. The
 chuckavalia. a lizard somewhat re
 sembling the GiIa monster. is com mon article of food with Lower Cali fornia Indians and with some of the
 tribes north of the line. It may not be the most inviting If foois-some of the
 insect and reptiIicn foods are far from
 paIatsbIe-but the Indian is not in
 eiined to quarrel with snrthing which
 stops the xnsvfnz beneath his belt
 and be evidently believes thst mot | inst which soets into the mouth de l fIefb the nan.-Los Angeles Tines.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29

ings of the commission be held. Here is located the government navy yard, from which many of the old time fight ing vessels were launched. Near here also gre many summer resort hotels and an Atlantic cable station. besides other conveniences. In one of the ho- tels. the commodious Wentworth, the peace envoys and their suits will be quartered. They will be the guests of Judge Calvin Page of Portsmouth. who will have the privilege of paying all bills for their entertainment. The meet. ings will be held in the new equipment building at the Portsmouth navy yard. which is situated on an island in the mouth of the Piscataqua river. which stream forms the boundary line be tween New Hampshire and Maine. The second floor Of this building has large room for bookkeepers. with ante chambers attached. and in this room the commission is to sit To insure it's privacy a detachment of United States marines will be placed on guard. and no one not entitled to do so will be permitted fo land on the island. The peace envoys and their attendants will travel from the hotel fo the island on the presidents yacht. the Msyfower. assigned to their use If bunch of peace commissioners. lodged in a com moiious hotel like the Wentworth. with some one else paying the freight. given a pleasant ocean trip each day. meet ing on an island fronting the beautiful and aristecrstic city of Portsmouth. with the odorous pines of Maine and New HsHl,shire surrounding them and cooie,l hy the mid summer climate of the north Atlantic sho-e-if a commis- sion so circunstsnced cannot get to gether and reach an amicsble under standing. then there Is 10 hope for the final reign of peace on this troubled old earth
 Thomas Bailey AIdrich. in an mimi table description of Poremouth. of it's historic atmosphere and the spirit Of the place. called it -Rivermcuth.- This. the only port cf New Hzmp>hire- has a natural hsrpor. a fine quiet strip of water lvine among the Ner Hampshire hiI's IL is q verr cd town Here the cclcHiai snd early state gov
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29
TRUE WAY TO MAKE TEA.
Science Which Includes Many Mys
 terfes In the Brew.

A Science Which Includes Many Mys-
 teries In the Brew.
 Luwuh, poet. saw in the tea serv- ice the same harmony and order which reigned through all things. In his eel ebrated work, the "Cha-king" C'The Holy Scripture of Tea'). he formulated the code of tea. He has since been worshiped as the tutelary god of the Chinese tea merchants.
 Tn the fifth chapter Luwuh describes the method of making tea. He dwells on the much discussed question of the choice of water and the degree of boil ing it. According to him, the noun tain spring is the best; the river water and the spring water come next in the order of excellence. There are three stages of boiling. The first boil Is when the little bubbles like the eyes of fishes swim on the surface. The second boil is when the bubbles are like crystal beads rolling in fountain. The third boil is when the pillows surge wildly in the kettle. The cake tea is roasted before the fire until it becomes soft like a baby's arm and Is shredded into powder between pieces of fine paper. Salt is put In the first boil, the tea in the second. At the third boil dipperful of cold water Is poured into the kettle to settle the tea and revive the youth of the wa ter" Then the beverase was poured into cups and drunk. Oh. nectar. The filmy leafet hung like scaly clouds in i a serene sky or foated like water lilies on emerald stems.-International Quar- | Soriy
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29
DESERT BILL OF FARE
lOuRCeS FROM WHICH THE INDIAN
 SUPPLIES HIS HARDER.

some of the Things Eaten, Especial.
 ly the Insect and Reptilian Foods
 Are Not Only Not Inviting. hut Are
 Not Even Palatable.
 About some of the Indian villages of the west are to be seen small patches of maize or a few tiny melon patches. but these cultivated areas are of little account as compared with the number of persons t0 be fed. These. too. are exceptions rather than the rule. a majority of the towns having no such cultivated fields.
 In the various parts of the arid re zion which shelters so great a portion of our barbarian population Is found a tree remarkable for certain proper ties. The botanical name of this plant is Prosopis julifora. It is popularly known as the algaroba, or honey mes quite This tree thrives with little moisture. grows. with thick, bushy top. to a height of twenty to forty feet af- foris shelter from the wind and sun. and, best of all In the sight of the hun gry natives. it yields abundant crops of fruit known as mesquite beans. The slim green pods hang .n clusters from the tips of the boughs. often bending the branches nearly to break ing. so abundant do they grow. The pods, which are six or seven inches long. are pulpy. juicy. fairly palatable and nourishins.
 These beans are gathered. dried and stored in the peculiar granaries of the , Indians-huge baskets holding several bushels each-and are pulverized when wanted for food in wooden or stone morars. and the meal thus formed Is soaked in water and eaten without fur ther preparation or 1t is baked into a sort of unieavened bread. IL is the principal and favorite food of several tribes
 The screw bean is another food prod uct. less plentiful. but even more high Iy prized because of it's sugary quail ties. This fruit is often eaten as pluck cd from the tree. It ripens the latter part of June or in July. little later than the mesquite bean
 In some of the mountain sections the Prunus andersonii- or chami<b- is found in abundance The pits of this fruit are pounded in mo--ars. and the meal is then eaten There are many varieties of the cactus fruit which are utilized for food the fruit of the Opun- tia tuna or prickiy pear being a notable exampie
 The dead loco veed. the pest of the esffiemen- is a fsvo-ife with see In di.ns. for the yellow pods If the plant when pulverixed serve as spice to ren- 6er spue of the otherwise insipid dish e palzfabIe-
 The rpofs of the cancer root ar. rosssed over live coals. and whe7 yours. s1cculent and rorrsshinx are prsne favorites with the red ePiu rean1-
 uvsw. se the yseea a.d asnve srs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29

RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE PEACE ESyoTs. governors. Baron Ro.en practically started his diplomatic career in Japan. having been an sttache of the legation there in the early days Though seem- ingIy 6 sad eyed and pensive youth. he had been known as q high roller in St. Petersburg. and he lived up 10 that rep utstion in a quiet way at Tokyo. He was giving all sorts of social entertain nents to the Japanese when other for eign diplomats held aloOf As result he got on such good terms with the lit- tIe brown officials that he vbe-iled them out of the island of Sakhslin- Ii iS one of the ironies Of fate that the baron will now h-e called upon to re cede this island to the Japanese as one of the fruits cf the present war IL is related of Rosen that he got on such god terms with the Japanese states men in those cd days that be ordered a complete outfit from Paris for one os thesr wives She. DOT. in7oceHi soui. not knowing how -o don the co< tune. ros the ne1her garments outside the dress. with an elect more sensz tj1,sI rhsn conventjo1zL r. was Bsro- Ro~en. by the us-. vho vss minister st Iokya before the ogtb->sk ~ the var Despite the Ic-s sf sekhzs, sns the present 1-piesssr-ne>s. the es1isi ba-cr is l-ve< i1 Japan
 Kosuro Tskshirs s the ozIv plain mister f1 the b11rh Even Ds Wits hs oour-- Thzt s the vsr he rut th< =Se- fr hfs r4ne Tek.hirs tocks pere<kizs Eke Rsdysrd KiFlnx-h [ ssu.-.- chuzky so-s of usr- ~to < bzsn>-e frou the verd p whs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29
PERRY'o MISSION TO JAPAN.
Friendshfp and Trade Were What
 He Went to Secure


 Friendship and Trade Were What
 He Went to Secure.
 The letter which Commodore Perry bore from our government to the mi kado asked for mutual treaty. The original instrument was drafted in May, 1851. by Daniel Webster, then secretary of state, and was signed by President Fillmore. There it rested. In November, 1852. Mir. Webster's sue cessor, Edward Everett. fished 1t out of the departmental pigeonholes. took 1t to pieces and refashioned it. Three copies were prepared and were splen- didly engrossed in English, Dutch and Chinese. These were inclosed together in sumptuous gold case, and to make the whole presentment still more inn pressive to the Japanese mind the gold case was enshrined in a coffer of rose wood.
 The document intrusted to Commo- dore Perry asked of the Japanese court two things, friendship and de-frst and foremost. friendship. for the safe ty of our seamen. Many a haplees crew had been driven into their ports by storm or wrecked on their rocky coast, escaping the perils of the deep only to be welcomed by those truculent islanders to a dungeon or a cage on shore. This wrong must be stopped at all hazards. And if. in addition, we could persuade Japan to enter into friendly relations of trade the two countries by mutual interchange of productions might each promote it's own prosperity and the welfare of the other. It was thought that orientals might see that as well as Yankees. In the end they did. But it cannot be said that Japan any more than an oyster ever really yearned to be "opened. d."-Century.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29
BORROWED PLUMES.
How an American Became . Man =
 Mark In Russia.

How an American Became . Ma. se
 Mark In Russis.
 Andrew D. Whites first diplomatic experience was ss an attache at St Petersburg at the time of the Crimean war. The war brought 10 RuHia many American adventures. 'One man who came out with superb plans.- Mr. White says. brought a militia coloners commission and the full uni- form of a major general. At first he hesitated to clothe himself in all his giory. and therefore went through c process If evolution. beginning frst with part Of bis uniform. and then adding more as his cOursee rc~e
 During this process be became fhe standing joke of St Petersburg. but later. when he had emerged in full snd final splendor. he becsm. . man of marx: indeed. so much so that serious difficulties arose Throughout the city are vsrsogs so-T,s de Esrde. snd the sentinel on ssry before esch of tb>se. while allowed merely to present arDs to an oRcer If iover rank- muse whenever hs cstche< sizht of a geA- e-sI o<fcer. czu out the entire guarp to present s-uss. vfth the beating of drums
 -Here our American was . source of Hsch di1scslty. for whenever any sen- S-ei ea1eht sizst os bis eUrUeso epzuie-s in = distance the esard vns instantly czTle- s-us vers preuesee1 esd dru1s b>.te1. uDch so tbe c. Hxhs ef CIT frirrd- bst s~en DoFe O the di.ru<e os fh< eese-sh sf 1e n0- ssxn army ,nd to she sruspa v1s 0U render-d sbeurd kc1aee an1 foun1 th>ueei-es taking paft b e1oe011D ne a b=t cf c1ujc -Mx1umm
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29
Nearing Crssi..

Jackson fwhose financial credit is eone,-I tell you. Witherbee. we are on the verge of.a financial panic. witherbee-Pshaw, What makes you think that; Jackson lconfidentiallyl- Well. sir, Bagley and Roberts used to lend me small sums a year ago. but when I go to them nowadays for five or ten pounds they tell me frankly that they haven't got it. Bagley and Roberts are two of our best business men. too. I tell you. sir. we're going to have 6 panic.-London Express.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29
IndiGerSnce.

Indifference may not wreck the mans life at any one turn. but 1t will destroy him with a kind of dry rot in the long run. To keep your mind al ready made up is to be dull and fcs- siliferous: not to be able to make it up at all is to be watery and supine.- Bliss Carman's Friendship Of Art"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29

ernors used to live and here many of them are buried. It was here also that one of the governors, an irascible but popular old widower-popular for the large share of human nature that was in him-married one of the poor girls of the town who was serving as a maid in his household Such a nine days wonder and food for gossip was this escapade that it still juts out of the history of the town like hill out of a plain. There are many Revolu- tionary houses yet standing in Ports mouth and many other fine old places built in the early days of the repub- lie. Here Washington stopped, for was not his private secretary. Tobias Lear, citizen of the town? Here also Daniel Webster lived during four years of his early life. and the Web ster house is still pointed out as one of the landmarks of the city by the sea. It ia even probable that the youth who was afterward 10 become the "godlike Daniel'' dreamed of future greatness among these hills. It is not walked up and down the beach. rum bling orations with his mouth full of pebbles. Perhaps the Websterian voice did not need this sort of training. At any rate, the Yankee Demosthenes held very lively and affectionate mem ories of Portsmouth and the New Hampshire hills.
 But it was not alone for historic as sociations that the peace commission was sent to Portsmouth. Washington. for the matter of that. has all the his toric background needeT as setting for the affair; but. then, Washington also has quality not so desirable heat. The heat of the Capital City in August-but why add to the burdens of an already perspiring public by de scriptions of this sort? Suffice It to say that Washington in dog days is much too hot for human beings, espe cially for human beings from as near the north pole as St Petersburg, to endure.
 The personnel of the commission Is quite as interesting as its surround lngs. De Witte. Rosen. Komura, Taka- hira, These are names with which to conjure in the respective realms of the czar and the mikado. They are all dip- lomats of the most persuasive order and statesmen of long standing. be- sides being counts. barons and what not.
 StickIer For the Autocraey.
 De Witte-Russians call 1t Day Wit tay, by the way, and Englishmen call 1t most anything-is the best known on the list There have been times that he was the most powerful man in Rus sia. But he opposed the grating of the grand dukes and that precious cabal humilated him. He also opposed the present war. fact that makes him naprior ur,th tho yapapoeo no Uifto
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-29
All Are Diplomats of the Most Persuasive Order and Re. nOwned Statesmen of
 Long Standing.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire's Aristo. cratic City by the Sea, Where Meet. ings of the Commission Will Be
 Held, Is Noted For His.
 toric Associations.

i" HE meeting of peace commis-
 sion on American soil is new
 thing. It bears out what the
 Brazilian ambassador said the other day-that the United States is growing taller among the nations every year. Aside from the humanitarian in- terest involved, the fact that Russia and Japan are to settle their differences here and that they meet to do so at the initiative of the American president is a distinct feather in our diplomatic cap. Perhaps 1t is not quite becoming to boast of thing like that, but we Americans have such habit of pat ting ourselves on the backs that no especial resentment can be felt at our doing so in this instance.