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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

PfiOted past things heoutline, he TO-
 really likes. piled. Look at thls chair! Nine women out of ten will come In here and rave over 1t
 Tt is lovely" I declared. What Is the matter with it7'
 Matter with it," he snorted. Don't you see how the arms como forward and imprison mans elbows? That may be a graceful curve in the wood. but 1t Is a confounded uncomfortable one when man wants to sprawl. and, let me tell you one thing he added. when man sits down in an armchair he wants to sprawl and go all to pieces. That's his idea of comfort Now here's a chair that's beauty. a regular jim dandy
 My dear friends, wish you could have seen that chair! It was sloppy and clumsy beyond words It had arms like counters and legs like posts and a back that stuck out so that you never could get 1t within haiiing distance of the wall.
 I thought of our humble little apart ment and of a man caller filling up the room in that.
 T think there is only one place where a man can be really comfortable in New York. then" ventured politely, "and that's out of doors where there is plenty of roon,.' After which I purchased darling little three cornered chair mark ed down to $5,98, rose cushion and all. don't care if no one sits in it. 1t matches the portfers. and it looks well. Any way. am going to give it to my self as Christmas present So there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

"Christmas time again." sighed my friend as she recklessiy tossed her new hat on the divan, and because ! have to buy so many presents l mus, postpone having new dress unt,l nearly February! Oh. you needn't LOOK shocked" she went on. T know Christmas is a beautiful holiday, ana we ought to open up ou1 hearts anu a.' that sort of thing, buttI live in an apartment hotel, and it's a case Of open up my purse and go without necessi- ties myself as a result. First there are the two elevator men to be remem- hered. and then the night and the day
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
WHY KIDNEY DISEASE
 IS DANGEROUS.
Neglect of the First Warning Symp- toms Is the Prime Cause of so Many Deaths from the Dreaded
 Brlght's Disease.
1t Is Easily carabIe in the Early Stages,

Kidney diseases are so destructive to human life because they do not manifest alarming symptoms until the constitu' ton is seriously weakened and the strength exhausted. Then, too often, the remedies employed by many physi. clans are of indifferent or doubtful value, and the patient rapidly sinks under the disease. The wisest course is to apply q reliable kidney and liver remedy on the first atpearanee of the symptoms. A little uneasiness in the small of the back, digestive troubles, bowel irregularities and disorder in the urinary organs are matters of small moment in the estima- ton of strong men and women, yet they have serious meaning. They show clearly that the kidneys are suffering and need help, which must be forth coming at once to prevent serious, per- haps fatal consequences. A few doses of Prickly Ash Bitters at this time would prove of incalculable value in restoring the weakened organs to health. An investment of one dollar in. a bottle of Prick1y Ash Bitters when the disease is yet in the early stage will save hundreds of dollars in doctors bills, besides the suffering that would surely follow should the disease be allowed to fasten itself in the body. The excellent curative power of Prickly Ash Bitters Is not confined to the first stages of kidney disease. It is equally efficacious in severe or chronic cases. Physicians have used it as last resort, in cases that defed their best efforts, with the most brilliant results, and it has shown its superiority over the many so-called kidney cures, now being loudly advertised, in instances innu. merablc.
 Accept no substitute. Insist oil having
 the genuine Prickly Ash Bitters with the
 large figure in red OH the front label.
 Sold at Drug Stores. Si.OO per bottle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

Der of hairdressing establishment, vii, Marcel your hair for 50 cents. and if i Is done deep enough and not rirht aft, it is shampooed the wave will last sr at least five or six days. If your lock are of such a rebellious nature finn they will persist in standing out in n, directions, why. try little briiliantin poured into the hollow of the hand an. rubbed over the hairbrush. It will work wonders.
 I really think the difference betweer a we'll dressed woman and one who is not does not lie so much in her clothes as in the careful way her hair is brushed up and combed smooth and the angle at which her hat Is worn. The hat should be pulled wei over the face and not a hair should be out of place In the coiffure.
 How She Manages It.
 T have to laugh" confided furni- ture dealer to me, when a woman comes in to choose furniture for her husbands den. She gets it all picked out, and then she drags the poor man in under the delusion that he Is to, pick out his own belongings. Is he allowed to do It? Not much! He Is piloted past things he really likes to things she
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
The Real Mission of Christmas.
GIVE YOUR STOMACH, s,.s
 A NICE VACA TON.
Dont Do it by Starving it Either--Let
 suhatitute Do the Work

rho old adage. All work and no n1ay makes Jack a dull boy, applies iuat as well to the stomach, one or the most important organs Of the nu- man system, as 1t does to the man hiih- self.
 If your stomach is worn out ana re- bels against being 'axed beyond US limit. the only sensible thing you can do is to give ta rest. Employ a. sup stitute for. a short time and see if IL will not more than repay you in results
 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are will ing and most efficient substitute. They themselves digest every bit or 1000 Tn the stomach in just tho same way that tbe stomach itself would, were 1t well. They contain all the essential elements that the gastric juice and other diges- five fluids of the stomach contain and actually act just the same and do just the same work as the natural fluids would do, were the stomach well and sound. They. therefore, relieve the stomach, just as one workman relieves another, and permit 1t to rest and re- cuperate and regain its norhdi Heaitn and strength.
 This vacation" idea was suggested bv the letter of a prominent lawyer in Chicago. Read what he says: T was engaged in the most momentous undertaking of my life in bringing about the coalition of certain great in- terests that meant much to me as well as my clients. It was not the work of days. but of months; was working night and day almost when at very critical time my stomach went conn nleteIv hack on me The undue mental strain brought 1t about and hurried up what would have happened later on.
 What I ate I had to literally force down and that was a source of misery, as I had a sour stomach much of the time. My head ached. I was sluggish and began to lose my ambition to carry out my undertaking. It looked pretty gloomy for me and confded my plight to one of my clients He had been cured by Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and at once went down to drug store and brought a box up to the ofice.
 "I had not taken a quarter of that box before I fould that they would do all the work my stomach ever did: and as a rest of vacation was out of the uu astion for me. I determined to awe my stomach a vacation. kept right on taking the tablets and braced up and went ahead with my work with renewed vigor, ate just so much as [ ever did and carried out that under taking to a successful issue. I feel that have stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to thank for saving me the handsomest fee I ever received as we'll as my repu- tation and last but not least my stom- ach."
 stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are for sale by all druggists at 50 cents a box.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Commissioners Sale.

No. 311e.
 salIIa A. Knott. Complainant. vs Samuel c.
 Oliver. ct als. Respondents. In the City
 Court of Montgomery in Equity
 Under and in pursuance of the decree and order Of sale in the above stated cause rem. dered by the Honorable. the City Court of Montgomery in Equity. Alabama. at the oc- tober Term 1905. to-wit. on the 9th day of November 1905. and filed and entered on the Minutes of said Court on the said 9th jay of November. 1905. shall on the 9th day of January 1908 proceed to sell at the Court Square Fountain, in the City of Montgomery. Alabama, at pubic outcry for cash: 10 the described real esta'~ situated in the County of Montgomery. State of Alabama. that is The northeast quarter of section sIxtee n Township sixteen Rapge eighteen in Mont Rornery County. Alabama. containing one hundred and sixty acres more or less.
 Said sale being made for the purpose of division among the joint owners of said land -,. -, = the south. Highland Park on west. and is crossed by tho streAS car line.
 THOMAS w OLIVER. usd-4gi-zun-tf ComrnIazinna1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

were studying. or the teacher to whom you recited. or the color of a flower upon your desk. Certain dates in my mind are associated with red and oth- CTS with yellow.
 You may connect an occurrence and a place In the same way. If your memory ts not retentive as to rules and phrases, learn a certain number of them by heart every day. If you had been girl when was, you would have fastened in your memory as nails are fastened in a sure place, all the rules and notes and exceptions in the grammar, of one learned GooId Brown, whose very name is dear to me to this day. How many summer hours. and winter ones, too, spent over Mir. Browns 1eather-covered vol ume. We girls were obliged to repeat all the rules in grammar and arithme- tic precisely as they were put down in the book, and we did 1t
 The dullest girl did 1t. and so did the brighest. Absolute accuracy in repeating the text was required of everyone. Then we recited long pas eages from Sowper's Task, Poe's Els. say on Man and Miltons Paradise Lost. We learned pages and pages of history. reciting exactly the words of the book. Very few of us had occasion to complain of poor memories, because our memories were very much like soldiers on drill or day laborers dig ging ditches. We had certain amount to help us.
 I recommend as a good exercise for you some study of current events. Each morning read the daily paper. See what Is happening in k . ope, in Asia and in America. After you have finished reading the paper. take a blank book and write down in order and in your own words the gist of what you have read. This will aid not your verbal memory, but what I may call your picture memory. Do this every day for 365 days, and you will discover that your memory is quite as trustworthy as that or anybody else in the circle of your friends.
 Another things that you may do is in another line. Memorize poetry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Montgomery Proof.

Peter Hauck. driver of hose cart Ne 1. Montgomery Fire Department. and residing at s15 Jefferson Street. says: My wife. my son and myself have used Doan's Kidney Pills at different times. and from the results we have found ip their use. know that they are an effec- tive kidney remedy. Mrs. Hauek had more or less pain in her back and through her loins She sent to E. A Fowler's drug store. 10 Dexter Ave- nue. and got a box of Dcan's Kidney Pills. She used them for only short time before the pain was gone. My son took them for backache and found the same relief. They did me world of good in my case.S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
THE GIRL WITH GOOD MEMORY
CULTIVATE CONCENTRATION ACQUIRE GO0OD MEM0RIES-A coon MEMORY NAMES AND HELPER-ASsOCIATING 4

thing at time and think of that with all your might. If the object of the moment is lesson in geography or date in history or a proposition In geometry, think of that and think Of nothing else till you have mastered II. Never mind about Virsinia's hat or Blanche's new dress or the fetch ing way in which EvangeIine is doing up her hair. Never mind the teach CTS mood of the day: whether she is cross or agreeable is no affair of yours. The thing you have to do is to get hold of that date. that boundary or that proposition.
 If you are taking music lessons. cultivate a musical memory. This. too, depends almost entirely on con centration and attention. It depends somewhat, but not wholly, upon the ear, but if girl chooses she may learn by heart some of the pieces she can play and then when a tired father asks to be entertained in the evening, or she goes to visit Aunt Fanny, she IS not obliged to carry her music with her; 1t should be in her brain and at her finger tips.
 A good memory for faces and names VIII make you very popular in society when you are older. Memory of this kind IS cultivated by princes and royal folk in general It is always A com pliment to be remembered. and there is something very like a dash of cold
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
HELP THE KIDNEYS.

stones. and. in time. Bright's disease, diabetes, or apoplexy.
 It is plain. therefore. that in order to keep we'll one must keep the kidneys well, and instant attention must be given to the early warnings of Kid" ny complaint. such as backache. lam guor. and irregular passages of the urine.
 Take exercise, eat plain food, and plenty of 1t, do not over-indulge in stimulating or spirituous drinks. and,
 above all. use a medicine that acts directly on the kidneys-a kidney specific and tonic. For this purpose
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Tl,e (sentIewoYnap.

A certain beautiful and gracious wO- man is the admiration of all the school girls in her town Even girls of q
 -rr..h are ready to declare there is nobody like her.
 why do you take such pleasure In herr" an older lady curiously asked of a plain and rather awkward girl who was especially given to the prevailing fascination.
 why" said she, at loss for mo- ment. 1t isn't because she's 50 lovely or so nice. It's because when I'm talk ing with her she makes me feel just as lovely and nice as she IS.
 certain young lady who gave a good deal of time to ''settlement@ work was a particular favorite with all the children.
 why do you love Miss Mary soT' somebody asked devoted little boy.
 T like her" he said. because she looks as though she didn't see tbs holes in my shoes."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

pink belt. and my waist was blue. Well she didn't mind at all when I changed it for the right color. So many women would have been silly about it."
 There is something in that, too, and speaking of not giving the right thing why give the maids aprons or material for a kitchen dress or something that will remind her of her life of drudgeryi Why not give her dollar or two tc spend exactly as she pleases. even to buy something utterly foolish and ex- travagant? Put yourself in her place Wouldn't little money to spend es you pleased make you feel more like holi- day?
 Lots of thoughtful. kind-hearted wo- men make this mistake.
 The Head of the Household.
 When, you have been married as long as have" remarked a married woman to blushing young bride who
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

water in the face when one expects to be remembered and finds herself for gotten.
 Now that I have said this, let me advise girls to discriminate between what their memories should carry by sheer force of determination and what they may safely trust to a memorau- dunn. It is not at all needful that you bear in your memory the streets and numbers, the townships and counties of all your acquaintances. Commit these particulars to an address book. A pad and pencil may very properly assist you in keeping the record of the days or the weeks engagements. When once you have written a thing down and know that you can put your hand on 1t at a moments notice.. you need not try to remember 1t as well. The memorandum is suricient.
 There are girls who never seem able to remember their lessons, or to re- member appointments thy ought to keep. who still have what I call the wrong kind of memory.
 If anybody has ever treated them meanly or done something unkind or said something they did not like, they are sure to remember that. have heard people boast that they never for got an injury. Let me remind you. girls, that there is nothing noble in cherishing a grudge The thing to do when anyone has wronged us. is as soon as we can. to forgive and forget. We do not forgive unless we forget, and the more complete is our forgive ness the better we are and the more allied to the Divine.
 If Dorothy. conscious of a treach- erous memory, is in downright ear- nest. she may without much difficulty change it for a good one The way to do Is to be very firm and stern with your memory, compelling it to obey you. I do not believe very much in tricks and rhymes and systems for strengthening memory. You may, if you choose. try what you can do by association. For instance. fix date in your mind by remembering some thing about the room in which you
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
THE 
MONTGOMERY ADVERTISERS NEW IMPERIAL
 MULTl.COLORED Maps of Alabama UNITED STATES
 AND HE WORLD

An absolutely new departure from ali previoNs styles of map making. t8y . new process Tho Advertiser Map has been en- grnved to show the names of every county. river, railroad, town and city In the Stafe, In white on black enameied back ground. In addition 1 sshOwn township lines and range and township Munber~. which will enable you to And the ioca- Etate. Distances are given be- tween Btctions On all lines of railroads, population Is given at name of town, county seats are located by picture of ~Ourt hoube In esSlors.
 It also gives the 1904 election retnrns by counties of alI votes east for state officials, eOn- Kressmens and Preident. The census by counties, showing in- crease aud decreuse of popula- sI0n: with apprOxi@ate crop yield for cereals by eOun- NtCBp atCAt NsCse GeCs
 And this Is not aIls On the reverse side aFC> two maps-tho world and the United States, making this map . most eOnve- nieut and us. Rul reference aid to the business man, the lave yer, teacher, doctor or any Oth- CT intelligent citizen. Every 0mce, library, school room and home should have one of these exceIleBt maps. It Ia a pre- sniEm worth having. En fact, 1t hes not a rival in the premium wor q, and yet tt fs 0ReRed on . special arrangement we are able 10 make our readers this 0ffcF. The Daily Advertiser for 6 months and one of the new Imperial NuIti-ColOrsd Maps of AIab0ma sent prepaid to your address upon receipt of e3.90. You cam afford to miss this 0pr Ortunity If yea appreciate & good thing thar might net last very long yOu will send for the map sad paper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
'Bless me, we change"

sat next to me at a reception recently. you will cease to believe that the hus- band is the head of the household"
 The little bride looked properly hor- TOT stricken.
 "As. ycs,' sighed the married wo- man reminiscently. T know. my dear; We all begin that way. but bless me, we change. A man run household is a poor sort of place, and you can size 1t up at the first glance The wife is usually colorless individual who quotes John at every second word and doesn't dare to proceed to do anything without his permission. The children pay no attention to her orders, and the servants--quick to see who is who in that house-obey in any old way, re- serving their best efforts for the time the real head of the house is at home'
 But, my goodness" lisped the little bride, isn't it great deal worse the other way around, with henpecked man and"-- ses
 My dear. if the man appears hem pecked it's bad piece of work on the wife's part; that's all. When l speak of a household managed by the wife I don't mean that she shall be a shrewish individual who nags him morning, noon and night, or that she shall wear the trousers loudly and biatantiy. Far from 1t! A wife managed household at It's best Is model Of quiet and ef- fectiveness and everything runs on wheels. The man is not aware that he Is managed. but Is for all that The woman receives her set allowance and runs things on that in a strictly busi- nesslike basis, and she is respected not only by the servants and her children but by her husband as well. which, am sorry to say, is never the case when man runs things. No. my dear. you'll live to find out. It Is the only way. A man knows about business He is good to go out and work and hustle about. but when it comes to home manage ment and expenditure 1t is the woman who is the better judge in nine cases out of ten. The sooner she finds that out the better for her and, although he may not know 1t, the better for him. The woman who has to go to her hus- band for every cent and ask his per-, mission to breathe, not only is doing no good. but she Is doing absolute harm both to her character and to his."
 Well, whether that is cynicism or not, there is something in it. Some wives make the mistake of thinking that the pretense of having no brains and of having to borrow their husbands when they need any is going to appeal to him forever. It does for about three months after the beginning of welded bliss. Then comes the reaction, and one fine day madam wakes up to find that her husband has no respect whatever for her ability or her mental powers and that be intends to rule her henceforth as if she were child or an imbecile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

telephone opera
 tors and the bell
 boys and the housekeeper and the chambermaid.
 Then the clerk
 ought to be- given . box of cigars by my husband or else vur mall is apt to go as- | tray. and, then. mind you. after all that, the en- l tire force Is more
 than likely to 1 take its leave on the day after D Christmas to re-
 appear at some
 other apartment
 house in time for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

this remedy Is proved . cure for back ache, and all kidney and urinary Ills. Its action Is mild and Strengthening and 1t can be taken by young or old.
 weak or strong, without the slightest harmful effect. The best proof we can offer Is testimony of residents of our own city. perhaps your own neighborA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

likes. The sales man. knowing he will miss his sale if he doesn't stand in with madam, does so. and so poor hub by gets a lot of fancy gimcracks her couldn't be comfortable in if he tried ever so hard"
 Why is 1t they say no wo- man Is compe- tent to pick out an easy chair !" | asked. Be- cause she Is car ried away by the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
A Luncheon Competition.

In these days of carelessness Of household duties it seems almost old fashioned to hear of a luncheon club formed recently here in New York.
 It meets once a week at the home of each member in turn. The object is to compete for prizes for the best lunches served within given price. The first competition was for lunches not cost ing more than 25 cents. You would have been surprised if you could have seen the variety offered by the six con- testants. The next competition was a little more elaborate. and so forth and so on. It was proved that really elabo- rate results could be obtained with the expenditure of only moderate sum of money, if to that was joined a good knowledge of cooking and of mar keting to advantage.
 It Is safe to say that by the end of the season the six members of the club will be expert caterers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
The Chief GIory of yNomau.

The Chief Glory of Woman.
 There doesn't seem to be the slightest excuse for the girl who goes around with her hair all ''blowy" and all short ends. Fashion certainly decrees sleek ness just now. If your hair is not nat urally curly there are pins in abun- dance to make 1t so. besides any num-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

Aunt--Yes, Johnny. Santa Claus brought you a baby brother. Johnny Great Scott! Another present that ain'f any use.--Harper's Bazar.
 Mir. smith--Do you think that seeing is beiievingT' Mrs. Smith--No. see some people every day that could never beIieve.-Cincinnau Enquirer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

For Cowper substitute Longfellow. ana thing that you like. but get by heart each day from four to eight lines oE verse Gradually you will find your memory a storehouse or treasures from which you may draw whenever you please. e