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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-02

"+-teleu anu disappointed Dack into
x<Ivate life.
Nay Not be Personal Friends.
Mic the President OF the United
t<4<es is entitled 20 choose the nine
EfHuemen who shall sit about his
<04ucil table as his Cabinet advisors.
t1t political system In effect in the
Na1fed States often robs this selection
~ ifs personal character. A newly
@Iec<ed President may know of nine
@1en IN his circle Of business, social and
oIucal acquaintance whom he would
ING 20 have around him as counsellors
11Q whom he believes would make eff
1c<9nt heads OF departments In the
OF Government laws
4u4 business. The exigencies OF poll.
@cs, however usually compel him to
<1oose his Cabinet officers from differ.
<1< sections OF the country and In ac-
t1pHledgement of certain potent influ-
tu<ts, sometimes commercial. some
LIHts economic, sometimes religious,
ma often purely political that helped
41ke his election sure. The Chief
&<ecutive before deciding upon the
<Vuposition OF his Cabinet inquiries
into the qualifications. ability
ln1 Character ofthe men whom he will
3te TO sit at his council table. but
Iten happens that the first time he
u come in personal contact with his
Pc advisor is when he meets him
N tetend the invitation to him to en-
FL the Cabinet.
~ the economy OF Government and
ne social life at the nations Cap
an American Cabinet officer oc-
TT'es a commanding position. but in |
accomplishment of great deeds of |
esmanship and as a power in fash !
raing the policies of the nation. the /
minister's own personality. ais |
'*'ty and genius can alone make |
less. There are conspicuo IS ex-
|+.1< PES In the history OF the United
<tes where Cabinet ministers have
mated the Executive and carved
t1Sr names higher on the pillar OF
.-e than the Presidents with whom
- served. The impress made on
.<:pnal anairs by such men as Daniel
<@2ster, John c. Calhoun and James
( plane, as ministers of state. il
PER than that of many Presidents
~ United States. 1t is not neces-
IL 10 refer to musty history for ex-
or cabinet n ministers who have
ia me. The late John
secretary OF State under Presi-
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-02

One morning last spring there ap-
pcared in the London papers graphic
descriptions of the arrival at South
ampton Of the "Cullinan," the 1892
carat % or diamond found in the
Premier mine. Johannesburg, in Jan
uary. Details Of the appearance of
the two agents from South Africa, the
black bag carried by the older and
said 10 contain the biggest diamond in
the world, the crowd at the docks. the
detectives sent from Scotland Yard.
filed a column. AS a matter of fact,
the Cullinan made the trip from
johannesburg TO London in an ordin-
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-02
Have Sc VeraI Lives.

.,o AT this height" said the guide. an
o oa paused on the mountain side to
pie with weak lungs often die"
w ondertul country, wonderful eli
piciously. eNe' Su'-
why | suppose Of course You have
way or bringing them to life again
for the next dying"
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-02
LEPERS IN AMERICA.
Three Hundred of Them In Twenty
States and Territories.

"Unclean, unclean." This Is cry
which has struck terror 10 the hearts
OF many people who have journeyed
through the Orient and our Asiatic
and Pacific possessions, but il has
probably never occurred TO them. that
In the United States proper there are
nearly 300 lepers. These are scatter
ed over 20 states and territories. but
the states OF Louisiana, California.
Florida, Minnesota and North Dakota
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-02

SENATOR CRANE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
have all but about 30. Over 155 cases
| are In Louisiana alone; a number of
| these, however. are among people who
have come from Southern Europe. In
something like 100 cases the disease
was contracted in this country.
For Federal Supervision.
Senator w. NJ. Crane. who succeed
ed the late Senator Hoar, at the last
session OF Congress introduced a bill
providing for government supervision
1t was passed by the Senate. but
when II came up for consideration
at the hands OF the Representatives
Delegate Rodcy Of New Mexico,
smarting under the sting left by the
failure of his statehood plans, charged
that the provision In this bill which
planned 60 locate n leper colony on
some abandoned military reservation
was, In fact, plan 20 foist the
''unclean" upon New Mexico, as there
are several abandoned reservations In
that territory.
The bill failed TO pass the House.
IL is believed that Senator Crane pro
poses 90 again introduce this bill ear
~ In the next session. II viii be in
PRODUCED I'm a somewhat different man
ner from the old one. II will provide
for "Lepers Home" instead Of
"Leprosarium" as this latter term
conveyed the impression that the dis
ease was more prevalent in the Unit.
ed States than it really is.
To Sehrch For Cure.
Leprosy was regarded by the Israel
ties as incurable. In fact the records
OF ancient times show the great fear
In which II has always been held.
Medical science has learned little or
nothing regarding leprosy. One of
the strongest arguments for the care
OF the "unclean' is. that such an insti-
tuition would make possible a careful
study of the disease and. perhaps. I'm
time result In the discovery OF n
cure. There is government institu. |
uon for the care of lepers In Hawaii. |
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-02

at Molokai. where often a leper is sep
arated from his family by forcible
means. Fathers and mothers are TAX
en- from their children, a child from
Its parents, friend from frlend-and
all this at a time when the afflicted
is to all intents and purposes perfect
ly well Government officials state
however, that is not the idea in the
establishment of this new institution
under the Crane bill, to take any leper
from his family by forcible means.
Inc plan Will be merely to isolate all
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-02

ary, inconspicuous package through
/ the registered mail, postage two shill
! ings. 1t is not impossible that the
! Southampton romance was conceived
and paid for at advertising rates by
the owners or underwriters 20 divert
attention, for the diamond was valued
at four million and insured for two
and half million dollars.
Two more large diamonds have since
been found in the same mine, one
weighing 334 carats and the other 400
carats. One wonders who can afford
TO buy these stones. 1t will cost enor-
mously TO put them on the market.
Most diamonds are sold outright by
the miner to the cutter, and one of the
biggest South African diamond kings
has said that the margin of profit up
| on which the entire diamond industry
is carried on is but little larger than
the percentage OF gain in any other
| line of business.
The jewellers of Paris claim that in
proportion as the value of the dia-
| monds in a necklace decreases SO does
the cost Of setting increase. A dia-
mond necklace that sells for $4,000
has cost the jeweller 5000 in mount
ing, while one that sells for $780, 900
will require an expenditure of only
F'poO III lilc mOuul0uH. II rom Tile
$780, remaining in the latter case,
still further deduction must be made
for the expense OF preparing the
stones. The figures obtained on a
100000 necklace in Paris shop indi-
Gated that the diamonds composing il
were valued at much less than SIS, 900 |
when rough. The woman who buys |
such an ornament contributes more to |
the actual prosperity Of the working |
class than many of the so-called |
social reformers who rave at her ex-
travagance.
How Diamonds are Cut.
So far. Europe has been the center
of the diamOnd-cutting industry. In
Amsterdam there are more than $4,000
cutters, in Antwerp 1900, in the Jura
Mountain district GOO, in Paris 200
and in London only $50. They are
divided into three classes, cleavers,
shapers and polishers. The cleaver
examines the rough diamond, and IL
he finds flaw cuts il into as many
perfect gems as the grain OF the car
bon will permit For this purpose the
rough stone Is set in a mold to which
It Is securely attached with aluminium.
and then applied TO the cutting tool
circular saw about inches In diam
eter' made OF soft copper, with a mix.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-03
-ITrS. GzeskerGurry

A nervous, irritable mother, often on the verge of mysteries, is unfit to care for children 1t ruins childs disposi, ton and reacts upon herself. The trouble between children and their mothers too often is due to the fact that the mother has some female weak. ness, and she is entirely nnfit to bear the strain upon her nerves that govern. ing children involves; it is impossible for her to do anything calmly.
 The ills of women actlike Q frebrand upon the nerves, consequently nine. tenths of the nervous prostration. ner. vous despondency. "the blues," sleep. lessness. and nervous irritability oi women arise from some derangemeni of the female organism.
 Do you experience fits of depression with restlessness, alternating with extreme irritability? Are your spirits easily affected, so that one minute you laugh, and the next minute you feel like crying?
 Do you feel something like ball ris. ing in your throat and threatening to choke you; all the senses perverted, morbidly sensitive to light and sound pain in the ovaries, and especially , between the shoulders; bearing down pains; nervous dyspepsia. and almost continually cross and snappy2
 If so, your nerves are in . shattered condition, and you are threatened with nervous prostration.
 Proof is monumental that nothing in the world is better for nervous prostra' tion than Lydia E. Pinkhsm's Vege' table Compound; thousands and thou sands of Women testify to this fact. Ask Mrs. pInkham's AdViCe-A Wen
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-03
Mrs Gos E3r0svaz

Mrs. Chester Curry, Leader of the Ladies' Symphony 0rchestrs, @ Sara toga Street, East Boston. Mass, writes:
 i" For eieht years I was troubled with ex. trenne nervousness and hysteria, brought on by irregularfties could neither enjoy life nor sleep nights; I was very irTitables nsrvous
 aLydiS n. Pinkhana's vegstable Compound was recommended and proved to be the only remedy that helped me I have daily improved in health until arn now strong and well, and all nervousness has dtsap- peared.n
 Mrs. Charles F. Brown, viee.Presi. dent of the Mothers Club, 2l Cedar Terrace, Hot Springs. Ark, writes; Dear Mrs. Pinkhams-
 dragged through nine years of miserable existence, worn out with pam and nervou g. ness, until it seemed as though should fly. then noticed q statemeht of c woman trou- bled as I was, and the wonderful results she derived from Lydia E. Pinkham,s Vegetable Compound, decided to try it. I did 60, and at Che end of thre8 months was different no longer Irritable, and my husband fsll b love with mo all over again."
 Women should remember that Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the medicine that holds the record for the greatest number of actual cures of female ills, and take no substitute.
 Free Advice to Women. Mrs. Pinkham. Lsnn, Mass, invites all sick women to write to her for advice. Mrs. Pinlkham's vast experience with female troubles enables her to tell you just what is best for youy and she will charge you nothing for her advice. m Best Understands a Weman's EII&
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-03
No More Headache
GENERAL WEAKNESS AND FEVER
 DISAPPEAR, roo.
How . Woman Was Freed From Troa- Aiss That Had Made Lsfe wretcAed
 sss Many Ysarn.

F headache should disappear from enc list of human diseases what burr den of suffering would be lifted from the shoulders Of Humanity! Few peo- pie are altogether free from 1t, and 1t usually appears at the most inoppor. tune times and seriously interferes with the duties and pleasures of life. some persons are So unfortunate as
 The immediate causes of headaches vary, but most 0f them come from poor or poisoned blood In anaemia the blood is scanty or thin; the nerves are way in which they express their weak" ness In colds the blood absorbs poi- son from the mucous surfaces, and the saces % pain. in. rheumatism. I malaria and the grip. the poison in the blood produces like discomfort. In indiges. tton the gases from the impure matter kept m the system affect the blood In
 The lesson of all this Is, get rid of the bad blood, and you get rid of the head. ache. Relief lasts when the cause of is improved at the same time.
 The ordinary headache-cures at best give only temporary relief. They dead. sn the M pai9 & but do nc not drive the poison back again. pr. Williams Pink Pills on the contrary thoroughly renew the blood and the pain disappears perma- 4eubiy. women tn paPNtcul2f nave headaches caused by anaemia.
 Miss Stella Blocker recently said: ssDr. williams' Pink Pills did me a great deal of good. I had headache nearly all the time. After had taken three boxes of these pills became en- hrely we'll am glad to say that they are nys just ,s as B good as they are recOm-
 'aow long had you suffersdT" she was asked.
 @For several years. can't tell the exact date when my illness began for 1t came on by slow degrees had been an attack of grip and after that my health remained very poor"
 Did you have any other ailmentsT :
 s1 was very weak and sometimes had fever. One attack put me to bed for about four weeks My liver and kidneys were affected as we'll as my
 Flow did you come to take the rem edy that cured you7"
 "A little over year ago I saw In 2 southern newspaper a statement oi some person who claimed to have been cured of a like trouble by DE Williams Pink Pills. My physician hadn't done pills. After had taken one box felt 50 much better that I kept on until become entirely well. Since then have recommended the pills to many friends, and am glad to tell every one how good they arr"
 Louisiana. Dr. Williams Pink Pills. the remedy to which she owes her com' pieta recovery, are sold by all drug gists. Besides headache they cure neu. Falgia, sciatica, nervous prostration partial paraiysis and rheumatisn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-03
vERDIoT FoR RAnRoAp.
E. H. Collins WIn Appeal suit to Re
 cover aaO.NO0.

E. H. Collins Will Appeal sult to Re.
 cover &S0,00o.
 After the general affirmation charge had been delivered yesterday in favor of the defendant company by Judge Thomas G. Jones of the United States Court in the case of k. Fl. Collins vs the Central of Georgia Railroad, the jury rendered a formal verdict in favor of the defendant company.
 It will be remembered that the plaintiff sued for $5O.0O0 for the kill ing of his son. Frank Collins, at Troy, through the alleged negligence of em- ployes of the defendant company.
 The railroad company pleaded com tributory negligence and the court seemed satisfied with the proof.
 Appeal was announced by counsel for the plaintiff.
 The case of Larltin Henderson vs. the Central of Georgia Railroad was then taken up. This 10 a suit for $15s000 for damages alleged to have been in- cured by cutting or the plaintiffs feet through the alleged negligence of the company.
 Henderson Is a farmer Of TaIlapoosa County. He attempted to board an ex. eursion train and on account of his being intoxicated, as avowed by the railroad company, the oondouotor at- tempted to throw him on the train. He swung on to the hand rail and alleges that the train moved ef1, catch Ing his feet under it's wheele
 The case went over until this morn. ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-03
GRAND JURY CASES.
Those Bound over by the Recorders

Those Bound over by the Recorders Court. The Montgomery Police Department yesterday completed It's report of cases
 bound over to the grand jury in the Re- corders Court during the past three months.
 These cases, forty-sIx in number, will
 be investigated by the grand jury which meets Monday. Thirteen white men and twenty"three
 negroes comprise the list of prisoners
 whose cases are to be looked into by
 the members vf the grand jury and
 the offenses are of an interesting na-
 ture. The offenses charged in the cases are as follows: Assault to mur-
 der. 2: grand larceny, 17; burglary and
 larceny. 1z; burglary. s; receiving
 stolen property, q; keeping a gaming
 table. 5; robbery, 1: forgery, 1. The gaminG eases of R. M. Alexan- der and his associates in the Mer- chants Hotel, who were bound over
 after a raid by the police on. the place.
 are included in the list of gaming charges.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-03
SOUTH CAROLINA REGIMENT.
General waIkSr ssnds Records toe Da.
 rector Owen,

General WaIEer Sends Records to. De
 rector Owen.
 pr. Thomas M Owen, Director of the State Department of Archives and His- tory, yesterday received some interest ing documents in the shape of Confed- crate publications from Gen. c. Irvine Walker Of Charleston. S. C., who was in Montgomery recently.
 fThe publications contain a history of the 10th South Carolina Regiment, which was published by General Walk CT in the year 1881
 In the transmission of the pubiica- tions, General Walker speaks of the 24th, 2sth and 34th Alabama regiments with which the 10th South Carolina brigaded.
 The letter of General walker is as follows:
 Charleston, S. C., Jan. 2T, 1905.
 with the 10th South Carolina Regi- ment were brlgaded. at Corinth, Miss, May. 1882, the 18th South Carolina, gath, 2sth and S4th Alabama Regiments, al- ways in line of battle In the order as named, from right to left. These reg Iments were thps associated until the close of the war. The history of the movements of one is, generally, that of all These Alabama regiments most nobly bore their part ln all the inci-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-03
LANDS or NO VALUE.

Lottery Scheme to Sell BOgs Oe LouIs-
 lana.
 Chicago, Feb. 2.--Land which the Louisiana State Loan and Trust Com pany claimed to own and which the Federal officials assert was the basis of the alleged lottery scheme promoted by John IT. Dalton, now on trial before United States Judge Sanborn, was to- day valued at about 12 1-2 cents an acre by expert witnesses.
 Thousands of acres of land in Louis- lana, which has never been surveyed and which is of a boggy nature. dam gerous even to walk upon, was pur- chased by Louis A. Gourdain and Dal- ton. 1t was declared, for S16. when the property was sold for taxes in Louis- lana. It was on this sort of land, ae- eording to the testimony in the trial. that @otlons were sent to persons throughout the United States to be sold for from S5 cents to ss an acre. The purchasers were given 10 under stand that ehe lands were rich in oil wells. The nearest oil wells to tne property are over doo miles away. ae~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-03
WILL HANG CALHOl N
SUPREME COURT AFFIRMs CASE
 or NEGRO.
He Shot and Killed His Wife in SsOmt- gOmery Christmas Night 19O8-
 March 24s the Date.

George Calhoun. negro uxorcide, will be hanged for his crime in the Montgomery County jail on March 24. unless the Governor of Alabama com mutes his sentence
 The Supreme Court yesterday rens dered a decision affirming the rulings of Judge William H. Thomas of the criminal division of the City Court of Montgomery and the verdict of the trial jury. March 24. was liked by the higher court as the date of the exc. cution.
 On Christmas day of 1903. George Calhoun. who had been tor years a reliable railroad fireman, erased with drink and anger with his wife, Fannie Calhoun, for leaving his homo on ac- count of his conduct, went to his wife's home on Bell street in the edge of the city and murdered her. without giving her opportunity to cry for aid. Negro passersby attempted to catch the murderer but all their efforts .. this cause were stopped suddenly by the fire of George Calhoun's pump gun. Three of his pursuers were wounded.
 Calhoun escaped Weeks later he was apprehended in New Orleans and was brought back to Montgomery. He was tried In the criminal dlvis- ion of the City Court of Montgomery and was sentenced to be hanged.
 At the same time, Tonoy Jones. and Bill Dorman, negro murderers received the death sentence. Jones was hanged and Dorman was saved the terrors of the gallows by the intervention of na- tural death.
 Calhoun late yesterday afternoon kwass informed by Jailer F. M McIs- more that the Supreme Court had re- fused to interfere in his case. Calhoun nas had futile nope and nc accepted the terrihle news stotcallV.
 T hate to see that negro hung" said Mfr. McLemore. He has made an ex- cellent prisoner. We were not requir- ed to watch him any more than a sneak thief charged with petit lar ceny Before his crime. he was an honest working negro. Liquor was his downfall" Justice Tyson rendered the decis- ion In the case
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-03

alleged miracle flatiy eontradIcted statements made on the witness sttAnd yesterday by Miss Inga Han son, a former member of the salVa- ton Army, who is on trial here for perjury nconnection with a personal perjury in connection wit ha personal Chicago City Railway Company.
 While on the witness stand, Miss Hanson stated that by a miracle In direct answer to prayer she had gradu- ally received a complete cure in sight, hearing and speech Of which she had been totally deprived by her injuries
 She told the jury that the cure had been slowly effected while she lay bed ridden.
 Today Rev. Kenning testified that at revival meeting in New York, Miss Hanson had given an account of her cure and had declared that tile req storation had come like a divine flash while she was at church services in Richmond. Va.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-03
LAND 0F gLOwEas AND sUNsH1Nr
California WOman's Letter of speeia
 InteRegA to People In Ngnnfaornerr,-


 California WOman's Letter of Special Interest to People In Montgomery.
 At this season of the year a letter rom the land of flowers and sunshine IS of special interest to our readers The following letter from the Holden Drug Co, of Stockton, Cal, one of the largest drug houses on the Pacific Coast. is of especial interest They writea Enclosed is a letter from one of the most prominent residents of this city. She will not allow her name tc be published in the newspapers, but we can furnish 1t to anyone writing us." The letter is as follows:
 For some four years my daughter has had headaches, which seriously In. terfered with her school work Until recently we attributed the trouble tc eye StraFn, put happening to notice your advertisement of Hyomei we were sat isaed that her trouble came from ca tarrh.
 We purchased a dollar outnt, and within twenty-four hours great relief was experienced. and the loosening oi mucous matter and the reduction oi throat inflammation began. Sixty days use of Hyomei made nearly a complete recovery. which we consider very satisfactory. after nearly four years of expense and fruitless treat. ment by other methods, and that wt feel grateful is to put 1t mild"
 Mrs.
 This letter shows that many cases of sickness and debility are simply caused by eatarrh and that they car be cured by Hyomei. This Is Natures own method of curing eatarrh. medi. eating the air you breathe.
 A complete outlL including the in. haler, costs but e1, and extra bottles are only 50 cents. ASK B e. Fowler to show you the strong guarantee un. der which he sells this remarhabis remedy, a-lo-l7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-03
TWO MURDERERS LATERAL.

Prisoners Sentenced to Life Submit
 Cases to Court.
 Two eases involving life imprison- ment of alleged murderere were sub mitted to the Supreme Courtt yesterday morning.
 One of them Is that in which Minerva Walker woman. was convicted in the Madison County Circuit Court of killing William A. Russell, near Madi- son. on the night of November 16. 1908. An eifort is making to secure a new trial for tn ewoman on the strength Act.
 Tho other case is that of D. Shelton. who was convicted in the LAuderdale Circuit Court of the murder of will fam Harman of Lexington, in 1903.