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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-22
The News of Mobile

city engineer of Birmingham. and line dup with and helped him to secure for the Magic City the next convention.
 While away MT. faslehurst visited Detroit. Toledo and New York and found that wooden block paving Is be- ing accepted as the proper goods for paving streets: & The heaviest travelled hs ing paved with chemically treated wooden blocks.
 General Manager whittlesey of the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Rail- road has issued an order that. all cigarette smoking by employees while on duty is prohibited; also that hab- is isu sufficient ffs cause for dismissal M The The order also forbids heads of depart ments from employing those who
 MT. whittlesey gives ten reasons for the discouragement of cigarette smok- ing, to wit: It is degrading; offensive to others; prevents a; rssistanes fa t9 dis is furious to the nervous system; injures the heart action; is form of slavery; Is step towards optimism and alchol- and makes. an employe less valuable to his employers and consequently to himself and family.
 City Building Inspector Kearns has made a discovery which. in the past. has proved a leak of considerable magni- tnde fin the eity's income. Investfga- tion yesterday and today showed two buildings just completed and nearly a score in course of erection for which no permits had been taken out. Notices have been served on the owners and contractors and the inspector states he will get busy unless they come forward and liuuidate with the city, as required by city ordinance.
 Rev. Father Kirwan, in charge of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, tonight discovered that the church has been robbed. All the valuabies on the altar were stolen during the night, together with the chalice.
 An attempt was made Tuesday night to rob the church, so he said, but
 he scared the persons away.
 The Board of Public Works held a regular weekly session this afternoon, l the full membership being present. The only item of interest in the entire meeting was the increasing sal1ry of the employees of the Street Department
 25 cents per diem.
 Henry ". wachenheusen, thsi morn. l ing in the United States District Court | flied a petition in bankruptcy. He
 placed his liabilities at s7.700. and hIs asserts at $1,44S. The petition wal referred to. the referee.
 | In the United States Admiralty Court | Walter Folder and other seamen filed
 libel versus the American barkentint
 J. R. Ravel for wages. The claims
 were promptly settled and the libe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-22

Henry ". wachenheusen, thsi morn flied a petition in bankruptcy. He placed his liabilities at S7,700. and his asserts at $1,44S. The petition was referred to the referee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-22

The Board of Public Works held regular weekly session this afternoon, the full membership being present. The only item of interest in the entire meeting was the increasing saInry of the employees of the Street Department 25 cents per diem.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-22
MTsCEILANEoUs.

PLACE orders early: if you are going to 6ave your piano moved, we are prepared to do it for you; to avoid the rush place your order now; first come. first served, DO Terbes Piano Co. R. 0. Biaksy. Mgr. St pEPwRHANGING and decorating; if you want it done on time by the beat work
 men phone 2se. A. J. Keynton & Go, next to post office, fla CARTS-Pattants 1esiriaK admission co the Srard1 of the Aontgomery 4nfiymGry may securo oards by tsiephoning Aisa Martin
 GaniaoInsry InfiFmaTT. wsa-fEt-sa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-22
School
 Time!

In most eye trouble in children the cause Is found to be an Inn perfect adjustment of the muscles which control the eyes--brousht on Sy over-exertion. Just as the muscles of the body are strained by lifting heavy weights. so the eye muscles are strained by being sDverworked. A...:.s- The only way this rnai-adjust- rnent can be corrected is by wear ing proper glasses. We guaraatee to---fzt children's eyes with absolute accuracy with the lenses that are needed at en- tirely reasonable cost. v
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-22

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-22

J. N. Haziehurst, chief engineer of the Board of Public Works, has return
 ed from his vacation. He was In att tendance at the annual convention of the American Society for Municipal Inn provements, held in Toronto. Canada. While there he met Julian Kendrick,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-22

Secretary Harte of the Y. M. c. 4. Is in receipt of a letter from Evangel- fist J Wilbur Chapman announcing that he will reach Mobile in February for two weeks siege of religious services. He will be accompanied by five assist ants and meetings vii be held In all parts of the city The meetings VIII be held in tents and churches.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-22

Judge Samuel B. Browne of the Thir- teenth Judicial Circuit is in receipt of three anonymous letters, two of which bore the Mobile postmark and the third having been handed him on the street by an unknown negro. Two of the let ters bore threats of assassination if he nersfeted in his order to hold the next fern of the Baldwin Circuit Court at Daphne, and the third roasted the Sher- iff and others of Baldwin for insisting on the court being held at Bay Minette. fudge Browne thinks the letters the work of practical jokers and gives them m thouRht
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21

building up its delta, higher end
higher until today the bed OF the river
is above the valley on eltdc" side.
Once let it cut its banks and the
stream spreads out all over the cOun-
try. About four years ago a large
corportion, imbued with the laudable
purpose of making homes for settlers
in the SaltOn Desert, completed a big
canal heading in the river below Yu-
ma and almost on the International
boundary. The canal was a large
one, GO feet on the bottom, and carried
a great amount of water through
Mexico into California on TO the area
now called Imperial Valley. The
canal heading, owing TO the character
Of the banks of the stream, was inse-
cure 1t has always been a source of
trouble and annoyance. The river
resented it as an obstruction In its
course and deposited great loads of
silt in front of it and then proceeded
to cut a channel around il. Dredges
We're used constantly to keep the canal
heading open.
The last great flood in the stream
simply wiped away the head gates
and opened a way for a large part of
the stream 10 flow into the valley.
Just below this point the stream
spilled over the banks again and fol-
lowing down an old stream channel
it finally began to pour its whole vol
ume in to Salton Sink. Only the high
banks of the Imperial canal prevented
larger areas of irrigated lands from
being inundated and millions of dol
lars in crops from being destroyed.
Great difficulties are presented to
the engineers who are trying to induce
the stream TO 90 back to its old chan
mel. A new heading is projected.
Thousands of feet of lumber have
been ordered and steamboats, are
awaiting its arrival. If these means
prove ineffective there is danger that
5000 families now residing in the I'm
perial Valley, may be rendered home
less. Competent engineers are in
clined to believe that the task is be
ynnd the strength of the present com
pany 10 perfom and that measures
now being undertaken will not prop
erly nor permanently safeguard the
property of the people in the valley.
This is a question for the engineers
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
Rest the Bones of P0cah0ntas.

The proposition to bring back to the
ancient city of jamestown the body of
Pocahontas, in connection with the ex-
position at that place, has aroused con-
siderable indignation. both in England
and in America, by people who believe
that such a step is nothing more than
a move intended as a side-show feature
Of the exposition. While it Is true
there have been instances of a disturb
ance of a grave made hundreds of years
before. as in the recent case of Adj
miral John Paul Jones, still the cases
cannot be compared. One is a man who
had much TO do with the preservation
of the American nation and navy the
other was the central figure in a bit of
fiction surrounding the settlement of
this country by English settlers. Po-
cahontas, ii is true. was a native Amer
Jean, which John Paul Jones was not,
but Pocahontas married an English
man, lived aid died i'll England, and
the traditions of her later life were sur
rounded by all that is English.
The London Standard. in comment
ing on the movement to bring her body
to America, cites pages from a book by
an American writer tending to show
that the life of Pocahontas was a ira
dition and poetical version and add
ing: IF the original myth is really
believed by the people of jamestown
we only hope they will do something tc
ansW er the audaeious skeptic that has
impugned It,"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
How 10 Tell Counterfcfts.

ANY visitor to the Bureau of Fngray-
ing and Printing where Uncle Sam Is
printing the much sought-after green
backs. comes away impressed with the
intricacies of the manufacturing or a
paper note. Few. indeed, understand
the rule Of four adopted b. the Govern
ment as an aid in thwarting the plans
of counterfeiters. Acquaintance with
the rule of fonr. might help many peo-
ole of the outside world in detecting
counterfeit money. Every note printed
by the Government-national currency
and not bank notes-contains a number
and a letter, no two bills having the
same number. These are printed, as
the visitor can see, in the blocks OF
four as they leave the plate printers
table. For instance. a number Will be
found on a note, 5S.3S3 with the letter
C in the upper left hand and lower
right hand n another bill bears
the number 79,9SS d another 42,o66 i.
These numbers and letters have a re
lation for each other and are easily de
termined. The last two numbers on
the note determine. when divided by
four. the letter to be found in the two
corners. Should the last two numbers
be Invisible by four. with a remainder
of one. the letter appearing should be
\; if two remain, B; if three remain.
c: and if the last two numbers are
exactly Invisible by four, with no re-
mainder, the letter appearing should
be d.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
Toofhaehe or Appendicitis?

A movement looking to the better
care of children is spreading. 1t Is
proposed now that the tooth brush
drill be a part of the curriculum of
II schools. and that dentists should
visit regularly the children attending
them. Doctors have spoken very
strongly on the usefulness of taking
tonics and similar medicines in order
TO promote better digestion, Or to
purify the blood, when a constant
system of poisoning is going on in the
mouth. 1t is claimed that much poor
blood and weakness in children comes
from dental decay. A noted physician
declares that appendicitis Is caused by
bad teeth. Take your choice-either
have your teeth extracted or your ap-
pendix cut ont. The doctors get you
either way, going or coming.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
STOP "LAND-GRABBING.
THE DUTY OF CONGRESS IS TO
ANEND FAULTY AND ANTE
OUATED LIND L1US.

President Hill. of the Great Northern
Railroad, [ ais Attention to Enor-
NOUS DispoSalS of Government
Land Without Settlement Into
Homes.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
There will be people ill-natured
enough to charge that President Hlll,
of the Great Northern Railway, dld
not come into court with entirely clean
hands in the vigorous denunclatlon OF
the l~and-grabbers contained III his re
cent speech before the National lfflga-
ton Congress at Portland. This, how
ever. does not necessarily detraet from
the truth of his charges. Perhaps Few
men in the country I better qualified
to speak upon the blighting effects OF
the dishonest policy which Ia appro-
priated millions of acres of valuable
lands. only to exclude from them the
actual settlers who would have devel-
oped them.
President Hill is a railroad manager,
and railroads depend for profit upon n
traffic afforded by a populous ana we'll
cultivated country. y railroad tend
ing through territory without farms or
farmers. towns or industrial communi-
ties IlUSl SlllEI Stll0NN disdh' "tAe'-N'.
Where great tracts of land are owned
and controlled by mere spectators, de
velopment is impossible. 1t is very
likely that President Hill spoke by the
card when he charged that those who
go upon Government land at this time
for the purpose of making homes are
only a handful.
Rap. Ei-posals Of Public Lands.
His figures, showing the rapid in
crease in area of public lands which
have passed into private ownership
since 1898. possess a significance that
is startling. Nearly 10000. 900 acres, a
total area equal TO three times that OF
the State of Pennsg ~lyania, have been
awarded to private owners in n SIX
years from 1898 to 1903, inclusive, very
little of understanding 10 President
Hill-has become the property of home
stead seekers. The bulk of it has be
come the holdings of the lumber kings.
cattle barons, and spectators pure and
simple. 1t is evident that there are
more men who deserve the penalties OF
the law which have lately been inflicted
upon Senator Mitchell. of Oregon.
The duty of Congress in this connec-
ton is unmistakable. The laws under
which this vast domain has been Sc
cured by private interests with no in
tention of opening it TO development
should be repealed or amended to pre-
vent any further looting of the public
lands.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
The Modern Rush.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
He didn't have time to chew
The food that he had to eat;
But he washed it into his throat
As if time was n thing TO beat.
At breakfast and lunch and dinner
Twas a bite and a gulp and go
Oh. the crowd is SO terribly eager,
And a man has to hurry so!
y bite and a gulp and away
To the books and the ticker! \ bite
And a drink and a smoke and a seat
At a card table half of the night /;
y pressure, a click and a pallor.
A cloth-coyercd box and a song;
\ weary old fellow at forty,
Who is deaf to the noise of the
throng.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21

much CONSERVATION on the part Of the
railroad which happens 10 he located
near by, and of some little d~isquietude
among several thousand settlers
whose farms are apparently tlae
pned unless the errHtie stream can be
induced TO return to its old pathway
10 the sea. y glance At the map viii
make clear the unusual conditions
which at present prevail in the Col
orada Delta.
Below the town Of Yuma. Arizona,
the stream has cut its banks at three
places and passing through old, dry
channels, IS now pouring westward
and northWard into Salton Sink. Aug
mented ~ the volume of this great
stream tle Sink has already become
a vast inland sch, spreading out for
60 miles in one direction and 30 miles
il another, and growing daily.
The Giant Force of Nature.
Passengers on the train now ex-
claim with wonder as they look out
upon the broad sea reaching to the
western horizon, where but a short
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
CHINESE GR4VEY4RD CUSTOMS.
Peculiar Custom of Placing Cooked
Food on the Graves of the
Departed.

Assorted foods. literally by the
wagon load, are annually taken out to
Cypress Hills Chinese Cemetery by
members of New York's Chinese col
ony. SAYS the New York Times, and
these offerings, which are to us such
strange evidences of affection and re-
membrance, are placed with pic
turesque rites. on the graves where the
departed Celestial brothers of the
c~olonists are awaiting the convenient
or is it the auspicious?-season for
transshipment to the land which these
most stolid of sentimentalistS insist on
believing TO be the only one where the
dead can rest comfortably. These an
nual illustrations of the fact that the
Chinaman has feelings like the rest of
us, even If he does choose different
ways of showing them. attracts the
usual amount of attention. some of it
respectfully curious and some onenlv
derisiye. but neither variety affects the
performance of the ceremonies or
enables Us to get n bit nearer the mys-
FERROUS Mongol mind. It is hard TO
believe that our far-traveled Chinese
really think that anything is accom-
plished for the dead by putting roast
pig and boiled rice on n grave, and yet
they do 1t year after year.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
To BE Reunited.

"Have you seen my poor. dear little
duckling?" asked the distressed but be-
witchipg young mother duck.
"Ah! madame" replied the polite but
still hungry fox, ~ have inside infor-
nation on that point; you will soon
meet your lite one"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
OF Salt Beds.

Under an almost tropical sun the
sea ~evaporated, uncovering a great
level plain over large portions of which
was laid a deep deposit of rich river
sediment wanting only irrigation to
produce abundant haryests. At the
lowest depression in the valley, where
evaporation has not yet carried off
all the water, the salts were deposited
thickly and large works have long
been established there marketing
thousands of tons of this mineral.
For centuries the Colorado has been
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
Black Friday.

"Now, children" said the Sunday
school teacher, addressing the juvenile
class. ''can any of you tell me any
thing about Good FridayT"
Yes, ma'am, | cam replied a boy.
He was the colored man what done
the housework for Robinson Crusoe."
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
c. J. BLANCHARD at Los Angeles.

Tie great Colorado river of the
southwest the Nile of America, IS on
its bad behavior. Like old travellers
who forsake the beaten highways, The
Colorado. grown tired of lis channel,
is seeking n new route. It's desire
for change naturally is the cause of
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21

Gulf and created a huge inland sea
which covered all of what is now
known as Imperial Valley. The shore
line of this great sea can be distinct
~ traced by the old beaches which
are found there.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
"A Bright Retort.

The ancient story of the Chinaman
who, when asked at what hour the
spirits consumed the food thus offered
to them, replied that 1t was at the same
hour chosen bv our dead for smelling
flowers we similarly place. is always
pertinent to discussion of this mystery,
and reflection on the story has the
admirable effect of giving a new
standpoint from which to study the
'~'outlandish' custom of orr useful but
nnloved guests. In all these things It
Is the thinking so that constitutes
right. propriety and congruity. The
Chinese ceremonies do show affec-
tionate or pious remembrance. and
whether the dead are Indifferent or not,
the reflex action on the living is effec-
lively brought to bear.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
GREAT INLAND SINK.
FIERCE RAMP4GE OF COLORADO
RIVER DES20ILS THOUSANDS
OF FERTILE ACRES.

Huge Engineering Difficulties Must
be Overcome; or Otherwise Eight
Thousand Fa miles MillBc Render
ed Homeless and Destitute
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
a Good Buggy For Sale.

Leesville (Mo.) Light: Luke Bel
mont's new buggy is for sale. He got
married last week, you know,
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
TOBACCO FOR THE NAVY.
Government Selects Supply for
Differs and Men.

The American naval officer and the
jacky smoke and chew. This is a fact
of which the Government takes official
c%ognizance and recognizes in a way
that makes such habits inexpensive
incidents to life on board ship. Re
Gently the Navy Department had I'M
der consideration the award of a con
tract for 100000 pounds of cut plug
tobacco, and in November next bids
will be called for another supply of
like amount. The contract under
which the supply is now being fur
nished was secured On a basis of a
bid of 40 cents a pound. Twenty
nine bids are now under consideration,
the prices ranging from 30l2 cents a
pound to 4S cents. The contract will
not necessarily be let to the lowest
bidder, but to the one supplying at the
lowest price the grade best suited for
the purpose.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21
Practical Chewing Tests.

Each bidder is required to submit
a sample of the tobacco 10 be FUR
nished. and these. after the factory la
bells are removed and secret identif-
cation marks substituted, are divided
into small lots, part being sent to a
chemist for analysis, and a goodly
supply going to the various navy yards
for distribution among officers n
men for practical test, the opinion or
the officers and ''~jackies' being taken
before the award is made. Final re
suits are reached by the process of
elimination. until the selection of the
chewers dwindles down to two or
three samples which are bound TO be
favorites. These favorites are then
taken up with regard TO the chemical
test, and the contract is awarded, so
that perhaps the lowest bidder has no
consideration whatever when the final
result is obtained.
While heretofore the navy supplied
the men with the tobacco "a very III
ferior article free of cost, the Gov
eminent now insists upon the best
grade, which it sells to the sailor at
the contract price, plus a very small
to cover the cost of han
ding. Only such tobaccos are consld-
cred which are manufactured from
pure leaf tobacco of the growth of the
current or preceding year in when
the contract is made, and which snail
have undergone a natural sweat.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-10-21

President HILL the Great Northern
Railroad, [ ais Attention to Enor-
nous Disposals of Government
Land Without Settlement Into
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-03-08

The girl students of Dakata college
went on a sUrike, and the professors
kissed them into subsection. They
win probably strike every few days
now.
Great records r being made IN the
bowling tournament at Milwaukee.
It was the manufacture Of bowling
material that made Milwaukee ia
nous.
However, the best menin the repub-
lie would feel no pecuniary embsrrass-
ment by accepting the presidency at
the meager salary Of $4,000 per
annum.
A Wisconsin young lady wants to
adopt her own brother, but there are
hundreds of young ladies who wouldn't
mind adopting some other girls
brother.
The mar who SCI fire to the brewery
should be sent TO the penitentiary for
life. Any man who deliberately burns
up hundreds of iags is an enemy to
mankind.
The Northern sculptor who swal
lowed his false teeth probably suffered
less than many other aspiring sculp-
tors who had to choke down their dis
appointments.
The Iumor that the Inauguration
parade down Pennsylvania 9
VIII be headed BY a number of trust
magnates has not been traced to a
reliable source.
The Senate has passed a resolution
barring flowers from the Senate cham
Der. Senators Mitchell and Burton
are in favor OF including indictments
in the resolution.
It Is not good form in New Orleans
for q married man to pay attention to
a married woman. That is the reason
so many married couples are never
seen out together.
Johann Hoch is aiding Congress to
secure statistic relative to marriage,
and Dorothy Russell Einstein is adding
the grass widows mite to the divorce
end Of the inquiry.
It is no longer possible to exhibit
artificial legs in the shop windows of
LAAGnnA0AAN q N94A khANA " ~ 10
considered improper to pull a
enough leg up there.
No one has yet attempted to figure
out how many drinks the grain con
sumed in the ~Stuyvesant Dock fire
would have made. The number would
"stagger humanity"
Judging by the amount of whiskers
worn by the Russians, It they ever get
a republican form Of government
there will be only one party. Every
body will be a populist.
When Benjamin Franklin first
thought of starting a newspaper in
Philadelphia many of his friends ad-
vised against it, because there was a
paper published in Boston. Some of
them doubted that the country would
be able to support two newspapers.