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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08
SCHOOL GIRLS SHOULD
 =.. HAVE IMMACULATE HANDS
Not in
 
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or the needle. they still retain their feeling of calmness.
 Tt was all very well for Dorothea to have had those statuesque hands, exclaims Marjorie. but just fancy that she had been in my case. and had dishes to wash. beds to make, and sometimes pieces to iron. Although I am a schoolgirl have to help my mother with the homework, and kitch- en work spells a pretty hand" I am aware that many girls think just as Marjorie does about this I have even known girls who shfrked household tasks and allowed tired mothers to grow more tired instead of trying to ease their burdens, simply because they feared to ruin hands of which they were vain. You would never do this. I am sure, you girls who are read ing this talk
 It is possible that hard daily labor without intervals of rest may coarsen and enlarge a girls hands. but few of us are exposed to this danger. With little care. girl may work in the garden, may sweep, dust, or, if need be. scrub. and may wash dishes three times day. and not inJure her hands in the least. Gloves may be worn in the garden. India rubber gloves, hitting tightly to the skin, are a good protection against hot suds, and oalnty dish washing, which Is pre-e emil nently lady's work. is greatly helped by the use of a mop. For pots and pans there is an iron dish washer which is more radical and thorough than cloth in ones hand. If you are troubled with rough. red or cal lous hands. If they crack in frosty weather, or the skin peels off, be ex- tremely fastidious about your toilet soap Wash the hands very thoroughly With soap of good quality. rinse them Tn tepid water. and be sure to wipe them dry. If hands are always wiped until all the moisture is gone and ab- sorbed by the towel, they will seldom chack. The use of cold cream, well rubbed into the skin at night espe- cially around the finger nails. softens and whitens the hands and a good plan Tor girl is to slip such hands into a loose pair of gloves. An old pair of her fathers or brothers gloves am swers admirably
 While I am about it. let me caution you not to wear dress gloves too small Tor you, or that fit too tightly. In stead of making your hand look small CT tight gloves exaggerate it's size, Gloves should be long enough to fit the fingers comfortably. and should
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08

When things begin to wear out just throw them away and then get new nnes." :.#-' .Then why don't you study some thing-music, French or German-or go to lectures or go in for pnyslcai culture See how fat you are getting!
 Mrs. Mortal yawned. I'm not go- me any money or get me any nner clothes. How stupid life is! l wish something would happen.
 But gracious me!' said her friend, .'you'ye got to do something yourself if you want to get any happiness out of life. Why don't you try to do some thing for other people?'
 Mrs. Mortal yawned even more widely. "I ain't agoin' to wear my self out doing for other people, she replied. Other people don't do any
 Mrs. Mortal was too lazy to learn to speak correct English. She slept or dozed in the morning till 10 o'clock. then had heavy breakfast ana dawdIed through the hours till lunch con. In the afternoon she went to drive over the same roads she had traversed a thousand times. then came home, had a heavy dinner and gener- ally went to bed after it. The trouble with Mrs. Mortal is that the brains were left out, or she probably had q small portion, but was too indolent to use them. The worst of ii is there are thousands of Mrs. Mortials in this country.
 Loneliness and emptiness of life come from stupidity or lack of mental development. One type of woman finds her life lonely and empty unless she IS RaIloping necessarily ''hither and you." Sometimes she gallops to gather gos sip. again it is her restless, self tor menting vanity that hustles her around to hear herself praised and made over" She calls 1t being apprecia- ted"
 There I'm somebody; there I'm un- derstood," she says after having been to some place where a particularly strong dose of hattery has been ad- ministered.
 The woman of brains has always re- sources within herself. It is the abso lute test of intellectual power to be able to be happy alone considerable portion of the time. She who cannot do this is like q child whose brains are not yet grown.
 Jane Moses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08
RING THE CURSE OF SPAIN.
Known ax "MephistO's," it Brings Nils
 fortune to Dynasty

fortune to Dynasty.
 There is always a distinction and a sort of pride In possessing something which no one else has. even if that something is reputed to be a dispenser of misfortune ,and history can show that the possessor Is sure to get into trouble through it. Until very recent the Spanish royal family was in this unenviable position, and this lasted from about the middle of the sixteenth century until after the time of the Spanish American war.
 This unique, but unfortunate, posses sion is nothing more nor less than an innocent-looking, but rather wonder ful. ring, and because it is reputed to he the carrier of i'll luck. 1t has been dubbed "Mephisto's ring" Tn appear ance it is similar to an ordinary mar riage band of solid golj. with the ex- ception that 1t Is set with a large and perfect emerald, the center of which has been hollowed out. and contains a ruby so cut as to fit exactly. Around these. at the edge of the emerald, are alternately set pearls and diamonds of about the size of pin heads.
 Although this ring is said to be quite valuable. and to have a wonderful his tory attached to it, noaone can be found in Spain who is willing to take 1t even as gift. and this because it is universally known what "Mephisto's ring" means.
 This evil ornament came into Span ish possession at the time of the reign of Philip IT.. but how no one seems to know. History tells that during the reign of this monarch and those of his successors. Philip III. and Philip ", the country was slowly but surely on the decline. This ring was in the pos session of all these Kings. From the reign of Philip ". to that of Charles ". the ring cannot be traced, but it then again springs into existence, and history tells of the disastrous wars be- tive ,n Spain and England during the time of that last-named monarch.
 Next. Philips son. who ascenJed the Spanish throne as Ferdinand VII, Is taken prisoner by Napoleon. and the Spanish throne Is given to the brother of the French Emperor Then comes the Carlist rebellion under Ferdinands daughter, Isabella IT.. and the banish- ment of Queen Christina: the war with the Moors; the banishment of QueAn Isabella. in 1868; the general scenes Df anarchy and bloodshed during the years of 1873 and 1874, and. finally, the quar- rels between Spain and her colonies. which resulted in the disastrous Span- ish- American war.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08


 At the time of the commencement os the recent war between Spain and the United States this ring was presented Dy the Spanish royal family to a church Tn the hope that having a religious in- stitution as its owner it's evil effects would be averted This did nothing toward changing it's influence, for aI- most Immediately after it's reception by the church this house of worship was burned to the ground, and the ring was thereupon returned to it's donor.
 It was then given to a museum, but. Ike the church, this was also destined 10 receive harm. for 1t was twice fa thing said never to happen) struck by lightning The ring was again re- turned to the Spanish royal family, where 1t remained for some time, The last defeat of the Spanish army ana navy Is claimed to be due to this ring. At present no one will take the re- sponsibility of the ownership of thix jewel, so 1t has been placed in a strong box and secretly buried.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08
BY MARGARET E. sANGsTER.

(corvright, 1905. by Joseph B. Bowies.)
 A pretty hand is desired by every girl
 What is a pretty hand? I suppose we shall agree that 1t is one which Is white and dimpled, with rosy fin ger tips, nice nails and small joints. Large, obstrusive knuckles, hands that are too thick and pudgy, or too thin and scrawny to be symmetrical, are not precisely beautiful. But so far as the size and shape of our hands are concerned. we have to take them as they come. We are born with the hands of our ancestry. but the care of the hands is our own. and has far more to do with keeping them beau tiful than some people think I am disposed to the opinion that our hands show character almost as unerringly as our faces do. and I think the man ner of using them and the general neatness or slovenliness which their owners impose upon them. are apt to be revelations of the inward life.
 For instance, there is Amy, d rest less, nervous and excitable girl, whose hands are never still a minute when she is awake. She is always clasp ing and unclasping them. tkaing up books and laying them down, fussing with her hair or her dress. and show ing in unmistakable ways that she has no basis of quietude in her own nature. There is Lucy, who cannot sit beside a friend without possessing herself of the friends hand. squeezing it and fondling 1t as one strokes a kitten, and near Lucy sits Fannie, with yet more objectionable habit of handling everything she sees; objects of art, curios. fans or other delicate things in other peoples houses, or in the shops. articles meant to be looked at, but not intended to be touched Fan nies way is sure to render her persona non grata wherever she goes
 George Eliot. describing Dorothea in Middlemarch. says; Her hand and wrist were so finely formed that she could wear sleeves not less bare of style than those in which the blessed Virgin appeared to Italian painters.
 If you look at some favorite picture of the Madonna. by Raphael, you will see the sort of hand that Dorothea had. Such hands can lie peacefully crossed in ones lap. or. If busy with the pen
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08
Of All Sad Sights :.
Atchison Globe .

AtchisOn GIobe.
 we'll never again enjoy the sight of a white dress and blue sash worn by a pretty girl. During the pouring rain at l2:3c o'clock this afternoon, while we were looking out of the window and feeling so blue that we thought of sending for John Compton to join us in a drink of prussic acid, young girl came along on the sidewalk outside, wearing a white dress and blue sash and white shoes. She was a sight to behold And mad. Her face looked worse than the weather.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08
Special Carpet Sale
Mating.
Portiere Curtains.

&AOEa pair for beautiful portiere Curtains yards long, p4' yO ample width, fringed plain. The figured ones have fringe and the plain have neat Oriental bands There 100 pairs in the lot and the values up to $75O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08

of course, the privilege of refusing to shake hands with a person you dis like, or with one of whom you do not approve.
 'The hand of Douglas is his own," but one can hardly offer a greater slight than to refuse or overlook a proffered hand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08
Giftn tn cniorndn Civ.

William J. Palmer. the foundor ot Colorado City. Col. has given to hak city s1,o00.o00 or more .n the way Of parks. large sums to its charitabIe in- stitutions. built driveway up the Hear canyon and now has bought up anotAar large tract of ground, with the inten- ton of turning it into park
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08

come up we'll over the wrist. I am rather old-fashioned. and do not like to see young girls putting on their gloves in public. Ones outdoor toilet should be fully completed before one leaves the house. I know school where girls receive demerits If they go out to walk or make calls without putting on the gloves first.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-08


 putting on the gloves first.
 Every young girl should have on her dressing table a manicure set. This consists of small pair of curved scis- sors, a nail file. an orange stick. a chamois polisher. and a little box of nail powder When about to trim the nails soften them by dipping the ends of the fingers into warfn soapy water, File the nails first. gently press back the cuticle with an orange stick, rub them with a little vaseline and polish the nails with the chamois. A girl who negIects cleanliness in the daily toilet of the hands and nails Is either indifferent to bathing and to the prop CT care of the body, or else her early surroundings have been unfortunate Observe. girls, that lady's hands may be rough or red, but they are inva- riably immaculate. Clean hands are the hallmark Of a gentlewoman.
 Ink stains may be removed by the use of pumice stone, by lemon juice and salt or by dipping sulphur match into rain water and rubbing 1t on the stain. Fruit stains may be removed by holding the fingers in the fumes of a sulphur match.
 Now that I have said all this about 1 beautiful hands, I want to add some thing else, which is just as important as any of the rest. No hand that IS not womanly will ever have a claim | to be regarded as charming or eXquis- | ite. Womanly hands are those which are engaged in kind offices for those one loves The girl who is helpful, unselhsh. generous and kind is the one | whose hands will deserve most praise | must add a word too, about the l cordial hand clasp. Some girls have | a linn fabby way of shaking hands. They really have no grip. others go 1 to the opposite extreme, and almost | crush friends hand when they grasp | if There is d happy medium In this, as in most things When you meet | frtend in the street or at your home. 1 if is very seldom necessary to greet her with a Hiss Almost never should one xirl Kiss another in a public place. | The only exception is when friends are separating for long time or Tor | iourney. such as crossing the Atlantic ar the continent. Then kisses are in order. Usually. it is enough to shake hands when one encounters friends or acouaintances. and the hand-clasp l should be warm and sincere.
 Do not rush to fads in nd-shaking. Several wears ago there was a fashion of eIevatinF friends hand in rath- CT abrupt perpendicular war, which had an extfemely awkward effect. That style is now obsolete. In your own home do not greet visitors "ltn mere stiff bow. offer your hahd' fou nave.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-12-07
VIRGINIA NEWS

George W. Morton, who was appointed
supervisor for Taylor district, Orange
county. to succeed, J. H. Ellis, deceased,
declined the appointment.
The trial of A. J. Ramey, charged with
the murder OF Lucian Beaver, closed Tues
day in Prince William Circuit court III
the acquittal OF Raney.
Recommendation by the Secretary
OF the Navy for improvements at the
Norfolk navy yard call for an expendi-
ture of a million and hall dollars dur
ing the present fiscal year.
All of the election officers who were IN
dicted for frauds in the primary in Rich
mond last June will have to stand trial
Judge s. b. Witt has Overruled the de-
murrer to the indictments.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-12-07
CONGRESSIONAL

Both the Virginia Senators and all hei
REPRESENTATIVES. were in their places
when Congress met Monday.
President Roosevelt has sent his recess
appointments, and several new ones, 10
the Senate for consideration.
REPRESENTATIVE Flood int oduced a bill
for the purchase OF the y turai Bridge
by the government Tor National PARK.
Representative Glass introduced bills
for the erection Of public buildings at
Radford, South Bostonand Bedford City.
He also introduced IA bill appropriating
$50. 900 for an addition to the Roanoke
public binding.
REPRESENTATIVE Lamb has introduced a
bill appropriating S25O,OOO Tor the
Negro Development and Exposition
Company. to be used in making an eX-
hibit at the Jamestown Exposition.
showing the progress OF negroes. lie
also introduced q bill providing for the
appropriation OF ten thousand dOllars
for the erection OF a monument TO mark
the grave OF President John Tyler IN
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond
In the choice of seats by members OF
the House Virginia did not fare well.
The first Yirginian to get seat was
REPRESENTATIVE Hay. He selected a seat
well down toward the front. The next
was Mr.. Jones. After him followed Rep
resentatiye Slemps, Lamb, Flood, swan
son. Glass. Maynard, Rixey and Southall.
Mr.. Southall was the last Democrat to
gel a choice, and that was Hobson :,
The Virginia members, are not grouped
together, but are all rather convenient
tn the doors.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-12-07
LEWISTON NOTES

Lewiston. Va, Dec I, 1905.
Dr. j. ). DcJarnettc, Of the Western
state Hospital. Stanton. pad a short
visit To his iathqr Capt. E.ll.DeJarnette
last week.
Mrs. II. r. Terrell. (uee Miss Lucy
Vaughn. continues quite sick at hei
home. Ellerslie, in Louisa.
Mr.. ". J Holiday. of Kansas Clty
Mo-. il guest of his brother. Mr. james
Z. Holiday.
DR.. Barksdalc Hales, oi fredericksburg
spent Thanksgiving here.
Mis-. Abbie Scot. left Saturday Tor hel
home in Clifton. Texas.
Dr. II. VI. DeJarnette Is visiting hl-
father here.
Dr. r. ". Dew has returned IRON
Lynchburg, where hewent To attend th'
Cooperative Educational meeting II,
reports quite successful and beneficial
meeting. and was much pleased with the
hospitality shown by the people ol
Lynchhurg.
Mr.. +. T. Goodloe OF Richmond. spent
Thanksgiving with mis- parents here.
DR. r. l.. billiard. of Alhemarle. spent
several DAYS with his sister. Mrs. j. !
Holaday last week.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-12-07
JUDGE LEAKE
Retained al Head OiR., F. and P. and Washing
ton and Southern Railways.

Judge W. j. Leake, of Richmond, is
still president of the Richmond, Freder-
icksburg and Potomac and Washington
and Southern Railroads.
The directors Of these two roads at a
meeting in New York Tuesday not only
declined 70 accept the resignation which
Judge Leake had placed in their hands,
but endorsed the recommendations made
by him of the officials for the heads OF
the various departments of the roads
While the officials OF the road are ex-
tremely rcticent concerning the causes
for Judge Leake's resignation. tits under
stood in well informed financial circles
that the action of the dir leaves the
president in absolute control OF all de-
partments under him, and OF the opera
lion of the two roads generally.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-12-07
SpOTSYLvANIA
loarl Notss-Tslk Of Starting Bdhk-aldody
AHels-SehOol Mat,srs-A Rat Story.
Snot.yIyanIa. NJ. Dec. ). d

Spotsylvania. Va, Dee >, 1908.
The cold biting weather ON Monday
last didn't prevent crowd from attend
ing Circuit court here. which was held 10y
Judge +. r. h. Wright. of 1appahnu-
mock The day was a busy one and the
number 81 chaucery eases disposed oi
was large. Judge Wright having other
business 90 attend Ia. adjourned court
over to the DIST inst. There were "a
number OF legal representatives present
from different sections. IL was not %
favorable day, oH account oi the cold
weather Tor horse traders and Others
who had To stny out doors. O,cWuais
and wraps were much i'm evidence aud
warm stoves were very much sought
MIR. VIM Holiday, OF Kansas City
Mo. a former resident of Spotsylvanln
and Confederate soldier, is visiting Hon
T.. W. Smith here.
Mr.. hedwen. representing a banking
association Of West Nirgnia. X here Ion
the purpose oilooking intoth Feasibility
Of establishing "A bank Mt Spotsylvania
&. H.. and he seems pleased with the
outlook.
Your correspondent learned not long
since that the old dwelling house neal
the scene OF the Bloody Angle battlefield
so famous in history, which bore the
marks of that bloody conflict, has bcer
taken down. This was "a relic of great
interest. but the effect OF time ON it wa'
quite marked.
I'm consequence OF the heavy rains
streams herrahouts were much swollen
and the rains altered the roads very
much too. 50 that travelling was NOT q
thing OF joy.
The public school trustees of this dis
trict held meeting on Monday and at
tended 10 matters of Importance To th
schools.
\ lady OF our village youches for the
statement that the rats iniesting The
house III which she resides arr so smart
ia their efforts 10 satisfy Oh" wants oil
the inner rodent that they actually hil
the tops Of the tin buckets containing
meal and lard during the night and help
themselves. This is remarkable rat
story, but it is not one that L. "fishy,
assure your readers.
T. T. Il.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-12-07
STAFFORD
ROais L0Od-httidsnts- Of Property -
Personals and Other NoisS.
Garrisonyillc, Va, Dec. 1, 1905

harfSOnNlic, a. bt'. - l'V'
The drouth which prevailed here was
broken hy the rainfall Saturday night
and SUNDAY. Grain and grasssown had
not sproutcd but will now begin to
start.
The roads have been par excellence all
the fall Transfers hauling lumher
from the saWmills in uppcrStaifordcome
by here daily on their way 10 Coal Land
ing.
Most everyone is making some prcpa-
rations forChristmas.
MIR. James Musselman continues i'll Mt
the home of his son, Mr. g. }. Muss'l-
man. near Toluca.
MIR. W. b. Mussclman, OF TOluca, has
been making ready to move toyOur city,
but the continued illness OF his father lie
laws his moving. II has not been the
writer's pleasure to note a more faithful
devotion than is shown 10y this son.
Miss Ellen Adie, OF this place, had the
misfortune oi being scalded about a
week ago. She also suffered a severe
sprain of wrist from the fall She was
ascending stairway with kettle OF
hot water and slipped with the above
named result.
Little Miss Gladys. daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Il l.. Gin. OF near TOluca. Was
painfully scalded ON Thursday 10y the
overturning of a steaming kettle OF
water. Her burns, while not serious,
are painful
DR.. Robert Hubner and Mr. Emil
Kosh. of New York. spent last week IN
the village in the interests OF the pyrites
mine which is being developed near here.
Misses Daisy Monntjoy and llortense
Evans. of the village, are visiting rela-
tives in Washington.
Mrs. W. b. Stuart, Of near Brooke, ID
quite sick 800.
Mr. Lou Wedding, OF near Beiiair Mills,
who was operated upon at the I'm r.
gency Hospital, Washington. week on
so ago. is rapidly improving and VIII
soon return home
Misses Mamie and Mifiie Edmunds, Of
this place. will spend the winter in War
renton. where they have purchased prop
crtv.
The wife oi Page Taliaierro, colortd,
living near Brooke. was taken 10 the
Emergency Hospital Washington, ON
Friday last for treatment.
Ii il reported that Roy Brooks, OF near
this place. has sold his property To a
Northern company at handsome figures.
There are pyrites veins in rich quality on
the property. Is y. /.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-12-07
LOCAL MARKETS

Corrected by Simon Hirsh & Bro
Wheat, soto 90, corn, As TO 80; meal,
81 soto 81 35; oats, 40 to 4j; hens. 8 to
10: ducks, II to -; dressed chickens,
II t. Il: turkeys, 10 10 10; live chick
ems. o t. 10; hens. Z TO 9; ducks. 70 .;
turkeys, II TO Is; eggs. % to p; lard,
10 TO II; butter, Is 10 %; hams, Il
to II: swec potatoes, 4Oc to SOC; Irish
potatoes. GOc 70 Csc; beef to 81,
pork. 8 to 81 veal, AZ to 3; lambs.
$3.50 to $3.50. hides, green, 5 to 6,
dry 8 to 20, sailed, Z TO 8; baled hay,
$40 to $13 per ton; leaf sumac, 90 to
90 per 100.
Game-Turkeys. 1910 per pound;
paItridges, $175 to 81 rer dozen;
woodcock, 81 to $3.50 per dozen; rab-
hits, 81 80 per dozen.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-12-07
Cash FOR JAMESTOWN COMPANY
MANAGERS Have Raised S2SO.OOO and State Will
Now Paw $50, 900.

The jamestown Exposition Company
has raised the first $3.50, 900 Of the
81 .OOO,OOO it was required to raise be-
fore it secures the appropriation OF
5000. 600 made by the State OF Virginia,
and the State will be called upon to at
once nav the first $4,000 installment
on the full appropriation, it having been
provided by the Legislature that when
the exposition company had raised
$3.50. 600 in actual cash the State would
nav $50. 600 into theexposition treasury.