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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
AN UNEXPECTED LOCATION
BY ELLIOTT WALKER.

(copyright. 1905. by Daily Story Pub
 Co.)
 Branch looked up from examining the mortgage deed spread upon ms desk.
 A shadow had fallen across the pa- per, blocking the light from the near by door of his dingy private office.
 "Well, sir!" he interrogated Briskly what can I do for you?'
 You can give me your hand. sam
 Tt isn't Lewis Wix? Lew! It can't be"
 "Yes, it is." laughed the caller. as Branch sprang up. Same old sixpence I'm tickled to death to find you. First thing I did when I reached the city was to hunt a directory. Ran my fin- ger down the 'B's' Branch, s. W. & Co. that's 'Sam,' said I, and I never even stopped for a bite to eat. Your old grip feels good. It's twelve years since I last felt it.
 "Twelve years! Is that so? I'd lost all track Sit down, old man. You are going to lunch with me at my house right away Where have you beeni What do you do? You're looking fa' and gay. Made money? Married?"
 One thing at a time." smiled Wix ''Yes, Pm prosperous at last. after my ups and downs. Mining properties solid ones. I've been all over the - much of a home as I have.
 Not married, thenT'
 ''No, not yet. Hope to be in due season Think I've changed much Sam?'
 Mighty little. Pshaw! you want tc hurry up and settle down. Now lei me see. know some nice girls"
 Hold on," interrupted Wix, grim ming "The fact is, Sam. I've come East on that very errand, and--
 'I see. I see. And old affair, ehr'
 That's it. Dear me! I've got to To- cate her. It's so long since I heard and she-to tell the truth, we both stopped writing years ago. It seemed SO hopeless. I wandering around, g poverty stricken prospector, and the poor girl, waiting. Those letters grew to be too narrowing. They dropped off I simply couldn't bring myself to wor. ry her with constant reports of bac luck. Besides, my whereabouts were uncertain. Finally, wrote her cousin who knew of our feelings for each oth er, telling him how things stood. anS yhe was to let me know If anything happened to her. As I've never heard I'm sure she is still in the old towr still waiting"
 "I'Il bet she is," cried Branch. en couragingly. You'll find her, Lew She will be just as young in your eyes
  married at my house? It's a real TO- nance. I must tell my wife about it.
 'T remember Mrs. Branch and youl wedding It's splendid of you to bt so kind, Sam. Maybe we'll take UT that offer"
 1Dear! Dear! my wedding! Lew you didn't know, of course. I lost Anna within a year. Never thought to find anyone to take her place, but I've not regretted my second step. No sweet CT woman ever lived About four years ago I ran across her. and 1t took ter months to get her consent. Poor. too and I had everything to give her Come, you're hungry. Let's start fol lunch"
 "Don't try to condole." he pursued hastily closing his desk. as Wix began a sympathetic stammer. "Its always wise to repair a loss, and I'm happy with things as they are. Talk about something else. I've dealt In real es'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
TRICKS OF ANIMALS.
he Instinct of SeIf-Preservati0m
 Cnmann Them fn TIaa nacalf

The Instinct of Setf-PreeervattOm Causes Them to Use Deceit. There are a surprising number of Quaker animais--animais whose reg ular method of self-protection is to offer-no resistance to their enemies.
 The possI%ds n1d .rS trick of r,,.s shammisg London Spectator cites several other cases of combined cunning and meek ness. The. hedgehog, the .porcupine, the armadillos refuse to fight, but they are protected by sharp spires or ar- nor Some of the. armadilios are great while porcupines hide in hollow logs
 Among marine animals is a star which is the despair of collectors. 1t seems to make 1t point of pride that none of its family shall be shown in a tsfen 1See from fri n the Ss water this s starfish & throws off its legs and also its stom- achs. The story is told of one collec- tor who thought that he had succeeded to see 1t dismember itself at the last
 W. II. Hudson describes the death- feigning habits of a small South AfrI- can fox common on the pampas. If lapses as if dead. and to all appear well carried out that dogs are cons stantly taken in by it. When one withdraws little way from feign- lively a slight opening of the eye may de detected. Finally. when left to him self. he does not recover and start uL like an animal that has been stunned. but slowly and cautiously raises his head first and only gets up when his foes are at a distance. I was once rid ing with a gaucho when In front of us a fox not yet fully grown. standing still and watching our approach. All at once 1t dropped. and when we came up to the spot 1t was lying stretched out with eyes closed and apparently dead. Before passing on. my compan- ion, who said 1t was not the first time that he had seen such a thing. lashed it ments without producing the slightest effect"
 Dogs show much the same tendency when they lie down meekiy. with their invite a beating. Puppies are just as good at this as hardened veterans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
PERMITS ARE ISSUED.
Dwelling Houses to be Erected 0l
 Goldthwaite Street.

Dwelling Houses to be Erected on
 Goldthwaite Street.
 On presentation of papers signed by the members of the City Council and J. c. Tyson and J. s. Pinckard signify ing their willingness for permits to be issued Warren and Thornton for the erection of houses on Goldthwaite Street, City Engineer D. W. Ford yes- terday delivered the permits requested.
 One was for the erection of a two story pebble dash house on Goldth- waite Street between Mildred and Clay ton Streets. costing s2.000, and another was for the erection of a two story frame house on Goldtwaite Street be- tween, Mildred and Clayton Streets costing $1,5oo.
 The order signed by the aldermen stated that the property owners who had protested against the issuance of permits to Warren and Thornton had Withdrawn their protest and declared the resolution passed Monday night borbidding the City Engineer to issue the permits of no effect.
 Messrs. Tyson and Pinckard stated in their message to the City Engineer that they had been assured that nc dwelling houses for negroes would be erected by Warren and Thornton on the ground in question of South Goldth- waite Street and therefore withdrew their protests against the issuance oi permits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
rHD JAPANESE NIGHTINGALE.
A Pretty Bird, Which is Also Knows
 as the aPelking RObins7

Some Japanese nightingales were re- leased in St. James Park, Lonaons sn4 other dav. They immediately made themselves at home, says The Lon0on Express, and settled down to the new life by taking a vigorous bath in the lake.
 nfghtinEale, nor does 1t come from Ia~ paTa, but this is the name given to the bird by dealers, who find the higher aounding title better than the plain at7 formative of "Pekin robin"
 It has been favorite with birdkeep- CTS ever since its first importation, ana is now exceedingly cheap; the hrsI peAk brought from China. not so very many years ago, cost 10 pounds sterhns now this sum would buy few hum dred. the most charming little bird in exfht~ ence, He Is more beautifully colored than most small birds. being olive green above, with orange bordere0 wings, and tinted on the throat and breast with the most exquisite snading of primrose yellow and glowing orange. His eyes are. if anything. darker and more lustrous than our owh robin's, and bis bill Is as red a9 coral
 Moralists have gloated over the pres stunned incapacity of beautiful birds to sing, but the Japanese nightingale is one of the exceptions to the rule. His song is as sweet as the English black cap's, sometimes as short, loud, mellow ana insistent as one of the blackblrds strophes, and. again. long. low and. tender. He is. too. as affectionate as. love bird with his own kind and friendly to other birds-even London sparrowa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
BIG FLORENCE DEAL.
Fitting and Berger Purchase City Wa
 terVyOrka.

bit1nE ana beFgeF Purchase City Wa
 terwOrks.
 Florence, May 3.-(special. "A deal the Florence Water Works changed hands. the purchasers being ". c. Elt- ing and A. A. Berger, of this city. For the past ten years the plant has been in the hands of trustees for the amounting to s125.oOo; The water some time past at 75 cents on the dol lar. There were four bidders in the field, Steiner Bros, of Birmingham, The Sheffield Company, billiard and Glenn of this city and the purchasers. The company holds thirty year franchise from the city. which will expire in ten years, at which time the city reserves the right to repurchase the plant. In case the city does not want to own the plant the company will be given an extension of five years on the fran chise. The terms of the sale have not been made public. but 1t is thought that the purchasing price was in the neighborhood of $93,0O0.
 The plant, which was completed in 1890, is one of the most valuable of the kind in the South. It was built dur ing the boom days to supply a popula- ton of 50.000 people. The original owners were Jeter and Broadman. who failed after the collapse of the boom. The system is q combination of stand pipe and direct pumping into the mains, the supply of water coming from Cox's Creek. The equipment consists of a tower for the tank. seventy feet high and forty feet in diameter; two Worth ington pumps with a capacity each of 1,50O,0 900 gallons a day and two water tube boilers. The mains and pipes in- tersect every street in the city, extend ing to the further limits or East Flor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
MANY MURDER CASES
SEVEN ACCUSED OF MURDER IN
 ELMORE COUNTY.
VIII Pugh, Convicted of slaying His Wife, Is Given Death Penalty. VIII Be First Legal Hanging
 In Ten Years.

wetumpka. May s.--sspec,al.)--The second week of Circuit Court was con yened at g:so o'clock Monday nnornins;; from being in attendance last week. has recovered from his illness and is present, He Is erecting 2 .ts fayoraSie naon,s Court sessions are held morning. after noon and night. Of the seven murder cases set for trial this week. the evil verdict rendered in two, the jury being still out in the Johnson case.
 Tom Moore was tried for the murder of Britt Sandlin about two years ago and was sentenced to ten years in the The case of Win , Rggh , yas called sa a charged with the murder of his wife, the crime was committed near Jack | sons Lake several months ago. The came back to his wife after an absence of two years, and before he had been l in her presence fifteen minutes he had come back to kiiI you" and he dragged | her from the cabin to the yard and shot her to death. The jury was out verdict of guilty of murder in the first
 This will be the first legal hanging in Fillmore County in more than ten years. Ansie Johnson was on trial Tuesday | for the murder of negro by the name of Jackson. The murder was commit
 viile sfH at the dsfso issh of ,aae Ncyem6er Jack son was married on the 10th of Noyem. Der and his dusky bride had received
 attentions from fro t,s sonnsSt nsSt of November 18th. 1904, Jackson heard a number of rocks or small stones hit his door;
 Gng sam gshes S ns hsa pSy Sery Gf ts to ao @ % stepped out on his porch. When ne turned to re-enter his humble home. he Was yonpg snoe neero o ateiy SO fui of Sgor and l the yard His wife ran screaming t9
 his side and twS Ss eStage on l approaching, they saw a negro whom l they recognized as Aus Johnson run
 Tbng from see SSat %as S se
 ter; he said ""nothing,n but turned ana ma
 jumped the fenee Dog Dogs Isn. pTt 'h honse see
 traiIed Jackson to the home of his
 grandfatber' some two miles distant.
 His clothes fitted the description giyssn yen
 by the s.tg two fre men 9t 1asRsoes those horne
 A trial Is in progress today. which
 has attracted wide attention. A large
 crowd is in attendance 0R With me the mup 1 Set October be ' 18th, 1903: Newton has a
 than n ,bs Sny ai in some years He was well known convict in the penitentiary; has at tempted to break jail ana mas ; peSn oS Sa, ried to Montgomery once or twice aoI r | safety, The murdered man. Samuel
 Lacy, belonged to one of WetumpkaaI a 2 oldest and most prominent famiiles. He . has A brother in Wetumpka who IS prominent in church and business afs fairs, being a member of the firm or
 md9e Brewer mas presided with dig ntty over this term of court and IS despatching business with great rapio-
 'SEEnsisn w. P. Gaddis of the Alabama is on a visit tS hts mother, Mrs. c. E' Gaddis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
VETERAN OF THREE WARS
Pe-ru-na Proves InfalIlbse to1
 Catarrh Of the Stomach
Peru-ns Proves InfaIIibIe fer Cato1'
 of the. stomaeh.

Peru-mA Proves ImfnIfbic Ter CAtN44
 of the. stemseh.
 Cant. ". W. Jackson. 705 e Str@o4 N. ", washington. D. C.. writes:
 T am eiehty-three years old, q ve<& eran of the Black Hawk, Mexican au4 Civil Wars. am by professlou physician, but long since abandoned the same.
 ssome years are I was serfeus1x m1e fectea with cafarrh of the s<omack Mx| sunerings were protracted and sexeE@s
 @I tried every known remedy will out ostainins relief. n despsras'en \ began the use of Peruna.
 sT began to realise fmpaedlete1 thsugh gradual, fmprsvement- Afte< the use of three bottles, every appea4< ance ef my complaint was removed nn4 | have no hesitation in recemmen11nU 1t as m infaIlfble remedy for thaf &11e order.
 T have recommended the same to= many of my friends. who. after mo4e crate use. have realized the same re* suit.
 T cannot speak too highly of it4 great remedial excellence"
 A large army of men and women have been cured of dyspepsia ana stomach troubles by Peruna, after everything else failed them-
 As rule. people try doctors hrst~| After trying doctors. they try noese hold remedies. Finally they resort to patent medicines.
 Thousands have gone through thix' same ordeal. At last they try Perunn< when they get cured.
 The reason for this is that they hAve had catarrh of the stomach all tnes time.
 They have been doctored for almost everything else but catarrh of the stomach.
 They have been given artificial diges- tants. such as the active principle of gastric juice and pancreatie juice.
 All this availed nothing. Peruna alone afforded permanent relief.
 People who are suffering from dys- pepsia and have tried the ordinary remedies without relief. are safe m assuming that their eases are catarrn of the stomach, and should at once be- gin with course of Peruna Ferun1 ia sure to cure these cases. It never faila
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04

be difhcuit. A temporary derangems,ns
 of telegraphic service by the generation
 of earth currents. curious tremplin3
 of observatory magnets which are lightly poised and display of the au-
 rora borealis are common accompanl-
 ments of great solar outbreaks, pu<
 none of them involve the exercise of
 anything but an infinitesimal amount of mechanical force. It taxes the im-. agination severely to suggest mag. netic explanation of the displacement of millions of tons of solid material Although the notion that lunar attrac- tion might distort the earth's crust a< times when It raises the highest ocean tides is now pretty we'll discredite4s it Icertainiy had more to .recommend ~ than a belief that there is any counec- lion between the disturbances or which sun spots are symptoms and the anAk- ing of thousands of cubic miles of rock One is not tied down to magnetisn | in the search for the intermediate mee i chanism, to be sure. and if anybody eau | propose a better hypothesis he may an4 ticipate respectful hearing. Until | Id found. and until Abbe Mourenux "A | able to reinforce hts interesting eon< | lectures with at least q quarter ok ga century of History, he will find few foi- lowers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
ANNUAL MEETING.
Commercial Association to Receive Re
 nOrta Tuesday Night.

ports IucsOuy
 The annual meeting of the Conner cial and Industrial Association will take pace next Tuesday night at
 It will be the fifteenth annual meet ing of the Association and the attend ance will, no doubt. be large.
 At this time a resume of what the organization has accomplished durine the year will be submitted by the va rious standing committees through their respective chairmen, and reports of officers will be made. These re- ports are always put in pamphlet form for distribution over the country and they form a valuable and continuing record of Montgomery's progress and deyelopment from year to year.
 Tuesday night, officers and directors will be elected for the ensuing year These consist of a President, three Vice-Presidents and four Directors.
 The Association Is one. of the largest and most influential business bodies In the State and the annual meeting IS al. and pleasure by the members.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04

In the case of Capt. Jackson we have a soldier. who was at one time a doctor. He suffered from catarrh of the stomach.
 His sufferings were protracted.
 He tried Peruna as a last resort.
 He, like a multitude of others. found instant relief and permanent cure.
 Peruna cures catarrh.
 Peruna cures catarrh wherever located. Peruna not only cures catarrh of the stomach, but catarrh of the head, throat, bowels, kidneys or any other organ.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
PAWN TICKETS 21O Pickett Spffngs Casino,
 Tonight Big Professionals Cast Childrvn 15c. Adults 2s and 60c.
APRIL POLICE REPORT.

325 Arrests Were Made During the
 Thirty Days.
 The report of the Montgomery Police Department for April compiled yester- day by Day Sergeant Gladden. Harrison shows interesting work done during the past month by the city's police men.
 The total amount of money collected in April was $9s12o, which was re- ceived from the following sources otherwise than current fines in the Re- corder's Court: Collected from back cases, $139; revenue from pound $4250; received for female prisoners leased to farmers, $1S.45.
 Three hundred and twenty-five ar- rests were made during the thirty days or an average of over ten day. Most of the arrests were made be- t&een the hours from p. m. to a. m., 215 being recorded during the period of darkness. The number of arrests by day was 110.
 Of the persons arrested, seven were white women and fifly-nine were negro women, while 1S3 black men and 76 white men completed the list of un- fortunates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
SHEETS TRIAL TO-DAY.
Preliminary Hearing of Glazier Who
 Killed Ills Son.

Killed Ills Son.
 The preliminary hearing of w. T. Sheets, a well known white glazier of Montgomery who shot and killed his 23-year- son, Claude Sheets, at the family home. 423 Houston Street Easter Sunday morning after a short quarrel will be held at 12 o'clock today before Justice J. N. Browder.
 The trial will be held in Justice Providers office on Washington Street unless the crowd Is too large, in which case the hearing will be had in the Circuit Court room of the county court house.
 Sheets since his arrest shortly after the deplorable tragedy, has occupied a cell in the county jail.
 Several witnesses have been called to testify in the preliminary trial and. on account of the sensation that the tragedy caused, a large number of in- terested persons will probably be pre- sent to hear the evidence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
Deceased wlfe,u sister Mudalea.

London ChronicIe.
 Our refusal to recognize marriage with a deceased wife's sister-which ia legal in the Australian Commonwealth has led to many complications in the inheritance of property. And very ems barrassing social incidents have hap pened. One of the most unpleasant oc- cured during the relgn of the late Queen. Arrangements had been made by the Colonial once for the presents tion of an Australian Cabinet Minister and his wife at court. but when it was found that the lady was a deceased wife's sister the proposed presentations was promptly overruled. Such an epi~ sode Is not likely to be repeated. fos galization of marriage with deceased wife's sister.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
EXPERIENCE WITH NEGROES.
GIrard Citizen Is Held Up and Robbed
 nR Al .An-

Girard, May 3-(speclaI. .)-while walking across a creek bridge at mid of upper Girard. had an adventurous experience with five negro men. Two caught hold of his clothing while the other three searched his pockets for valaables. Only $1.9O was secured The men all made their escape. A ne- gro has been arrested on suspicion but he was released on S100 bond.
 Osie Pearl. the 11-months-oId daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. W. l., Newsom. died yesterday at their residence after an illness of malarial fever.
 Mrs J. A. Howard fainted in May or's Court yesterday and the incident created quite a stir in court at the time. She was in court as a witness in a case in which her husband figured. She recovered and was carried home in
 Rdssell county.s political campaign
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04

is already opening up. Judge W. A. L. Tucker. a well-known Confederate Vet eran. has fired the first gun by an- nouncing fof Sheriff. So far there are no other entries in this race, although other candidates may enter later. w :.
 A Bellamy. the present Sheriff, is not eligible to reelection under the Ala bama law. Judge Tucker has been
 tary Public and Ex-officio Justice of fha peaca at Scale
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
Company Organized to Build One
 North MOntg0mery.

-
 North Montgomery.
 The plan of the Roman Cotton Com pany to build a bonded warehouse in North Montgomery, which was an- nounced some weeks ago was formu- lated with like interests yesterday when an independent corporation, The Bonded Warehouse Company, with a capital stock of $20G000 filed papers of incorporation with Probate Judge J. B. Gaston.
 One hundred thousand dollars of the authorized capital stock has been paid an. James H. Hardaway is named in the incorporation papers to accept sub scriptions to the capital stock and is secretary and treasurer of the com pany.
 William M. Marks, prominent cot ton buyer of Montgomery is the presi- dent of the company and E. F. John stone is vice-president for the ensuing year.
 The incorporators are W. M Marks, F. F. Johnstone. James H. Hardaway and Sigmund Roman.
 Work on the warehouse will begin September 1 and 1t will be constructed after the most modem style.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04

tain lodge room, rendered by Dora Re- bekah Lodge and the General Commit . tee.
 The headquarters of the Grand Lodg 3 and Grand Encampment will be at the Alabama The Rebekah Staio assem- bly will have its headquarters at the AnnistUn Female College.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
FIREMAN SYKES RESIGNS.
Driver at Five Points station Becomes
 Railroad Man.

A vacancy has been caused in the fire engine company at the Five Polnts station by the resignation of Driver J. w Sykes who has given up the fire mans life to enter the service of one of the railroads of Montgomery.
 Mir. Sykes was highly regarded by his fellow members of the department and his superior officers and his resignation was accepted with regret.
 Chief Browder has not announced the appointment of a man to fill the vacan- cy caused by MT. Sykes quitting the department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
nnn,t une Poor OH

For use on sewing machines, bicycles and all purposes requiring fine lubri- cant; the best Is the cheapest in the end Genuine Singer oil can only be obtained at Singer stores. Look for the red S. 104 Dexter Ave. Montgom- erv Ala. adV-thu.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04

Don't forget the cooking denenSsra> t,ons at the BijOu Theatre every afeexf moon of this week They will starr promptly at g o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04
PERSONAL.
tu-thur-sal

WANTED-You to call on us for shingles. long leaf yellow pine framing, ceiling. sid- ing flooring, mouldings. and everything else needed in building telephone sos. conecuh Pine Lumber & Mfg. Co., North Aontgomery.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04

Don't forget the cooking demOnstrn- tions at the Bijou Theatre every after noon of this week They will start promptly at o'clock. If
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-04

Don't forget the cooking demOnstra- tiOns at the BijOu Theatre every after noon of this week They will start promptly at O'clOr<. If