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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24

to Limoges. to satin sheen and flowers painted with the skill of the finest art. one adores the gold leaf laid on in pars and lines on tea-service for a bride. From a salad bowl to an after dinner coffee set. from a fairy-like vase to goblet fit for the nectar of the gods there is something to enchant the eye and bewitch the judgment of womankind To walk through aisles between splendors of cut glass and crystal is to get a realizing sense of the dreams of enchantment in the Arabian Nights. No luxury of the past, mo mat ter how gorgeous, has been at all com parable to the sumptuous luxury of this magnificent age of ours st
 Of course, dear lady, if you can afford 1t you will have in your house what ever makes it more agreeable to your self, but unless you have a deep purse do not fancy when you buy antioues from dealer that you are getting hold of the real thing, for you may be vast ing shekels which it cost your husband hours Of toll to earn. Only an expert can detect the difference between some ancient secretaries, sofas and clocks and some extremely close and success full modern reproduction. There aye factories in this country which turn out Queen Anne furniture by the car load Your home will look just as pretty and be just as attractive with the modern imitation as with the gen uine article, and your amount to the good will be larger if you are satisfied with buying straight from the facto- ries.
 About all china, not old china partic- ularly nor new, if your heart is set on it and you want to keep 1t from breakage and loss, you must take care of it yourself. Hired hands cannot be a h fwa nwsNN The peasant woman who has been brought up in a cabin where a skillet and spoon or two and some wooden bowls completed the stock of household utensils. can never learn how daintily and delicately to look after egg-shelI plates, nor|can she understand the pang that goes to. the very soul of its owner when a beautiful dish Is clipped or cracked. Pope's famous line, Mistress of herself though china fall" strikes an echo of response in every feminine breast If one has achieved tthat de- gree of self-control that she can sit un- moved and refrain from scolding or complaint when she hears a crash in the kitchen she is almost entitled to the halo of saint.
 In the face of the great calamities and disasters that sometimes come upon home, .wrecking 1t and plotting out the sunshine from circle of loved ones the fracture of an elegant cup or vase is very little. But we do not always remember this. nor do we keep what we ought most to try for in life, an even mind amid little things and great A scratch on the furniture or a broken cup seems very trivial on the day that ship goes down at sea and carries a dear one with 1t. We need more and more, all of us, to take lessons in this true valuations of life. and less should we pin our affections to things which fire or flood or careless handling or any sudden heedlessness may ruin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
A caristmas Note.

Springtime, with budding flowers With perfume laden, balmy breeze,
 and trees, And Summer with its beauteous glory, Then Autumn the hearvest of the story. All these have charms rich and bright, But none can equal that winters
 night. When shepherds watched upon the hill, And all around was calm and still Then came a light dazzling. fair. Sweet strains of music filed the air. The song blessed through ages rang The glorious song the angels sang. Peace, peace on earth! Good will to
 men!"
 Oh, sing that song again aRainI On this the happiest day of the year Into some heart bring warmth and
 cheer.
 Fulfil thy part of the song of joy, Thus gaining the peace naught can
 destroy!
 Mary raryer Carroll.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
THE BEAUTIES OF THE NILE.
An Affecting Example of 'sThe sun's''
 SOlicitude fer n Great Man.


 New York Sun
 The Nile, especially the Upper Nile. has it's press agents, just a if 1t was the Panama Canal, and a mighty at tractive, if more naviga ble, picture they draw of it. The winter on the great river is to be of unusual attractfveness and a vast concourse of visitors is pre- dicted. far greater than ever before Every accommodation has been provid- ed for them; there are more hotels, bet ter hotels, and dearer hotels than here tofore; and the accessibility of every thing has been enormously enhanced There is. of course. no climate like the climate of Egypt a climate so life eiv- ing, so elevating and miraculousIy sa- lubrious that the very dead themselves live longer In Egypt than the quick do elsewhere. There Is no comparison whatever between the climate of Egypt and the climate of Washington. There are many advantages that we could in- dicate which attach to a trip up the Nile and a prolonged sojourn at As souan. and the most fastidious moraIist could not condemn such an excursion as premature. not even if 1t was un- dertaken directly atfer Christmas.
 What does our junior Senator say?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
And Then He Went.

Little Brother (to sister who is sit ting with her fiance)-Do you know what I think?
 Sister-+No. what is is?
 think If were not in the room Mir. Jones would kiss you"
 You impudent boy! Leave the room instantly!-Translated for Tales from 'Meggendorfer Blatter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24

Any poor girl in need of friendship, help. advice etc. would find ready and willing assistance by applying to the Matron of the Salvation Army Rescue Home. S3rd St., and Ave. E. Birming- ham ala Su if
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
THE CRAZE FOR
 ANTIQUE FURNITURE

Reverence for Ones OdEssentah
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
EDITOR FALLS UNDER
 TRAIN ON. SUBWAY
Was Recently Arrested on Charge Of Criminal Libe Preferred By
 Kentucky Congressman.

New York, August 3.-Robert criswell, editor of weekly publication, who was arrested recently on q charge of criminal libel. preferred by Representative Joseph l.. Rhinock of the Coyington q<y) district, was killed tonight by an express train at the Seventy-seeond station of the sub way The libel charge against criswell grew out of the publication of articles refiecting upon MT. Rhinock and censur- ing Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio for having introduced Miss Alice Roosevelt 10 the Kentucky congressman during the visit of the Presidents daugh- ter in Cincinnati. Crswell was arrested July 12 and was held In si000 bail for trial. The accused man published an apology in a subsequent issue of the paper.
 The death of Criswell tonight created somewhat of a panic in the crowded ex- press station at Seventy-second street. A downtown express was moving into the station. when Criswell was seen to walk close to the edge of the platform. Just as the first car of the long train approached the point where he was standing, dis well toppled over on the tracks. His head was completely severed from his body. Many women on the platform tainted and downtown traffic in the subway was de- layed for nearly an hour while policemen and railway employees worked to remove the horribly mangled remains
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
WOULD RENEW THE
 JAPANESE ALLIANCE
EARLE PERCY SEES NO CAUSE FOR ALARM OVER THE EURo- PEAN slTuATloN-ENeLAND IS LoSINe TRADE IN CHINA.

London, August 3-The session in the house of commons this evening was taken up with discussion of the foreign policy. Earl Percy, under secretary for foreign affairs, said that under the present cir cumstances 1t was impossible to discuss the conditions in the far east that might be brought about by ..e war or changes that it might be desirable to introduce in the Anglo-Japanese alliance when 1t was thought right to renew
 He noted with satisfaction that all agreed upon the desrabllity of renewing such an alliance. He thought that the general state of Europe presented no cause for anxiety. aReverting to the far cast he said 1t was true that while Great Britain in common with other countries was losing trade in China, Japan's trade in that country was increasing. Efforts were being made to obtain fresh markets in the interior, he said, and China had promised if the Chinese were unable to finance the proposed railway through the Yangtse valley to the Redstone Basin In the province of Szzechan to apply first to British and American capital to build 1t. Great Britain he said, was now nego- tiating with France for the joint con- structon of the line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
Spends the Day Sightseeing
 in New York
WILL SEE PRESIDENT TODAY
Russian and French Journals Are Pes slmistic Regarding the Outcome of
 .>eace nference-Sviet
 Does Not Want Peace.

New York August 3.-Acting for the President, Third Assistant Secretary of State Peirce today communicated to Ba- ron Rosen, the Russian ambassador, and MT. Takahira, the Japanese minister, the official programme for the formal presen- tation to the President of the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries to the Washington conference. This programme has for weeks been a subject of much study on the part of the President and Mfr. Perce.
 The question as to which ship should be assigned to the Russians, and which to the Japanese, to take them to Ports mouth solved itself. The servants on the Dolphin are Japanese. those on the Mayfiower are Chinese.
 M. Witte had an active day today. Ae- companied by Mr Wilenkine. Russian financial agent at Washington. M. Witte left his hotel at o'clock in an automobile, on a ride through Central park, then to Grants tomb. where M witte went into the mausoleum and stood for a few minutes at the tomb of the general From there he went to the stock exchange, where he spent more than an hour study ing its workings. From there he went to the top of one of the towering down. town buildings to get n birds eye view of the city. This quite enchanted him. "The most magnificent of all,'' he ex- claimed. MT. Witte then went into the subway and took an express train up town.
 Back down into Houston street he went in the automobile, through the Chinese district. Russian and Italian quarters. Soon after reaching this section of the city, MT. Witte got out of the car and made considerable part of the trip on foot. Many times throughout the trip he was recognized hy hls pictures. nnd he punctiliously returned each greeting by lifting his hat.
 It was about l o'clock when M. Witte and MT. Wilenkine went to a cafe for luncheon. The afternoon was spent in re- ceiving by appointment d number of prominent business men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
TOWNS STOP ALL
 TRAINS THROUGH CITY.

The most severe phases of the quaran- tine situation were made manifest today when the parishes of Rapides and Cal cascu stopped all through traffic, and thereby tied u, the Texas and Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads They will not allow trains to be run through their lim- it's. with the result that both systems are tied up absolutely. Neither road mas vet made move to set aside these arb- trary quarantines, though 1t is intimated that something may be done through the courts.
 Tonight a refugee who left New Or leans several days ago, and tried to get into Mississippi on the Louisville and Nashville road, but was refused admis- sion. was brought back in a mosquito screen. and placed in the emergency hos pital with a fully developed case of yellow fever He has been at Dunbar three days, and Acting Assistant Surgeon Sciele or the marine hospital service suspected his ill., ness at the time. He put him under mosquito net while the chill was on, and he has been protected ever since. pr. Was din today visited the place and pronounce ed 1t yellow fever, and the man was put on a Louisville and Nashville train and brought to New Orleans.
 The board of health received news from Morgan City of the discovery of three more cases on the Riverside plantation, fonr miles from the town. One Is a clerk in A store. and the others are ltal- ians. The parish health officer reports that there had been some light cases on that plantation two weeks ago which had recovered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04

New Orleans August 3.-This was the largest number of new cases reported in a single day. and while it was na- tural to expect with such an increase in the new cases an increase in the number of new foci, or sub-focl, as they are officially called, the number of the latter is really small in comparison. This is the period for the secondary infection to appear among those who were exposed to the original cases, and it is not sur prising that the infected quarter should yield up such record for one day. Talk ing also into consideration the perfect organization now maintained in that dis trict under the direction of Dr. Richard son of the marine hospital service, with his house to house inspections. it Is really a source of satisfaction that these cases are being brought to light.
 The first case of what might be called secondary infection from one of the sub [ foci, developed today, but even then there is reason to believe that 1t is really a case of infection from the original dis trict. The patient is brother of the first case that was reported as suspicious on July 13 The first case was contracted in the district where the father is a storekeeper. and the period of infection was July 5, and 2. A case of secondary infection should have appeared in that house July 24 or a little later. It appeared today in the person of young man who has been working in the same building where his brother contracted the ill.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
WILL PAY SEVEN
 MILLS ON DOLLAR
Mrs. Chadwick Has $14,000 With Which to Pay Indebtedness of
 s2,ooo,ooo.

Cleveland. O.. August 3.-creditors of Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick will receive a dollar when the matter is finally settled, according to Referee in Bankruptcy Rem ington. The assets will amount to $2o LOCO 1t is expected, against which are claims for attorney fees and court costs amount ing to sio,SoO, leaving about si4Ooo with which to meet s2.OOO0oo of indebtedness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04

of money has been deposited here to the order of the marine hospital service sur geons has created a false impression among a large number of people now out of work and who are seeking jobs in connection with the movement to stamp out the fever. The marine hospital of fcers have been besieged with applicants for various positions and there Is ap- parently a widespread belief that the government Is to turn loose a golden stream in the plan of fever eradication It Is explained that no money Is to be spent by the government in sanitary work here. The government is not in control of the situation nor does 1t expect ot be- All the funds that 1t will put out will be In the establishment and maintenance of detention camps, and in any disinfec- tion of cars or steamboats that may be required
 One of the good results that Is expected to follow the present misfortune of the city will be vast extension of the powers now lodged in the board of health in the matter of enforcing sanitary and hygienic measures. No one seems to have had any idea until the developments of the past two weeks of the deplorable conditions that have existed in the Italian quarter Hundreds of people have been found crowded into ramshackle tenements some Of them built perhaps century ago, and surrounded with none of the essentials of the most primitive sanitation and hv- giene. The district has been rich field Tor the planting of epidemic disease, and there is strong demand that laws shall se nassed and enforced to revolutionize these conditions not only in the present infected area. but in other parts of the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
ITALIAN IMMIGRATION
 WILL SUFFER SETBACK.

1t is not improbable also that the move ment 10 bring Italian immigration here on a large scale will suffer, partly by reason of the terror which the present in- lection has spread among the Italians and partly by reason of the entirely ,In- warranted prejudice which seems to have arisen against extensive Italian coloniza ton. With the negro hocking to the cities, Louisiana and Mississippi planters have had difficult problem to solve In obtaining adequate labor to till their fields. Thousands of Italians have in recent years replaced negroes i'll the sugar fields of Lauisana and as the Italian Is usual ly an excellent 1aborer there has for some time been strong movement to provide such facilities in the way of an immiera nt station as would divert to this gateway A larger proportion of Italian immigration. That movement has suffered a severe set back by reason of the fact that 1t un- fortuna tely happens that 1t Is the Ital- ians who have infected not only New Or leans, but points in other states Tn this connection 1t is recalled that in the epi- demic of 1853. the severest New OrIea ms has ever had, 1t was the Germans who suffered most among the nationaIities due to the large flow of German immigration into Louisville during the fifties.
 Much surprise was expressed at the state board of health when dispatch reached 1t today from Dr. Gremillion. at Alexandria, announcing the appearance of case of yellow fever there. Rapide, parish had taken extraordinary measures to keep out the infection and it was -----~-->--~---->-~~~--
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
Mud scow to the Rescue.

small insignificant scow happened along at this critical moment, however, and blew its whistle as signal for the bridge to open. The bridge tender was compelled to swing the bridge and the Eagle planting it's bow squarely in the stern of the mud scow crowded it closely as it passed through the bridge and then made run for the open lake and free dom. As soon as the police discovered the approach of the mud scow and saw the bridge must open, they made a rush for the fire tug Yosmite but the tug was a trifie slow. The Eagle headed for the waters which are in the Jurisdiction of the state of Indiana and the Yosmte which is not built for speed came wallow- Ing after. The Eagle steadily drew away from the tug and after run of ten miles the police were forced to admit that they had no chance and gave up the chase.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
New French Russian Treaty.

St. Petersburg, August 3.-The French and Russian commissioners have reached substantial agreement as to the terms of new commercial treaty. The French delegates left to- day for Paris after an audience withy the Emperor at Peterhof. The treaty provides for 'ower duties on FrencJ wines, and probably will include a pT vision against increasing the Frey minimum duties on Russian prodf ts dr ring its life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
CARS ROLL DOWN
 HIGH EMBANKME
ONE YOUNG WOMAN IS INJURED IN PENNSYLVANIA AND SEv- ERAL OTHERS SUSTAIN sERI- GUS INJURIES AND BRUISES.

Johnstown. Pa August 3.--A train from Redwood to Johnstown over the Balti- more and Ohio railroad was wrecked to- day at a. point between Border and Foust- we'll eight miles from this city. One woman was fatally injured another proo- ably so and half dozen others so badly hurt that they had to be taken to the
 hospital, while a large number were scratched and bruised. The names of the most seriously injured are as follows: Miss Mabel Beach of Somerset, Pa. fractured skull; cannot recover.
 Miss Emma Vickroy, Windber. Pa. jaw broken, seriously internal injuries; res covery in doubt.
 Miss Guin Rodgers of Pittsburs, bruises about the head.
 Miss Agnes Hoffman, Holsopple. Pa, broken leg.
 Miss G. w. Berkeble, Kantner, Pa, collar bone and rib broken. Mrs. Frank Freiburg, Hooversville. Pa, fractured arm. Mrs. O. E. Bepkebile. Buffalo, spine in- jured.
 R. M. Pyeatte of Knoxville Pittsburg travelling agent, bruised about the head Conductor Harry c. Benford. That the forty passengers on the train escaped death Is little short of miracu- lous. owing to a broken rail the cars left the track, the engine and tender re- maining on the rails, the baggage car rolled down the long and steep embank- ment turning over and over, finally land Ing in the creek, standing on the wheels. The smoker went only part way down the bank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
ESSEX WANTS TO
 SHUT OFF NEWS
Court Order Restrains the Town From Bothering Telegraph Wires
 to Portsmouth.

Boston, August 3.-An order restraining the town of Essex from interfering with the poles and wires of the New England Telegraph company in connection with their use during the coming peace con- ference at Portsmouth, N. H.. was is- sued today by Judge Dodge of the United States circuit court. Another hearing will be held August 8, when the matter will be finally adjudicated
 The company claimed it's right to main- tain its wires and poles through Essex Is of international importance, because they form a link in the shortest tele- graph and cable route between Ports mouth and Europe. The town contended that it had never given the right of lo- cation to the company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
REPRESENTATIVES, CITY MARSHAL.
Says Blind Tiger Whisky Brought on
 the Trouble.

Baxley. Ga, August 3.-Mike Aspenwall, city marshall. was assassinated here to- day by A. J. Chestnut. Chestnut was pur- sued by twenty-five armed citizens, who left their places of business to prevent his escape He fired twice on his pursuers and was shot in the back through his left side with a rifle ball. He was brought back and lodged in jail He said: "Blind tiger liquor has brought me to this"
 Chestnut had q street fight this after noon with Luke White, who had bested him. City Marshal Aspenwall interferred and the shooting followed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
Many Predictions Made.

St. Petersburg, August 3, 645 D. m.- The press generally continues to avoid trenching of the ground to be covered in the peace negotiations, though the Sviet which neither hopes nor wishes for peace predicts that the pour parers will re- sult Tn nothing but empty and Idle talk
 The Moscow Gazette, an apostole of un- compromising reaction, declares that the dispatch of M. Witte to the United States, Is a disgrace, and holds that the only concession Russia can make is to demand no indemnity from Japan, and mo peace until defeat and retribution have over taken the enemy"
 The Boulevard sheet, the Gaetta, pre- dlcts general European alliance head ed by Russia, Germany and France to preserve the peace of the world, to re- strain Japanese preponderance in the far east, and to prevent Great Britain med ding in the affairs of the continent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
Law League Elects Officers.

Niagara Falls, N. r., August 3.-The Commercial Law League, in convention here today, elected the following off, cers: President, Wentworth Carr of Philadelphia; vice president, H. G.. Dinkelspiel of San Francisco; second vice president, Charles E. Fowler of New Haven, Conn; thiro vice presi- dent, George N. Napier of Atlanta; re- cording secretary, Herbert E. Bradley of Chicago: treasurer, w. O. Hart of lvew Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
Russians Strongly Reinforced.

London, August 3.-Dispatches from Tol.-1 give confrmatory evidence from the Japanese correspondents of the great strength Of the Russian forces and their continual reinforcement, es- pecially in northern Corea. Reports from the same source indicate that the greatest inundation in three years has occurred in northern Corea. The bridges over tne Tumen have been de- SUI. yed. and the roads are impossible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-04
William May Meet Edward.

Berlin. August 3.-No confirmation is obtainable tonight of the report that a meeting had been arranged between Emperor William and King Edward, but the news is regarded by the press in general as probably true, as it is assumed that both rulers are anxious to assuage the emDiuterment between the two peoples