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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

o+ bis sonq We quote part of his verses: Alabama" in view or the seHe .t raj councils held for bringing eii1 nS grants 10 our shores this ia just now or interest, "Alabama! Alabama! :*-:.
 | am dreaming now of thee, And soc the trend of thonsanoA
 Coming from beyond the sea. As they mount upon the pillows 4s'
 SteaminE through the spray and foam Wildly joyous at the prospect
 Of an Alabama home.
 Come with axe, and pick and spade. Telling forests, bridging rivers,
 Delvlng out the coal grade That shall be for steaTny chariots- Cities rising
 Sets the bmighty world In wonder
 At their unexpected birth; And I hear hum of factorieB-- And I see they mighty mountains
 Torn asunder for their wealth. And see thy many rivers
 Opening out into the sea. Vessels crowded-golden freighted,
 Foreign tribute brought to thee Rocky hillsides
 Temples grand and halls of learning
 Spread the law like stars on high. And from out those halls and temples
 I mark the hosts that come and go Poets, statesmen and commanders,
 Whose fame shall set the worlo
 aglow."
 Doctor Doziers work has not lack ed of praise from many distinguished and well known people. Mrs Stono- wall Jackson wrote the poet: T do thank you sincerely and prize your interest ing book very much. have enjoyed 1t so far as I have read and anticipate still more pleasure from its entire peru sal. It has the true ring of loyalty and devotion to the sacred cause of the South, and appeals tenderly to my heart which gave and suffered so much for that cause" ISD him. Mrs. Jefferson Da- wis wrote: T have had proud and Joy full task in the pcrusal of it. for 1t rings so true to the noble enthusiasm which animated our people in their struggle for liberty" General Fred s. Fergu- son wrote him of the Galaxy of south ern Heroes" Tt takes its place along side, If not in advance. of O'Hara's cele- brated lines beginning On Fame's Eternal Camping Ground" May our poets always be inspired by such lofty patriotism. for that Is virtue needed in times of peace and prosperity as well as in days of strife and war, There are leghter verses in the volume. and some very excellent dialect poems. notaDly The Memories of Uncle Nose"
 Poems. By Alfred Battle Beale- This Is a slim and unpretentious little volume of verse from the press Of C. w. Weatherford, Tuscaloosa Ala. The author has inscribed his first volume thus: To my Mother, the sweetest gentlest woman I have ever known this little book is dedicated" The most ambitious poem Is Our, Heritage.
 We are gods,
 All of us, even to the smallest ones Consider our legacies; the great works The heavenly landscapes, the trees tuned
 To innumerable wind melodies. | An! the priceless heritage comes to us' The everlasting, the entire! The seasons | The years, the cycles immeasurable' All ones to have, to hold' There is very sweet and strong philosophy of life very well tuned in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
Table Linen in Match Sets

There are only seven sets in the lot, and while they are a bit soiled on the outside,-just a smudge here and there which will come out in the wash,-the reduc- tion in price for such high grade material is so great that the entire lot should be sold out Monday very quickly. Somebody will have a good chance to. be congratulated on a rare bargain,-will it be yous
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

The secret wireless telephone of A. T. NJ Johnson. a retired Australian of- ficial, depends upon steel reeds tuned in unison or octave to the voice of the person speaking. and as voices vary greatly a special reed Is necessary for each nAraon. On speaking into an
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

rhyme in the poems At the Lanes Turning" and The Worst and Best. The human note, the striking hand 10 hand of humanity, the life dramas that we press against every day ln Ine crush and rush. is not in the volume. Truth always busies itself first with though next with thinkers. It Is dreams and hopes and wishes not dramas, events people who nrst WaKc the young poets notes. Later will come the song of action, the thrill of doing, must see visions before they. lead armies to victory, whether 1t be victory over hostile foes or adverse circum- stances. poetic feeling and much promise for even better work in the future in this little volume of verse With lines from My Creed" we close the pages trust ing their gentle meanner will cheer kindly love for all things beautiful a like spirit those who read:
 ''Be unaffected Let old Nature play All her fine tunes. and go her way In this you'll lift some brother from
 the clay
 Be honest, and do mission work right swear to you, you have a field quite To make men honest Be kind. There is no sweeter subtler To make them better with
 Men listen for the tender, bursting
 But the cold wind.
 Brings not the foretaste of harvesting You have the best gift if you under Mems weaknesses and lift a helping
 hand
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
WhIte-RInged Blacksnake.

Dexter Twiss has q curiosity in the shape of white-ringed blacksnake. w. F. Hobbs discovered a six-inch white-ringed blacksnake on the cross walk at C. E. Browns store MT. Twiss appeared on the scene with small bot tie and induced the infant reptile to enter his glass house. Now the lively little animal Is the property of MT. TwIss, who thinks it Is quite curios- ity, as there are very few blacksnakes having q white collar. These are the only blacksnakes that are poisonous, | and are a much dreaded reptile.-New Hampshire CorrespOndent Boston Re- l cord.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

The Chicago Chronicle says: with out presuming to accelerate the move- ments of a great man. it may be ven- tured that the deIiberation with which Mir. Depew prepares that statement of his connection with the Equitable Life Assurance Society Is exciting some slight remark. Even Senatorial dig nity could not be accused of undue pre- cipitancy In calculating matters of which MT. Depew has been fully in formed for at least two months. If there is in some quarters a disposition to insinuate that the Senator will sim ply let the matter drop without mak- ing any statement at all, there Is at least a superficial basis for the suspi- cion."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY
INSECT ELECTROCUTION- NOSE
 aE BLEACHER.
The Moon still Dead-AIIOys Without Fusing-Secret Wireless Com municatlOn-A Mystery Still
 Periods in Aer0lite Falls

Since a Monaco engineers discovery that an electric current will free the soil from insects, the idea has been held that electricity should aid in abat- ing the insect plagues of Southern Eu- rope To destroy a beetle that greatly damages tender plants near Odessa, Lokuzejewski has mounted a dynamo on a cart and arranged the circuit so that the current reaches the earth through the metal wheels on the one side and on the other through copper tipped brushes placed in the rear a few inches above the soil. All insects near the brushes are instantly killed. as If by lightning. The fly infesting the olive tree has received the attention of Dr. Rapace, and he has devised an ar engagement generating sparks between a metal panel and the leaves of the tree.
 In treating red noses a Paris physi- elan uses an instrument resembling very large toothbrush. but having forty platinum wires instead of bristles. This instrument Is as heavy as an ordinary household hammer. It Is connected with an electrical machine. and Is then used in hammering the troublesome nose rather sharply for several min utes. or until bleeding Is produced It Is claimed that two hammerings week for some months will tone down the reddest nose to delicate pink.
 The old idea that changes are taking place on the moon has been carefully investigated by M. Puiseux, a French astronomer Go!nR over all records, from the earliest observations to the latest, he concludes that the reality of the supposed changes has not been proven, and that che varying sensitive ness of the retina for faint objects Is sufficient to account for differences seen, while different conditions of ex- posture might explain all appearances in the photographs.
 The "Sherardizing" process of Sher- ard Coles, the British metallurgist, Is a novel method of making alloys with out fusing the metals In a recent demonstration by the inventor. copper plate was surrounded by Zinz dust and heated to 500 degrees F for an hour or so, when film of zinc was deposited on the plate. although the temperature had not been within 200 degrees of the melting point of the more fusible metal. The surface of the plate was much hardened by the deposit. Articles of iron and steel-ffrst made perfectly clean--can be galvanized in the same way. and the temper of steel Is not im- haired. The operation can be carried out on a large scale by packing the objects to be treated in an iron drum fuil of zinc dust. and then heating the drum.
 The secret wireless telephone of A. T. M. Johnson. a retired Australian of- fcial, depends upon steel reeds tuned in unison or octave to the voice of the person speaking. and as voices vary greatly, a special reed Is necessary for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

There is very sweet and strong philosophy of life very well tuned in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

The ringing poem ends with q glo- rious word for the man with the mus ket, the man that did the work. the man that history often forgets to name in praise, the private;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

All of us, even to the smallest ones Consider our legacies; the great works The heavenly landscapes. the trees
 tuned
 To innumera ble wind d-melodies. An! the priceless heritage comes to us' The everlasting, the entire! The seasons, The years. the cycles immeasurable'
 All ones to have. to hold!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

The highest elevator in the world has been opened on the Burgenrtock, & mountain near Lake LpcsraA IL lifts tieal rock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

of his song We quote a part of his verses: Alabama" in view of the sene- eToi- arants 10 our shores this ia just now OF interest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
Too Many Trunks

ordinary microphone, a large Ruhm- korff coil in circuit transmits the vibrations, without connecting wire. to the receiving apparatus Messages have been sent to distances of half a mile Secret telegrams can be sent through similar tuned steel reeds, and these are received by a secret bell ar ranged to respond only to the vibrations from the proper transmitter.
 Electricity is likened to water. Sir Oliver Lodge mentions that is is no more a form of energy than water, but like water, 1t may be a vehicle of energy, when at high level or in mo- tion. Electricity cannot be manu- factured like heat. It can only be moved from place to place, like water, and it's energy must be in the form of motion or of strain. Electricity under strain constitutes current and mag netism; electricity in vibration con- stitutes light.
 Falls of meteoric stones to the ground. like the appearance of shoot- ing stars that are burned up in the air, are found by MT, w. H, s. Monck to show a certain periodicity. From his catalogue of meteoric stones. or aerolites, it appears that a much larger proportion of the known falls have taken place in May and June than at other times, the number per day for these two months being 1.34, while for the rest of the year it is only 0.S1, and there are instances in which aerolites fell within one or two days of each other in the same year on almost the same date on two consecutive years. and on nearly the same date after an interval of two or three years. Such cases are so numerous as to seem more than chance coincidences An analysis of the catalogue dates and numbers in- dicates a marked tendency for series of falls to group about certain dates. and for these falls periods of seven to twenty years are deduced. That is, we may infer that the aerolites are drawn from groups of stones in space whose orbits cross that of the earth at the intervals stated.
 simple agent in home surgery whose value seems to have been over looked is the skin or membrane of eggs. Calling attention to this at re- cent meeting of physicians in Paris, Dr. Amat cited two cases-a severe burn on d young girls foot and large ulcer on the leg of a man of 40, in which six or eight pieces of the egg membrane had been placed over wound which was then covered with tin foil fastened with dry antiseptic DandaBe. Alter TOUT uaNS Vhe Hieii- brane had partially grown into the tissue. cicatrization being hastened and a good growth of new skin ensured.
 Since the blowing of Q train from their bridge some years ago the Fur ness Railway of Great Britain has in stalled a high pressure guage, with recording apparatus. on the western side of the structure. This not only keeps a constant record of wind pres sure, but automatically sounds an alarm 60 long as any gale is strong enough to endanger passing trains
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
WAS KEPT OUT OF WILL
Now OId-Time Sweetheart Sues the
Widow of Her Admirer for
Beuuest
Special to The Herald.

TUNKHANNOCK, Pa, Oct 29.-An
of the wife to pay legacy of $500 to
the boyhood sweetheart of her husband
came up in court here yesterday. DR..
r. Bruce Wilson and Sarah Jones were
thrown together as young people in
Carbonate years ago and became
sweethearts. Wilson graduated in med
icine and settled in New York.
His sweetheart remained with her
invalid mother in Carbondale, and
despite the urgent solicitation of her
lover refused to leave her parent and
join him in the city. Wilson came on to
Carbondale and urged Miss Jones to be
married to him, and failing he re-
turned to New York and in time mar
ried another.
Upon his deathbed he sent to his
brother, Judge Henry Wilson of Homes
dale, Pa, to come and make his will.
His dying thoughts returned to his old
time sweetheart, who had meanwhile
married one Charles Wilcox and be-
come a widow, and he desired that she
receive bequest of $500 by his will.
Mrs. Wilson objected, on account of
the construction that might be put upon
it by the public, but, it is alleged, agreed
that if it were left out of the will she
would pay to Sarah Jones Wilcox the
sum of $780, Such payment, 1t is
averred, has not been made.
Mrs. Wilson spends her summers at
FactoryVille in this county, and it was
in that way that the suit of Mrs. Wilcox
came to be brought in this court.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
PAY TENDEREST
TRIBUTE TO DEAD
THE LATE w. C. BLUETT LAID
TO REST
Services Over Remains of Distin-
guished Citizen at st. Vibana's
CathedraI-Father Harnett
Pronounces EuIoey

All that is mortal of William c. Blu
ett respected citizen and pioneer mer-
chant of Los Angeles, who died at his
summer home in Santa Monica Thurs
day afternoon, was carried to it's last
resting place yesterday, while fitting
tributes of love and honor were paid
to the memory of the man.
The funeral services were held at 2
o'clock from the Cathedral of st. VII
biana, where Mr.. Bluett was a devout
attendant. After the brief and impress
sive Catholic ceremonial the body was
taken to Calvary cemetery, followed
by long line of carriages.
The services were attended by a large
number of the friends and business
associates of the departed. Represent
atives from the Los Angeles chamber
of commerce, the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' association, the California
club and other organizations in which
the deceased was prominently interest
ed We're present and mourned with the
family of the departed the loss keenly
felt by all.
The members of the Newman club,
a Catholic organization, and the en-
ployes of the Mullen & Bluett company,
the latter being the firm founded by
Mr.. Bluett, attended the funeral in a
body.
Rev. Patrick Harnett, rector of the
church and for many years a close
friend of Mr.. Bluett's, officiated at the
services. His eulogy was simple and
affecting.
Pays High Tribute
THE man whose memory we are hon
Oring today was" he said lone worthy
of our greatest respect and admiration.
He was a man who had lived here
nearly a quarter of a century, and in
all that time there was no one who
came in contact with him but
held him in respect. He commanded
the esteem of those with whom he had
business dealings and a sincere love
from those privileged to know him
more intimately.
Mr.. Bluett was a successful mer-
chant in this city, but his success was
due to his enterprise and honest meth
DDS. He was a man who could place
his hand or his heart and say he had
never cheated a man out of as much
as a cent. There are few men living
in this age of money and in
differentism to things spiritual who
can say the same"
In closing the speaker referred to
the long services of Mr.. Bluett in the
work of the church, the interests of
which he was always striving to fur
ther.
He was SHINING nght IN our COM
munity," added the speaker, 'and God
entered into his daily life" Those
present were visibly affected by the
eloquent words of the rector.
Many handsome and beautiful floral
pieces, the gifts of friends and different
social and business organizations,
were received by the family. The cas-
ket, a large black one. draped simply
in heavy black, was banked with flow
ers-a parting token of love.
John Alton, N. B. Blackstone, John
T. Jones, L. w. Johnson, James Sulli-
van and ]. j. Berger, intimate friends
of the deceased, were the pallbearers.
The honorary pallbearers were w. c.
Patterson, j. o. Koepfii C. D. Willard,
S. B. Lewis, DIR. C, T. Pepper, f. L.
Wilson and Victor Ponet.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
HOW SHE WON FAME
One of the Carnegie Heroines Relates
Her Story of Life
Saving

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-Miss Maud
Agnes Titus to whom a Carnegie medal
has been awarded for saving from
drowning Miss Laura " Reifsnyder,
lives with her parents at 4S7 Orange
street, Newark, N. j. Her father, DR..
William Titus, a practicing physician,
comes of an Alabama family whose men
distinguished themselves as officers in
the Confederate army. Neigbors say
it is from him that she inherits her
daring Miss Titus attends the Newark
high school. Like all coura geous peo-
pie, Miss Titus is extremely modest.
When a reporter called at her home
yesterday she was reluctant to talk OF
her deed.
why do you make such fuss over
what 1 did?" she asked, frowning and
giving a little stamp. What did was
nothing Any girl woull have done the
same in my place. Why should I tell
the public about it? It's annoying to
be held up before the world as a heroine.
1t puts an awful dampe: on the will to
do a good deed.
LAS you insist, I suppose I might as
we'll tell you the whole story. Miss
Relfsnyder, who lives in East Orange,
and l went to Casco Bay, Me-, in July,
1904. On July 30 we were guests on a
schooner-yacht in command of Capt.
Burgess which took party out to see
the North Atlantic squadron. On the
return to the schooner's anchorage a
gale came up and large waves rolled in
from the ocean. The party going ashore
from the schooner crowded the naph-
tha launch. Therefore Miss Reifsnyder.
Capt. Burgess, his niece and got into
the tender, which was taken in tow by
the launch.
ION the way to the shore the waves
swamped the tender, throwing us all
into the water. The launch was in dis
tress with it's heavy load. It's pilot did
not dare stop or turn around, so 1t kept
on trailing the tender after 1t.
Capt Burgess clung to his niece and
swan with her back to the yacht.
Someone on the launch threw life
preserver into the water Miss Reif-
snyder unable to swim, was sinking
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30
PRISONER STARTLES COMPANIONS
WITH MUSIC OF OLD KILLARNEY

The winter evenings amusement
problem, which has puzzled the in
mates of the county Jail for the past de-
cade. has at last been solved. Through
the sudden resurrection of a musical
talent in Pat O'Brien has come relief
to the monotony of the long dreary
nights. 1t was given it's first trial yes
terday afternoon and proved an enor-
nous success. So great was it that 1t
was only with much difficulty that the
weekly religious workers could proceed
with their meeting. However, it was
through the latter's hardness at the jail
that the welcome discovery was made.
AT 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Warden White, with solemn features
and bowed head, called his sheep" to-
gether in the corridor.
Proceed quietly now to the third
floor and be seated" he cautioned his
flock The minister and the choir
have not arrived yet, but will be here
shortly. In the meantime you may
look through your hymnals and select
any songs you would like to have
sung" And the first installment #
prisoners quietly wended their way over
the long, grim stairways to the third
floor.
Five minutes passed and no religious
workers came. Inc prisoners one by
one began to squirm around in their
seats. They peered over their shoulders
to right and to left, but nowhere could
the approach of the minister and the
choir be seen. Pat O'Brien, possessed
of an over amount of avoirdupois,
arose, went to the end of the corridor
in the chapel room, poked his nasal
piece through the bars and carefully
scrutinized the lobby below. A lone
guard passed by swinging his great
keys.
Pat Is a Rare Musician
"Ofm fearing there'll be little doin'
this Sabbath" soliloquized Pat. He
left the bars and walked around the
room, once, twice and a third time.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-30

Yet no sign of the workers appeared.
So Pat sat down, glanced through his
hymnal and heaved sigh.
Fifteen minutes had passed and no
sign Of the workers. Pat strolled over
to the organ. He gazed at it tenderly.
He sat down on the stool, placed his
foot on the pedal and his thumb found
middle C. A soft tone reused the now
slumbering prisoners. The next minute
Pat was tapping out slowly but surely
strains from a bewhiskered Irish Jig.
Something got busy in Pats memory
He went back to the happy days Of his
youth spent in Cork, when he played at
Saturday night dances in the neighbor-
ing stables He recalled every detail
from his pretty Irish sweetheart to the
mingling of the citizens from the barn
yard with the merry throngs. In an
other minute Pat was playing with all
the enthusiasm that could be mustered
in the dusty recesses of the grey matter
of one so long connected with the gov
ernment boarding house.
The enthusiasm became contagious
1t passed through each and everyone
of the prisoners and broke out in their
feet. A genuine Irish dance was IN
progress. The clatter of the two score
hob-nailed shoes on the concrete floor,
mingled with joyous laughter, reverbe-
rated throughout the sleeping corridors
of the prison. Warden White, followed
by his TRUSTEES and guards, hurried to
the third floor with bewilderment writ
ten on their features.
Halt" he ordered. Pat O'Brien
reeled from the stool and the dance
came to a sudden termination. In an
other moment the religious workers ar
rived The prisoners quickly found
their seats, pulled out their bandannas
and mopped the perspiration from their
broWs.
"Shure an We'll have those every
night during the winther,' whispered
Pat to one of his brethren after the
close of the meeting.