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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Big Furnace Output.

The furnaces of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company at Besse- mer are now turning out vast quanti- ties of iron and it Is said that the work on No. 5, at Robertstown, is be- ing pushed to a nasty conclusion. This great iron maker was shut down for repairs after the Christmas holidays, and 1t was reported that it was to be practically rebuilt. It appears that it is the intention of the company to only refine it about ten feet and this work is being rushed so as to put the furnace in service again as soon as possible. There is also ome talk of refining No. 3, but this furnace is mak- ing record runs, as a man who claims to be in a position to know, said that No turned out more iron on Thurs day than 1t has ever done in a single day before and that as long as it was doing as well as it was he did not think that the officials would draw the fire. It is understood that Little Relic furnace will be put in opera tion again during the next two weeks. This furnace has not been in operation since the holidays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
CROSSES ARE CONFERRED.
Daugh hters of Confederacy
 nAnorufn Vaferumm

huntsville Daughters or COnteueracy
 Decorate Vetcrans.
 Huntsville, Jan. 20.--(Special )--The Huntsville Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy conferred Crosses of Honor upon Confederate Veterans yes terday afternoon. the ceremonies being held in the residence of Miss Sarah Lowe. one of the untiring workers of the local Chapter.
 Mrs. Milton Humes delivered a brief address and said that the Daughters have by the erection of a magnificent monument honored the memory of dead Confederates and now proposed to hon- or the living. Mrs. Annie B. Robertson read an original paper on the life of Gen. Robert E. Lee and was followed by Miss Wfnifred Taylor. who recited Father Ryan's "The Sword of Lee
 The Daughters of the Confederacy held a business meeting after con ferring crosses and elected Mrs. R. c. Brickell as representative to the meet ing of the State Executive Board in next week.
 G. T. Britnell & Co. leading mer- chants of Falkville, Ala, have filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy In the United States Court. Their liabil- ities are s1.3S0 and their assets s5Ss. Jobbing houses in Decatur. Nashville and Birmingham are the principal cred itors of the bankrupts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Romans Artificial Leg.

blltlSh Medical Journal.
 The oldest artificial leg in existence is now in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. It was found in a tomb at Capua and is described in the catalogue as fol- lows:
 Roman artificial leg: the artificial limb accurately represents the form of the leg 1t is made with pieces of thin bronze. fastened by bronze nails to a wooden core. Two iron bars, having holes at their free ends, are attached to the upper extermity of the bronze; quadrilateral piece of iron, found ntar the position of the foot, is thought to have given strength to it. There is no trace of the foot, and the wooden core had nearly crumbIed away. That skeleton had its waist surrounded by d belt of sheet bronze edged with small rivets probably used to fasten leather lining. Three painted vases (red figures on a black Eround), lay at the feet of the skele- ton. The vases belong to q rather advanced period in the decline of art tabout three hundred years B. C.)"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
woMANLY MANNrsHNEss.
Sort of Creature Modern Girls are Turning
 Iato.

| London Telegraph.
 The proper thing to give a girl of today. ! we are told. is a walking stick or cigar 1 rette case or match box. Something bus | inessiike and masculine is her only joy She scorns delights and lives laborious 6ays- though why this should be considered a l masculine habit the accusers do not ex- plain. However, 1t will be readily admit ted, especially by men who hava played l mixed hockey. that the girl hockey player does scorn delights with great zeal. And hockey. so they say, now has women dave- tees numerous as the sands of the shcre. The consumption of arnica Is largely on the increase.
 While the women of today and stili more the woman of tomorrow, thus devotes her daylight hours to the sports which have made her brothers the noble creatures they are. her nights. too. arc strenuous. No longer does the iong-suffering plano calm her after dinner hours ;so They say with less truth than one could wishe No longer
 the theatre and the ballroom terrestrial
 heaven. The woman de 'ours gives
 her time to serious matters. sha goes in
 her hundreds and thousands, so they say, to
 lectures--no pretty little lectures with mag
 ic lantern slides, ou. lectures that proVfds
 intellectual oat meal porridge Lectures which are, speaking metaphoricaliy, bone
 making food. lectures on the economic sys- tenn of the Middle Ages and the metaphysic
 of the will and fine large things of that kind. So say the scare-mongers. And, lnETFdLter, enLnuSldSllCdly lHQulTe, IT Al
 this does not make women men. what does 1t do?"
 It seems likely to make them. not into men, but into the virtuous heroes of univer- sity novels. the wonderful creatures who distribute their lives between playing games and studying hard. and ultimately die of
 consumption, but who are not strictly speaking, men. So let us hope that things are not as bad tho scaremongers say. The worst of a scaremonger is that he frightens people away from what is good as wtll as too strenuous for your own good. as we'll for other peoples comfort. Too fierce a devotion to hockey means immediate havoc for other peoples anatomy. and ultimately for your own. Too fierce devotion to the metaphysic of the wil--or something Gf that solid kind-will mean that such murdane matters dinner go to chaos, and that the student ceases to be human. But after all most of not go strenuous that We need to be warned to take things easy. Quite otherwise.
 If you want a place where really valuable feminine accomplishments are held :n teem you should go to Canton. The Chinese there have recently celebrated the festival of the spinning maiden and the cowherd 1t sounds gay. Thereat one girl of sixteen, with a needle in one hand and threat in the other knelt before the shrine of the star god dess and threaded the needle behind her head. She was at once inundated with cf- fers of marriage. So easily pleased Is the simple Chinaman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
The First ArtiacIaI Fire.

St. Nicholas.
 In the course of time a man some where in the world hit upon a plan of kindling a fire without having any fire to begin with; that is to say, he hit upon a plan of producing a fire hy artificial means. He knew that by rubbing his hands together very hard and very fast he could make them very warm. By trial he learned that by rubbing two pieces of dry wood to- gether he could make them very warm. Then he asked himself the question: Can fire be kindled by rubbing two pieces of wood together if they are rubbed hard enough? He placed upon the ground a piece of perfectly dry wood and rubbed this with the end of stick until a groove was made. Tn the groove a fine dust of wood-a kind of sawdust-was made by the rubbing. He went on rubbing hard and fast and. behold. the dust in the groove began to glow! He placed some dry grass upon the embers and blew upon them with his breath. and the grass burst into a flame Here for the first time a man kindled a fire for himself. He had invented the match, the great est invention, perhaps. in the history of the world
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Opera House for Florence.

Florence. Jan. 20.-(Special. )--An opera house to cost, when completed, $S5. 900, is being planned by the local Knights of Pythias, and the funds for the project are being rapidly collected. The lodge has subscribed liberally to the undertaking and heretofore sub scriptions have been confined within the lodge, but the plan has now been adopted of throwing a certain amount of stock on the market and this will greatly facilitate to collection of the desired amount An option has been secured on the northeast corner of Court and Mobile Streets, one of the best building lots in the uptown sec tion
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
WANT MONEY SPENT HERE.
WesteruerS Scheme to Get Some Thai
 Tourists Spend Abroad

Salt Lake City special
 In an effort to divert into American channels part of the money spent in foreign travel by American sightseers conference of Western business men will be held here on January 25. Gov ernors of a number of States, general passenger agents of railroads and del egates from important commercial or ganizations beyond the Mississippi Riv- CT will attend
 It is estimated that Americans spent $l90,O00.O00 in foreign lands in 1904. The Commercial Club of this city has put out folder which says:
 If any material part of this huge sum, say one-fourth. could be diverted annually into the channels of trans Mississippi trade and commerce it not only would mean the rapid upbuilding and development of that section, but would rebound quickly to the benefit of the whole United States American money spent in the West returns to the people who spend 1t and helps swell the bank clearances of home money centers, while American money spent abroad remains there forever"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Death of Mrs. A l. Brooks.

Fort Deposit, Jan. 20-(SpeciaI. J. Mrs. A. J. Brooks, who had been in feeble health for several years, died yesterday. About two weeks ago her clothing caught fire from a stove and she was seriously burned. Mrs. Brooks was in her 69th year. She was born and reared in Lowndes County. She had been a consistent member of the Methodist Church for forty-five years. The burial services were held at the house this morning, conducted by the Revs. A. l.. Sellers. W. H. Wild and l.. P. Lathrum. A large concourse of friends followed the remains to the Ft. Dennsit cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
VIII Build Electric Line.

J. M. Dewberry and associates. of this city, New York and other places. will incorporate In a few days the Tide water Development Company" which concern intends to construct and ope- rate an electric railway to handle pas senger and freight traffic from Gads- den, in Etowah County. to Tuscaloosa, in Tuscaloosa County and then to operate q boat line from Tuscaloosa to the Gulf. Franchises have been se- cured by MT. Dewberry and associates in Tuscaloosa, Bessemer, Pratt City. Ensley and Birmingham. MT Dewber- ry stated today that he expected to find financial backing and that the work of securing right of way and making other contracts will be started in the next few days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Death of Prominent Tu.cvmbInp.

Tuscumbia, Jan. 20.-(Special. J. Dick Johnson, one of Tuscumbia's most prominent and widely known citizens. died yesterday morning at his home af- ter an illness of several months. He was Al years of age, and was the cid est son of the late Col William A. Johnson, and leaves a wife and two young daughters, besides his mother, Mrs. Kate M. Johnson. and several brothers and sisters. His life had been a busy one, and successful in marked degree, during which he made money rapidly, and he leaves a valuable estate, estimated to be worth from $50,000 to S6O. 900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Diving for sponees.

Tarpon Spring (tla.) News.
 The practicahility or the method now being employed extensively in the sponge industry in procuring this product is no longer in doubt, and a large percentage of the Tarpon Springs vessels are changing from the old method of hooking to the new one of diving. In order to successfully ac- complished desired results with the diving method it was thought ncces- sary to employ Greeks who are ac- customed to the work, as it seemed doubtful whether many of those who have followed the hooking process would care to don the helmet and lead en shoes and pull sponge with from thirty to sixty feet of water overhead But the recent experiments by a few have demonstrated that little prac- tice and confidence. together with good physical condition. are all that are needed to become a diver. Already d number of our native spongers have become proficient in this line. and the probabilities are that in the near future large percentage of the catch will be obtained in Luls manner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Big southern Corporatlon


 Much talk is being indulged in to the effect that John W. Gates and as sociates who have secured control of the Republic and Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Companies. are after the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Compa- ny and the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company. The higher off, cials of the two last named companies state that they know nothing of any plan looking to their holding going into the merger. A report from New York has 1t that already steps have been taken to acquire the Sloss- Shef- field Company and that the Alabama Consolidated can be secured almost at any time. if the price Is paid for the stock. The report from New York is to the effect that John w. Gates wants to head a big Southern corporation, an iron and steel concern second only to the United States Steel Corporation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
DEATH OF S. M. ABERNATHY.
Ex-Confedernte soldier Expires nt
 Gndnden=NeN Mail Serxice


 Gadsden, Jan. Especial l--S. NJ Abernathy, an aged citizen living near the car works. died Thursday afternoon. He had been ill for some time and the cause of his death was general debil- ity and old age He was Confeder ate Veteran and moved to Gadsden some two years ago from Anniston
 The Postofice Department has or dercd the establishment of mail service on the Altoona branch of the Louisville and Nashville, beginning February 15, Since the gap between Altoona and At talla was completed there has been no mail service between the two places, he railway and postal authorities be ing unable to agree upon the Compen- satjon. This difficulty has been re- moved and the service will be estab- Iished within a month. Under the present arrangement mail from Gads den and Attalla had to go around hy RirmnEham, causing a delay Of two days. AS the distance 10 cover is only fifteen miles this was very ineonveni- rnt. Altoona is a thriving town and quick mail service to Gadsden will be of benefit 10 all concerned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
rHE FrNANcIER,s BANK srATEMENr.


 New York. Jan 2o.-The Financler sayss The official statement of the New York As- sociated banks last week. was the case in the previous week showed an important increase in cash and also in the surplus reserve. The cash gain in both weeks was largely due to receipts from the interior. in excess of shipments: likewise to heavy disbursements by the sub-treasury. The of ficially reported increase in cash was s11, 9s6.700 and 1t may be noted that the gain in this item in the corresponding week last year was only a little less than this sum. The deposits were augmented last week by $32.163.1 100. which amount was only s3S7, ,500 smaller than the total of the increase In loans plus the gain in cash; therefore the statement made good proof. The re- quired reserve of 25 per cent. against gene ral deposits was increased $s,040.775. deduct ing which from the gain in cash left $3,- s55.e25 as the increase in surplus reserve to $16.764,575. Computed on the basis of deposits less those of ss,495.200 public funds the surplus is SIS ssss,375. The loans were expanded S20,553,9o as was expected would be the case from the active speculation fin the stock market during the week: 1t Is noteworthy that whereas in the previous week loans were in excess of deposits by S7,S35, 400, and in the first week of January by S20,et5.500 the deposits were last week in excess of loans by $3.7T3,S00. The daily average of bank clearings for the week was $40, 900; exchanges reported on Saturday re- flecting Fridays business were $409, ,634. 797. Comparisons of loans by individual banks show that eight institutions increase this item by IT Ia millions net. Nine banks gained 13 1-3 millions net cash.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Want CompuIaory Education.

At the regular monthly netting of the Jefferson County Teachers Associa- tion today, considerable discussion oc- cured on compulsory education. One of the leading female teachers in the public schools advanced the idea that the representatives elected to the leg islature should be requested to bring about law compelling children to at tend school fora certain period each year. The movement will probably be continued by the teachers of this county and other counties will be asked to help.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Chinese in Chicago.

Chicago. Jan. 20.-The Imperial Chi nese Commissioners entered promptly on the program outlined for their sec ond day in Chicago, notwithstanding the fact that both of them were some what fatigued after their strenuous day of yesterday. The program for the second day included a visit to the stock yards and to the plant of the Mccormick Harvester Company. At the stock yards the usual plan of in- specting the method of killing and packing were followed, the visitors ob- serving an animal from the time 1t was introduced into the packing house alive until 1t was hanging in sections in the cooling rooms. They displayed the greatest interest and ceaselessly piled the managers of the plants and operatives with questions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21

quarter ending September 30, according to figures completed this morning by Assistant Postmaster J. T. Blakemore.
 The receipts for the three months of October. November and December were s6S.276.3f, for the sale of stamps. stamped papers and newspaper post age and box rent, as against receipts in July, August and September of s56,- s3I60. showing an increase of s11.-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Warm Decembers.
Washington Letter in the Boston Tran
 script.


 script.
 So far as averages go there have been warmer Decembers than the one just passed. In 1873 the mean temperature for Washington was two degrees high CT, and the same ratio prevailed in many parts of the country. A green" Christmas prevailed throughout the east in 1877, and was the more appre- ciated because the winter of 1S76-77 was one of continued low temperature and "blustering" weather. The winter of lSSO-Sl was long and cold, but the following summer was hot. December 1889, was the warmest in Washington since the weather bureau began taking reckoning, but the winter of 1893 start ed in early over the country. New Eng land was proud of it's stories about cut valley and the fastnesses of the Berkshire hills cherish their records in this respect. No prospective purchaser looks to see how high the gauge is marked. but always selects the thor mometer with the most space below the zero mark into which the mercury may drop. A Springfield man
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
SpecInI Deputy Benten.

R, C Barnard, bookkeper for the A. F. Moore Lumber Company. was arrested today on warrants charging assault with intent to murder and carrying concealed weapons. He made bond. It is charged that he beat Spe- cial Deputy J. G. Tomlin. The deputy is now at his home suffering from a broken nose and injuries about the head. Barnard denies that he struck Tomlin with anything but his fists, The two men had fight about some lumber which was delivered to the res idence of Tomlin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
FrankIIn's Last Days.
F run Century.

Two of the last incidents of his (Franklin's) life are lovingly remem- hered. It was be who introduced the motion in the Constitutional Conven- tion to open their meetings with pray CT. His last public act was to indlte from his deathbed, as president of the Society for the Abolition of Slavery noble and touching appeal for those unhappy men who amidst the general joy of servile subjection," in which the warm heart of the aged philanthropisS seems united to the unerring cone science of the glorified saint It iS fitting that this beneficent and sym metrical life should be humanity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
rwo-Dollnr silver Pieces Proposed

Washington. Jan. Representative Maynard of Virginia, introduced bill today authorizlu" the government to participate in the Jamestown tercen- tennial Exposition at Hampton Roads in 1907, end providing an appropriation of $l340,o0 for government buildings and exhibits. The bin also provides for the coinage by the government of 100000 2-dollar silver pieces. the exposition to pay for the bullion used
 By this means the exposition hopes to realize profit Of about $So0.oOO on the difference between the cost of the sil- yer and the circulating valuc Of the coins Representative Maynard belle yes there will be a great demand for two dollar pieces especially coined for the expnsltion and bearing scenes tvn-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
HAILSN0BLE s.. s5.es5s5 .; s5,a,4 s514s . s.s co

who watched the Connecticut River for many years developed the theory that whenever that stream freezes over be- tween Holyoke and Thompsonville, warm spell breaks up the ice so that the river clears before Christmas, 1t will not close over again that winter. If this first ice stays on' the winter will be long one. Several years ob- servation by others has verified this deduction. but the exception is annu- ally looked for.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK.
MARINE NEWR

Mobile. Jan 20.--Arrived strs.. Sierra Morena Dr. Hanah, Cardiff, Wales; Bark silicon, Jansen, Matanzas; Schrs.. Carrie A. Lane Green. San Juan; Emma Knowlton; Boldt Cardenas: J. w. Hut. Br.. Gwain, Havana
 Cleared: Strs., Fanita. New Orleans: San Marcos New York; Mercutor. Puerto Cor tex: Kantendrecht. Dutch. Hamburg; Tug Charles Clarke Sabine Pass: Schrs, B. Frank Nealley, Caibsrien. Cuba; Clara c. Scott. Br., Havana.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Ancient Church ColIapses.

Fl Paso, Tex, January 20.-The an cient Catholic Church at Tempoachic. which was built by missionaries work ing with the Indians and was 1Ss years old, has collapsed and is A complete wreck. Nobody was injured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
New York Is Risky,

Kansas City Journal.
 Engineers say that New York is not a good fire risk. That is what the preachers have been insisting for a long time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
s1.OOO,OOO Worth of Valuable. Burned.

Brussels, Jan. 20.-The Patriote says that the mail car on the Ostend Herbe stall train was burned today in an accident. The car contained the In- dian mail and $1.0o0,0o0 worth of val uables which were destroyed. The valuables were insured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Port Eads. Jan. 2O.--Arrived: strs.. Pol

Port Eads, Jan 2O-Arrived: strs., Pol itician, Br, Walton. Liverpool; Louisianlan. Br.. Wood, Liverpool; Durham. Br. Hocs-r. lon: Euston. Br. Underwood. Hull: Trelos- Ike. Br. Hodge. St. Vincent; Ulidla, Br.. Mo Cleanham, Tenirrefee; Bark Fortuna, Port, Velha, Oproto
 Sailed: strs.. Pectan. Br. Daniel. Calves ton; Horace, Br., Trodoson. Antwerp; An selm, Br, Rivara. Port Limon; cornus. keIn- ble. New York: Esparta, Br. Rose. Port I:'- mon; Imperator. Nor, Pedersen. Bluefields
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
,,a,... po-.omce Receipts.

The total receipts of the Birming- ham postoffice for the quarter ehulhs December 3l. 1905. show an increase of 2O07 per cent. over the receipts for the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21

At the sixth postal congress, which will convene in Rome in April, eX-Con- gressman Eugene F. Loud of San Fran cisco and Edward Rosewater ot Oma- ha will represent the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Art Printing

That's the kind of printing we do all the time It requires more skill time and know-how. with better grade of stock but it is the only kind with which to keep abreast of the times in these days of sharp compet
 ton in your business so you would better let put you in position to be pleasantly introduced by high-srade stationery. Suppose you let us figure on your next job