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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-27
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

steady; prime crude f O. b. mills 2s: new crop. Ditto yellow 3s0Ss l-4. Rye quiet Moiasses steady Coffee spot Rio firm; No. invoice Is: mild steady. Sugar raw firm; fair refining 1-4; centrifugal 96-test 3 4-4:s molasses sugar 3; refined steady. Coffee futures opened steady at unchang- ed prices to a decline of points under realizing and some selling on the theory that the absence of reports from Brazil re- garding the attitude of the senate toward the valortxation bill argued that the meas
 ure was meeting with oposition. This theory was not generally accepted. however decline and closed steady at unchanged prices on all months except November which was points lower: European cables were a little higher and receipts continued
 liberal Sales 4s.ooo bags. September,
 January. 100; March 7.15@20; May
 7.30 35: June. 7.3s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-27
NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES. aur yorl July 26-Cotton futures clos
NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES

New Orleans. La. July 2e. closed steady:
, 1906-12-05
Japan to Seek Loan.

japan is sending a representative to
both England and America to seek a
loan of $4,000 900 for the Manchurian
enterprises, and also to try and secure
a lower interest basis on old loans now
in force. There are hundreds of per
sons in our own country who are seek.
ing to recover their former good health
and many of them have about given
up in despair. There is no need, how
ever, for discouragement for in Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters every sick mar
and woman can find relief in an ulti'
mate cure for all such ailments as poor
appetite, sick headache, nausea, heart
burn, belching, dyspepsia, Indigestion,
c~ostiveness, liver and kidney troubles,
female ills and malaria. Be persuaded
to try one bottle today and test 1t for
your own satisfaction. You'll agree
that it is the best health restorer and
preserver before the public.
, 1906-12-05

dS ICaSCuWoTtIIs)
in the Leavenworth p%enitentiary Is
the originator.
The prisoner was confined in one of
the isolation cells. A guard stand
ing on a tier above noticed him work
ing his hands back and forth around
the bars and notified the guards on
the lower floor. They investigated
and found hat the top had been
sawed through. The bottom was
about half through. The prisoner
readily confessed and showed the
warden how he had accomplished the
feat. I'd.
The Rawlings of his woollen sock
he had twisted together as a tailor
would pieces of thread. He had made
them compact by frequent wettings.
Dust and sand picked up in the quarry
were kneaded into the string. When
finished It was almost as hard as a
piece of emery stone. 1t required two
days, he said, to saw through the bar
with the string, several new strings
having to be made, as they wore out
quickly.
The warden doubted the statement
at first. The prisoner offered to show
him and made one of the instruments
out Of common Irvine. Small pieces
of a broomstick were used as handles.
With this the warden had the prisoner
finish saving through the bottom of
the bar.
When plans for the new %peniten-
tiary were made it was decided to use
Bessemer steel for the window graf
, 1906-12-05
WITH A WOODEN STRING.
Convict Cuts His Way Through Bes-
semer Steel Bars.

st. Louis.-Out of pieces of wooden
yarn, unraveled from a sock and
twisted together, a prisoner in the
new federal prison al -Leavenworth,
Kan, constructed an instrument which
he used to saw through the top and
bottom of a threeinch steel bar.
That a common piece of yarn could
be made to cut the strongest steel
bars, tested with acids and resisting
steel saws, is a discovery that not
only surprises police and keepers of
jails and penitentiaries, but scientists
as well. 1t is the first case of the
kind on record, as far as can be
learned, and the prisoner who used it
, 1906-12-05
OPEN PUBLICITY THE BEST
GUARANTY OF MERIT,

When the maker of a medicine. sold
through druggists for family use, takes
his patients fully into his confidence by
frankly and fearlessly publishing broad
a full list of all its ingredients In plain
English, this action on his part Is the
best possible evidence that he Is not
afraid to have the search light of inves-
tigation turned full upon his formula
and thai it will bear the fullest scrutiny
and the most thorough investigation.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for the
cure of the weaknesses, periodical pains
and functional arrangements of the or
gans distinctly feminine, is the only medi-
Gin put up for sale through druggists for
woman's special use, the maker OF which
10 not afraid to take his patients into
his full confidence by such open. and
honest publicity.
A glance at the published ingredients
on each bottle wrapper, will show that 1t
is made wholly from native, American,
medicinal roots, that IL contains no poi
sonous or habit-forming drugs, no mar
cotics and no alcohol-pure, triple-refned
glycerine, Of proper strength being used
Instead of the commonly employed alco.
hol, both for extracting and preserving
the active medicinal properties found in
the roots of the American forest plants
employed. 1t Is the only medicine for
women's peculiar diseases, sold by drug
gists, that does not contain a large per-
centage OF alcohol, which is in the long
run SO harmful to woman's delicate. merry,
GUS system. Now, glycerine is perfectly
harmless, and serves a valuable purpose
by possessing Intrinsic value all It's own.
and besides it enhances the curative
effect of the other ingredients entering
into the wFavorite Prescription
Some of the ablest medical writers and
teachers endorse these views and praise
alI the several ingredients of which TFa-
vorite Prescription. is composed . rec
very same diseases for which this world
famed medicine is advised. No Other
medicine for women has n such pro
anv nmmhar NJ ordinary testimonials. n
Interested. send name and address to DR..
r. Y. Pierce. Buffalo. n, VI for his little
book q extracts w l5e% . asd works sossso. Of
endnrsinu the several ingredients and
telling Just what Or. Pierces medicines
are made Of. It's fires for the asking.
, 1906-12-05

1t is not at all probable that any leg
islation of great national Importance
will be enacted by the present session
of congress. Much Of an important ma
ture will doubtless be introduced, but
1t will go over to the Sixtieth congress
for final action. There are some meas
ures, such as the appropriation bills,
the Filipino tariff, an elastic currency
and the immigration bill, that will re-
ceive attention, but the presidents
recommendations relative to an inner.
itance tax and other economic matters
will go over.
, 1906-12-05

Members of congress are not inclin.
ed to revise their spelling. The chair
man of the house committee on print
ing announces that the Congressional
Record will be spelled in the good old
way with the single exception Of the
presidents message, which will go into
the Record as It comes from the White
house. It would appear that the effort
of the president to simplify spelling
is to prove in vain, sc far as any i'm
mediate sweeping results are con-
cerned.
, 1906-12-05

.ngs,'i 1t being deemed harder and
nearer saw-proof than the iron which
had been used. The bars at his win
dow were the ones sawed. The open
ing made was large enough for a man
to have crawled through.
''The fact that Bessemer steel bars
have been successfully sawed without
using steel makes it more and
necessary that guards be constantly
on the watchout," said Mr.. Shipley.
Prisoners have made saws of tin
cans and the like. but before Of
common yarn"
, 1906-12-05
LARAMIE AERlE HAS
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

ELECTION OF
Laramie aerie, Eagles, held its an
nual election of officers last night, with
a large attendance, the following be-
ing chosen:
Worthy President-W. H. Crandall.
Worthy Vice President-William
Smith.
Worthy Chaplain-W. r. Wallace.
Worthy Conductor-William Mavin.
Worthy Secretary-R. H. Lasher.
Worthy Treasurer-Wm. L. Hicks.
Inside Guard-H. Herbrand.
Outside Guard-H. Haberland.
Physician-Dr. S. B. Miller.
observation-disclosures Hickson.
Trustees-M. F. Knadler, John Mast
and Fred Roeseler.
, 1906-12-05

Cuban congressman are In hard lines.
They have been notified by Uncle Sam
that their seats are vacant and that a
e election will be held. The chances
are, too, that your Uncle will oversee
the election and hand certificates out
to those who get the majority of the
legal ballots.
, 1906-12-05

cent; black and red oak, 10 per cent.
The loblolly pine comes from Mary
land and Virginia, the pitch pine from
north-central Pennsylvania, and the
oak largely from New Jersey and
Pennsylvania. The experiments have
been mainly on loblolly pine, the
wood most used.
, 1906-12-05

The Chicago Tribune says a scien.
tihc gentleman has figured 1t out that
within 100000 years the north pole
will have shifted to the neighborhood
or indianapolis. Can't the ardent ex-
plorers who are trying so hard to find
the pole afford to wait awhile?
, 1906-12-05

At Pueblo the railroads did not
make any bones about having given
lesser rates to large corporations than
to individual shippers. The Rio Grande
appears to have been the chief offender
and will be prosecuted for the ofenses
committed.
, 1906-12-05

Well, Meyer and Haywood must
stand trial. The supreme court has
said so. OF course, from the standpoint
of some of our people, the supreme
court is baised. prejudiced and good for
nothing in n event.
, 1906-12-05

to the police and he was fined ten dol
lars. The defendant struck the first
blow, but after that he does not ap-
pear TO have figured in the hght, except
to take the worst of It.
, 1906-12-05

The other day at North Yakima
citizens held up a coal train and seized
the coal. This reminds one of the
second days of Grover, when it used
to be the practice of some people in
western Nebraska to get aboard a coal
train and throw off coal as long as pos
sible. This practice became so common
that the railroad company found it
necessary to make long runs with
their trains and stop only at such
points as were protected by police.
It is alleged that on a certain occasion
in Sidney a mar stuck his head into a
church door and yelled, "Coal train
coming and the church was emptied,
but this is probably an ~exaggeration.
, 1906-12-05

Anything in the b~ookSinder's line
Give us a trial and be convinced thai
the best Of work may tie had RICH:
eIe at home and at reasonable prices
, 1906-12-05

A Kentucky sutton waited ~forty-four
years for his bride, who declined to
wed till after her mothers death, and
yet he is referred to as al ardent suit
or. The perverse old lady lived till II
was 90 years old.
, 1906-12-05

The work of tearing illegal fences
from the public domain is going on a,
a rapid rate. Notices by the wholesale
are being sent to people maintaining
unlawful enclosures In Laramie county
and in one case at least, where the
fencing had been ordered down by the
United States court T. the ranchman
did not act, the United States marshal
is doing the work. Ranchmen had as
we'll make up their minds first as last
that the law was enacted to be obeyed
and take down all enclosures that are
not legally established. By so doing
they will save themselves considerable
annoyance and perhaps some odium.
, 1906-12-05

A New York priest not only gave a
fellow a couple of black eyes for max
ing 1isparaging remarks about his
church, but afterwards turned him over
, 1906-12-05

Especially low winter tourist rates
to points in the south and southeast
via Colorado and Southern railway.
Write T. e. Fisher, G. P. A, Denver.
, 1906-12-05
OF
MINE PROPS
ENORMOUS SAVING EFFECTED BY
USE OF PERSONALITIES IN
TREATMENT OF TIMBER.
interesting Bulletin Issued by the For
est Service of the Department of
Agriculture - Methods Include
Those Possible With Owners of
Small Mining Properties.

One of the biggest expenses connect
ed with coal mining is found in the
mine timbers used to support the vari-
Gus gangways. Their destruction by
decay and breaking costs many hun
dreds of thousands of dollars annually
and in some cases the loss of human
life. Mine operators are fully familiar
with these losses. They know also
hat the seasoning and the preserva-
tive treatment of timber add to its life
in service in the mine. But it has only
recently been established by expert
ment that effective seasoning and
treating with creosote, carbolinium and
zinc Chord as wood pre~servatives can
be secured at a cost so slight in pro-
portion to the greatly increased life
of the props as to effect a material
saving. The experiment carried on
during the past few months by the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron company, at its collieries near
Pottsville, Pa, under the direction of
a member of the forest service, has re-
suited in an economy which demon
strates that the preservation of mine
props can be put on a firm commercial
basis.
, 1906-12-05
Destroyed In Removing.

A mine prop is composed of three
parts, which together form a set
two uprights, called legs, across the
top of which is a crosspiece, called a
collar. After a prop is decayed suffi-
GENTLY to necessitate its removal, it is
replaced. At times, when only n leg
is decayed, that leg alone is removed
and replaced by a new one. Frequent
ly, however, the whole set is replaced,
and this involves the destruction of all
the logs by saving them in two to re
move them.
, 1906-12-05
Some Treatment Methods.

Various materials and methods for
~preservative treatment have been
tried, and up to the present time all
have proved efficient. Only time will
show which are the most satisfactory
from the practical point of view. APP
piled with a brush, ~creosote n car
bolinium give an excellent penetration
in solid wood, frequently averaging
from one-fourth to one-half an inch.
The amount of oil that seasoned lob
Jolly pine takes from a brush applica-
ton is surprising, especially in the
end grain. Little difference in pene-
tration has as yet been noted between
creosote and carbolinium, though the
latter seems better on absolutely
green timber. All brush treatments
were applied hot and in two coats.
The second coat absorbed practically
as much oil as the first.
Cheap Method of Treatment.
open-tank treatment has succeeded
beyond all expectations. This consists
of an immersion of the timbers for sew
eral hours in preservative and then
allowing them to cool to atmospheric
temperature. While the feasibility of
the open-tank treatment has been dem
onstrated, there is much yet to be
learned. The cost may be reduced by
shortening the immersion and thus
consuming less fluid. A very heavy
treatment is not necessary. The best
preservatives approximately double
the ~serviceable life of railway ties and
may be counted on to do the same or
better for mine props. Seasoned and
treated props. which were put in along
side of the old-style props, unseasoneG
and ~unpeeled, are as sound as ever.
while the others are already showing
signs of fumgous growth and decay.
Lobloily Pine Much Used.
Most of the props in the eollieries
investigated are loblolly pine; Penn
sylvania pitch pine furnishes 20 per
, 1906-12-05

1t has been proven that this world is
not large enough for a dishonest man
to escape detection very long, no mat
ter what his business or profession is.
We are trying to conduct a first class
COAL BUSINESS in a special way, and
when buying coal from us, If you do
not get ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION,
whether on a large or small order, We
will not be satisfied either until you
are. Kindly bear this in mind. We
guarantee to please you if 1t takes US
all winter to do 1t. We do not care
whether you are from Missouri or not,
we just ask an opportunity to SHOW
YOU. If not convenient to call on US,
phone No. 102 A and your Goa wants
will be taken care of.
The LARAMIE COAL co.
If pleased. tell others.
II not, tell US.
, 1906-12-05
Insects Responsible Also.

Insects play a very considerable part
in the destruction of mine timDers.
Many forms are found, including bark
borers, ants, n timber worms. Their
presence may be due to allowing logs
to lie unpeeled for a considerable time
after telling. Insect-infested timber
is frequently overlooked by the inspect
ors and allowed to go inside the mines.
There decay spreads rapidly. and the
destructive work of the insects appear
to be in no way affected by the lack
of light or by presence of gases. Creo-
sote and carbolinium are effective in
sectlcides and stop the work OF the
wood.borers.
, 1906-12-05
Large Loss by Decay.

In the loss of mine timbers at least
60 per cent are destroyed by decay and
the remainder by crush. The percent
age charged to decay should be even
higher, because many of the timbers
which break have already been weak
ened by decay. Decay is probably the
cause of 10 per cent of all failures in
mine timbers.
Decay in props Is principally caused
by Notwithstanding fungi. Warm,
moist air, together with certain gases
always found in mines, greatly favors
the development of these fungi. Ven
tilation is an enormous factor. Timber
in the vicinity of shafts and slopes
where there is abundance of fresh
air lasts longer than hat deeper in the
mines. The variation of moisture and
temperature within mines is SO wide
that timbers may decay in eight
months or may last several years.
rimbers that are constantly wet or
constantly dry last longer than those
subjected to an alienation of these
conditions.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-10
A WARM TINE EXPECTED
sensational Resolutions Passed at Re-
publican Meetings I'm Durham Coun-

: Inc republican county convention D.
De neld at the court house next Sat
uFoay, while being only for the Dur
pose OF naming delegates to the stare
congressional and judicial
Will be no anne affair. The OUTLOOK
now IS that it will be one Of The
warmest" conventions ever held In
the county.
Various precinct meetings were held
yesterday afternoon and last night and
several Of these were extremely warm
and interesting. Resolutions of a sem
Isatlonal nature were passed at soma
OF the precincts and notice has oenn
given that more than one delegation
sent to the convention will be contest
ed when the convention assemblies nex7
Saturday.
Reports We're heard from ten Of the
precincts and these showed an attend
ance that was above the average. This
indicating that there is more than MS
ual interest.
There are two factions Of the par
ty IN this cOunty-those who hold Of
flee and their friends, and those who
are against the office holding elemenr
being IN control of the affairs Of he
party.-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-10
RIG ESTATE IN GERMANY
Mr.. J. u. Mccall Goes to Push Claims
on $50. OO8. 900 Estate.

Messrs. \. d. Davis and D B. Har-
we'll left GaStonia Wednesday for
Charlotte where they went 10 see Mr..
]. D. Mccall OF that place. Mir. Mccall
will leave first OF August for Germany
where he will push the claims Of the
American heirs TO a 6~0,o0o.000 estate
in the Empire.
Messrs. Davis and HarwelI say that
the name Of the owner Of the property
hich has for a long time been with
held by n government has now been
disclosed. and that the way Is now
clear to the title ef this valuable es-
rate.-GaStonia Gazette.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-10
ENDLESS CHAIN OF
CHANGES ON COAST LINZ.
Kirkland Becomes Assistant General
Freight Agent at Jacksonville

Mr.. W. J. Craig. passenger tra-c
manager Cf the Atlantic Coast Line.
arrived in Savannah yesterday To su-
perin.end the transfer Of the Office Of
division passenger agent from Mr.. T.
{. White. who becomes general passen-
ger agent 20 Mr.. f. u North. his sue
cesso-.
Other changes announced D. the
Coast Line are as follows. Mr.. ?. ".
Kirkland Of Montgomery. commercial
agent Of Montgomery. becomes assist
ant general freight agent al Jackson
vile. reporting 20 NJ. James Nh
Zies. general freight agent Of Sa.an-
nah: Mr.. S. p. Collier. commercial
agent al Tampa. succeeds Ar. Kirk
land a. Montgomery: Mr.. jams e
Meade. commercial agent al Jackson
vile. succeeds Mr.. Collier AT Tampa
Mr.. L E Spencer. export agent a.
Jacksonville, who becomes sgp--~
tendent Of terminals there, will b. sue
ceedei By Mr. John D. Sinclair. as u
cal agent. and Mr. ID. II. Thompson.
local agent al Tampa, will succeed sr.
Sinclair a. Jacksonville The otlcs ot
assistant general freight agent al
Jacksonville Is = newly created n
Mr.. Kirkland was. prior TO his Mont
gamery appointment. chief clerk IN the
Office OF Nr, Mendes n Savannah
Savannah News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-10
MRS. CALDCLEUGH LEAVES HOME
She Writes Two Letters. the Last Sic
nifyin@ Il Desire to Return.

Mrs. E. NJ. CaldcIeugh went to Spar
tanburg Thursday. night under circum-
stances which gave rise 10 some little
talk on the streets yesterday. Without
giving Mr.. Caldcleugh any intimatiOn
or her intentions, she boarded tram
NO. 80 and her husband did not know
anything about her whereabouts until
yesterday morning when he received
a letter written on the train in which
IShe stated, in substance, that she
would not return to Greensboro. Later
IN the day he received another letter
IN which Mr.. Caldcleugh asked him
TO come to Spa1tanburg. He left at
l:ZO p. M. in response to her request.
The second letter was very reassuring
to him.
The friends Of the couple think that
MRS. Caldcleugh is suffering from some
mental alteration as a result Of her
grief over the death of her father,
which occurred a few days ago. In
TACT, one Of the letters which she
wrote back here is said to have given
quite a strong evidence of an unbal-
anced mind.
A number of expressions of sympa-
thy for Mr.. Caldcleugh in the rather
unusual misfortune which overlook
him were heard. 1t is generally hoped
that the couple have been happily re-
united before this time.-Greensbora
Telegram.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-10
Political Tolerance.

We have at times had occasion to
with our contemporary, the
Greensboro Telegram, but we wish
most heartily to commend the senti-
.ment it expresses in the fO11owir~ ndi-
t0riaI:
we are sorry not to have been able
to agree with a. those who have ap-
iprOached us on political matters. 1t is
d~isagreeable to have to disa-
gree with q person about something
that is very close to him. But to do
so is sometimes necessary and this is
Isimply to say that a man ought to
accept d difference Of opinion in good
part and not lose his patience because
IaIl cannot see through the same
Iglasses.'
We have consistently fought the bat
ties of the republican party, bus at
the same time we have ever made Il
plea for independence and tolerance il
political matters. This spirit of tOlar-
iatiOn the Telegram here breaches and
i've hope its words will be needed Dy
men of all political parties for the
sake of the good name of the state all
should love.
Nothing so Injuries a state as pOlItl-
cal bitterness and great issues do rot
need TO be supported by v~ituperation
lOr abuse. Such tactics but serve to
becloud the real issues and prevent
the voters from giving TO the consld-
leratiOn of public matters that calm and
thoughtful consideration that is alb
iSOlutely necessary to insure the best
ireSultS.-InduStrial News.