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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06

can. Fill the can with water withfs a half inch Of the top. If the water or the fruit touches the cap you can not solder it on. Solder on the cap but leave the little hole in the top open. You will need some kind of a basket to hold the cons while in the water, and for convenience in lifting the cap. you immerse the can in q boiling water two-thirds of it's length. This Is exhausting and in from five to eight minutes you can remove the can from the water. and drop a little solder on the little hole in the top of the can. Now put the can back in the water. immersing 1t completely, and let it boil not longer than ten min utes. If your peaches were ripe and of good variety you now have can of as fine fruit as California has pro- duced. To make it the equal of Cali fornia goods you have only to add as much sugar as your taste requires. You can do this before cooking if you wish. but I prefer cooling them in water and let the user sweeten to suit his or her taste. Tomatoes need to, be treated the same way except that they need twenty minutes for cooking. Der rfes five to eight minutes. By adding spoonful of vinegar to a can of L-lns they will keep all right but there is no money In canning beans or corn. Corn cannot be successfully canned without steam, as boiling water Is hot enough to preserve it. By boiling five of six hours I have been able to kep about 50 per cent. To- matoes and okra are profitable things to can, and keep perfectly if pro- cessed twenty minutes.
 I have been using a home canner three years with perfect success. The first year. I canned 500, cans. Last year I canned 5000, and sold every can that did not use at home. This year will can 12,000; already have the cans and have orders for every peach and tomato that I can put up.
 In conclusion. I want to say some thing about trusts" We are all op- posed to the oil trust, the beef trust, and every other trust that we think affects our pockets, but you will not find man who owns one of these home canners saying anything about the canners' trust. The big canner- ies combine to keep up the price of canned goods. and we little fish reap the benefits. We have nothing to kick about.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06

t
 worth hauling out on the farm for fer tiIizer. Now we see the products of cotton seed used in various ways as feed for stock. and oil for the table. Millions and millions of dollars have been wasted simply because, we did not know how to utilize this wonder full production of nature. The histo- ry of the Southern fruit crop is a repetition of cotton seed. I have seen thousand of bushels of luscious peaches rotting on the ground because we had no way of saving them.
 Canning factories on a large scale are not practicable in every commun- ity, and cannot be operated at a profit except where large orchards ex- ist.. The home canner has come to supply the long felt want and 1t will only be a short time until every farmer who has any energy or desire to rise in the world will have one of these home canners. I am not inter- ested in the sale of any canner. The only secret about canning is to ex- haust the air. and then cook and seal the cans. E
 Ans kind of vessel that will hold water can be utilized for canning fruit. A dish pan placed on the cook stove will do the work provided it Is deep enough 10 submerge the cans while cooking. A common stove boil- CT is much better and 1t is deeper and more easily handled. There are several ways of making these home canners and I will describe one l sa,. a few days ago that is the most simple one I have ever noticed. Get piece Of galvanized sheet iron as long as you want your canner to be. If you want one with a capacity of 1900 per day get the iron five feet long, and make a box just like sorghum molasses cvaporator. You will want the box at least twelve inches deep, so that you can immerse the cans when boiling. Divide this box into three apartments. one for exhausting. one for cooking and one for scaiding tomatoes. You now have as fine a canner as there Is on the market and it has not cost you two dollars. Get pair of small tongs for hantli ling the hot cans, and two sol dering irons, and you are ready for business. 4.
 Let us suppose you are going to can peaches. Select good ripe fruis peel and halve or quarter. Ell the cans as full as you can, so that none of the fruit touches the top of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06
BETTY'S BURGLAR.
By Ruth CatherN pod.


 Grenville looked about him contently When a man has been absent for month and has slept in sleeping cars most of that time. home seems pretty good. even though t may only be a four room flat.
 He washed the stains of travel from his face and hands. slipped on his smoking Jacket. and went over to the humidor. To bis surprise the box was empty save for . card on which was scrawled. Had a party. I owe you box. Bert"
 With a laugh he started for the window Bert Niblo lived on the floor below. He would demand the immediate return of a couple of cigars He wanted e chat with Bert, anyway. and the quickest way down was by the fire escape.
 His slippered feet made little or no noise against the iron rungs, and presently he stooO on the landing below. The windows were open and he stepped into the room
 For a moment the gloom blinded him. then as his eyes became accustomed to the dusk he started forward. As he did so there was a click and a feminine vofce commanded him throw up his hands.
 The command had to be twice repeated before he obeyed. but at last he comp rehended that the order was intended for him, and he raised them above his head.
 There was a rustic of feminine dra- peries. then the light was turned on, re- vealing a girl who was pretty even fin spite of the white eaEerness of her face.
 q beg your pardon" said Grenville, T am afraid that there is a mistake some where. I thought these were MT. Niblo's apartments"
 They are.- was the quiet response. You made the m istaks of seeing Mr. Niblo so out and not knowing that I was
 Not remarkable considering tho fact that he is a bachelor" he smiled. I'll bet you are his sister,
 'T ann" she admitted. stiffly.
 Then you must know me-" he began. q am Fred 0renville."
 Miss Nihlo's nose raised itself In protest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06

forehead, they suttinly gifts childish! Law, how m I ever to get that air stuff off the carl"
 So much for character study on the trolley
 am staying at Narragansett Pier. Of course you all have guessed that. certainly like the pier It Is gay with out being formal. and if you want formality, why, you can easily reacn Newport. After a drive to Saunders town, a trip over the ferry and James, town. a drive across the island of Jamestown to the other ferry, and thence you land in Newport, So you see how delightfully."- simple 1t is!
 Now, on the whole. shouldn't advise you to drive. There are too many autos. Take one yourself. It's the only safe way, for you can't see the road for dust during the ferry hours.
 Such a. procession of motors as streaks across the country! Small runahouts that sklddoo along like
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06
The Only Honest Miliiner.

As we passed through a sleep little town with its shell bordered walks and prim gardens of petunia and phlox, the leading milliner of the place step ned aboard At least we gathered so from the conversation she had with an acquaintance on the seat oack or her.
 ssNo. the millinery. business atnt what 1t wuz." we heard her declare ",rbere's too much snippin' and snitcn- in, ana oueer ways. Naow, believe In be,n, honest. It pays in the long run. Rut I'll bet I'm the only milliner in town that don't put in three yards O, ribbon inter a bow an'Ncharge TOT nve.
 0b. Arcadian simplicity! Oh, DOT aars of box and hollyhock. These IvicLed Fifth Avenue tricks in peaceful country town! What is the world coming tor
 And on the way back two old gen tlemen climbed painstakingly aboard at inc corner of Westminster street. Roth were loaded down with hampers and boxes This baggage-sonle six large pieces in ail--tney pes'o"eu around and above the front seat.
 old gentleman No seemed%to ha the leader and bossed things around considerably-in fact, you would nave thought it was his private car. He pointed out the natural beauties or the scenery as if he were responslpie toI them. and not a single cottage did nc allow to pass without some Dit oi s0S ain concerning itsh occupant.
 FinaIly when things began to be dull he stepped off, gayly mentioning the gact that he would be "up around home later on. os
 Thereupon followed five minutes or blessed silence. at the end or wnlcn old gentleman No ?, who had been ooS,ntine the baggage with an ag- Srieved air, burst forth, addressing himself to me for lack of a better au-
 There he goes a-leavin' 1t on me as usual Now how in thunder am l 10 get all them bundles onE LOOK al tna' atr hn~ viii ve-big as a baby's coffin. Ar aav do YOU know what's in there? Fire M crackers! Yes, by gum. twenty dollars wuth. and he sets on his piazza an fires them off at the New
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06
ChiseI and Hammer Found Sr c..1 z
 AuniatOu Eprfsawar

ChiseI and Hammer Found i'm Cell aa
 AnnistOn Prisoner.
 Anniston. Aug 5.-(SpeciaI. O-.A chisel and hammer were found in the cell occupied by the strong negroes Of the street force on Friday night bv Night Warden Alley, who heard the negroes at work in an effort to cut through the iron bars of the cell
 He slipped quietly to the entrance and saw the negroes at work and then showed double-barrelled shot gun in the door of the cell and comuantied the negro to deliver the tools to him He summoned help and made a thor ough search of the cell following thin episode but found nothing that could assist in enecting way through the steel bars. Had the negroes succeeded the eleven occupants of the cell would doubtless have escaped. The negroes are supposed 10 have secured the toolR through trustfes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06

bachelor motoIShOrter in the front car. built for in the back.
 speed and not for beauty and with a place for the bull pup on what takes the place of the COW catcher in front, As these vehicles go rumbling, bump ing and footing their way forward, sending cows on a mad gallop barn ward and horses to climbing lamp posts or stone walls. you are reminded of that beautiful lttle Illustrator in Punch entitled Sunday in Our Village" in which the peaceful village road Is merely represented by pillows of dust punctuated by the wild eyed heads of chauffeurs as they steer their invisible machines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06
KATE CLYDE STUDIES NATURE
 FROM A NEW ENGLAND TROLLEY CAR.

This is certainly the restless age.
 We don't care about staying Tn one spot, and we don't have to- Ine rlcn man has his automobile. the middling well off individual has his horse and buggy, while as for the great mass of the impecunious the trolley is their friend.
 Oh. I don't mean the city trolley alone, with it's limited rides through dreary streets and dusty suburbs. but the country article. which whizzes along mile after mile through fra grant blueberry patches, piny forests
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06

York boats Do they notice him? No, of course not. They don't even see st,, h,t ba snends his money an sets .hH. ,a.1,' Nerin, of them all the same"
 Then he settled back and was silent for few minutes more, at the end of which he remarked, pointing to huge hamper: Say. do you know what he has in that air hamperT
 I expressed myself as being totally unable to fathom the mystery.
 Why. pies; jes' chuck t9ll Q bakers inc other truck" waving to the bum idIes. sjust as plum foolish. tell ye what, when they gets oId," tapping his
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06

why, it's just chase along the livelong day--in an auto if you can. behind a horse if you haven't an auto--or, as l said before. in a trolley if you haven the money for anything else. but feel the madness of moving before you.
 Gee, but this is an age of progress! If one expects to keep pace with this restless, constantly changing life of the twentieth century, 1t behooves one to be up and doing. Don't lag behind. Keep up with the procession even if you cannot or will not take the lead. It really doesn't do to get left, you know
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06

frig h t e n e d
 chickens. swag
 ger touring cars with a mono. gram on the door and a rack for trunks over. head. serviceable caryall types of big red cars whose canopies are held by straining leather straps. These last contain pa pa, mama and all the children Don't let us for get either the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06

of an ice house. rate of speed us would not shame many an automobile.
 Besides the regular scenery there were other sights thrown in. such as the astonishing spectacle of staiu Jersey COW standing on the rooi A ol an toahovse in order to reach the lower branches of an apple tree, the green fruit of which was disappearing down the cows throat with a startling rap idfty, unpleasantly suggestive of cider in the near future instead of good ricn milk.
 If you can inform me how she ever climbed to the roof of the icehouse you will be telling me more than we were ahla h puzzle out before the, car .whizzed around the next curve.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06

and along strips of dazzling sand and blue ocean
 You can all most circle the limited States in a trolley if you don't mind talk ing the car ahead a few thousand times.
 The other day I rode from Nar- fagansett Pier to
 Pro vid e nee through the most delightful s&n- cry imaginable
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06
Verv Tmnortant Tndeed.

What are they wearing at Narragan- sett Pier? Lord, child, don't ask me such a foolish question! White linen skirts shorter in the front than in the back-thanks to the local laundresses and double thicknesses of chiffon veils to protect eyes and skin from the glare of the road. And as for the rest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06
Rnttle.h,n Ahnnann.a

London, Aug. 5.--The admiralty has abandoned all further attempts to re- float the British battleship Montagu. which ran ashore in a fog Of shut ter Point Lundy Island. May a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06
erant. for wlnter Pasturase.
peanuts suitable for all AlanamH; !;

Peanuts Suitable for alI AInDamH:
 psnIvinR to a correspondents in- n,,iTy would say that there is no To- casItty in North Alabama where pea nuts are extensively grown, but do not see any reason why they should moi be grown on any lime soil in that narr of the state as they are grown S,1rthhr north in Tennessee.
 Ths principal peanut growing area oy Alabama is in the southeastern ssrt If inc state, in which region are {ha towns of Ozark, Dothan, Abbeville stc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06

Treaunent of stomach Worms of Sheep
 It $ during the summer months that Ioss,1 from the twisted stomach worm of sfeep occur, and flock owners should
 RarIS endeayoE to prevent their tiocks
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06

The Canning Industry of the South. N IT. Rather in Farm and Ranch.
 can remember when cotton seed were a nuisance on the farm. Away back in the fifties my father owned and operated q gin in Smith county and he would not gin anyone's cot ton unless he would oblige himself to remove the seed have seen hundreds of tons rottlng around the gin, good for nothing but breeding places fer flies. Thex -swere not even
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-06
JAIL DELIVERY ATrEMpTED.

Copyright, 1906. by E. c. paree,l.,
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-04-13
TRADE REVIEW FOR THE WEEK.
Real Spring Weather Stimulates Re.
tail Business.

New York, April 7.-Bradstreet's
summary of the state of trade says:
Real spring weather, which has stim.
sections still affected by heavy rains
and bad country roads, an excellent,
in fact almost ideal winter wheat sit.
%uation, a little more animation in the
iron market, continued activity in all
lines, heavy railroad earnings, in.
creased bank clearings and the sur.
prisingly little adverse effect of the
coal miners partial shutdown, are the
significant features presenting them
selves this week. The rush OF spring
jobbing is now about over, but i'm
proved retail demand has already in
voked some recorder business. All
kinds OF light summer YEA goods are
active and strong in price. Dry goods,
millinery, shoes, clothing and farm
implements are marked features at re.
tail, while in wholesale lines the de.
mand for lumber, hardware, paints,
ness to the present record rate Of
building. The beneficial effects of
the heavy snowfall toward the close
of winter, followed by copious rains,
aided in the very high wheat condi.
tionS reported throughout the country.
Failures for the week number 151.
Wheat exports for the week are q
155,Sl6 bushels. Corn exports for the
week are 3,1O3, $50 bushels.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-04-13
NATIVES CHASE POLICE.
Chief Bambaata Drives Natal Force
From Its laauer.

Greytown, Natal, April 6.-The colo.
NAL field force, which was concentrate
ing at ImpanZa, twelve miles north
west of G~reytown, for operations
against the insurgent chief, BAN.
baata, the deposed regent Of the Grey
town district, has been compelled to
abandon its lager after heavy fight.
ing, and retire to Greytown.
A portion OF the force sent to res.
the women and children isolated
at Keates Drift, succeeded in doing
so, but while returning were attacked
by rebellious natives. A running fight
was kept up for six miles. the Zulus
continuing the pursuit until within a
mile of Greytown. Three OF the colo
NAL police were killed and several
were wounded. The remainder are
safe at Greytown.
The police report that the rebels
are in strong numbers and flushed
with victory, and the officials fear fur
ther excuses. A strong force of ar
tillery, infantry and mounted men Is
moving out of Greytown to operate
against the rebels.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-04-13
Outlaw Wounded by own Gun.

Bonesteel, S. d., April Tn the
western part of this county, the no.
torious outlaw, Philip C%ournoyer, lead
from a buggy during a runaway, with
the result that the hammer of his pis.
tol struck the ground and shooting
him below the hip, ~ bullet passing
through the right leg and is lodged
in the left leg. Cournoyer's condition
is very serious. Sheriff Sproul placed
Cournoyer under arrest. He was so
seriously injured that 1t was impossi.
BILE to move him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-04-13
TO REPLY AS HAMILTON DID.
Former Legislative Agent Attacks
Mutual Life Trustees.

New York, April 7.-Charges SIM
liar to those recently made against
the directors of the New York Life
Insurance company by Andrew Hamil.
OF were made against the trustees OF
the Mutual Life Insurance company
by Andrew G. Fields. The former
Legislative agent of the Mutual is now
in seclusion at his home at Gobbs
Ferry. He is said TO be seriously i'll.
The charges against the Mutual trus.
tees were made in a formal statement,
which Fields issued through his pnysi.
clans. and in which he declared that
the MutuR trustees well knew the ma.
ture OF has duties while he was EN-.
ployed by the company as Legislative
agent and also had charge of its sup.
ply department. He says that he had
come home prepared to tell the truth.
no matter whom it hurts, be his pc.
sition high or low" He denies that
he eve gave a bride to anyone, de.
clares the story of the so-called
"house of mirth" at Albany to be a
malicious libel, and claims that while
acting for the Mutual he saved the
company many hundreds of thousands
of dollars. He says that the records
of the Mutual's supply department,
which had been reported as missing,
are within easy reach, and that they
will be forthcoming whenever the
trustees want them. He promises to
make a full and complete explanation
of the manner in which the $500, 900
or more which was paid to him by tho
expenditure committee was disbursed,
and to show that every payment was
fully authorized.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-04-13
One Man Strike in Nebraska.

Lincoln, April 1.-THE first coal
strike in a Nebraska mine has just
been settled. or course. there is only
one mine in the state, the coal mine
at Peru. A veteran Missouri miner
digs the coal and the entire output is
used by the Peru state normal. Dur.
ing the recent rains water began to
TO bail it out. He said he belonged
to the union. Bailing or pumping was
strictly forbidden. a special arbitra
tion committee was appointed, but the
miner was refractory. lie was the
only experienced miner in the vicinity
and he knew it. Finally boys were
hired TO bail. Then he went to work.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-04-13
Russian Cabinet Crisis.

ST. Petersburg. April 1t.-Rumors
OF a complete reorganization OF the
cabinet are everywhere current.
Many well informed persons believe
that the fight between Premier Witte
and Interior Minister Durnovo will re
suit in the retirement of both, but
that no change will take place until
the pending loan negotiations have
been concluded. Finance Minister
Shipoff and Minister of Commerce
Federof also are said to be slated to
go. NJ. Ycrmoloff, former minister of
agriculture, who holds extremely liz.
eral views, is regarded as the most
likely to be appointed as Count
Whites %uccesso in the premiership.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-04-13
RAILWAY TAX CASE POSTPONED
Governor Mickey Testifics n Bur
linuton Injunction Suit,

In9tOn INJUNCTION suit.
Lincoln, April 1.-THE taking OF
testimony in the Burlington railroad
tax injunction suit began at the cap
itol building before Special Examiner
Charles w. Pearsall, acting for the
federal court. The Burlington road
Is ~contesting the assessment of the
state board of equalization. A sim.
liar suit, decided for the state, is
now pending in the United States su.
preme court. Governor Mickey, as a
member of the board OF equalization.
was the principal witness and his
testimony vas intended to show that
the board made the railroad assess
ment to correspond with other proper
ty valuation.
"Were you Influenced by any preju-
dice against the railroad or by public
clamor or by politics in assessing this
property" asked the attorney gen.
eral.
mot in the least" replied the gov
ernor, 81 was not influenced person
ally"
After listening to the testimony of
Secretary Bennett, Auditor Searle and
State Treasurer Mortensen, the tan
ing Of testimony has been postponed
until some future date.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-04-13
GOV. MICKEY iNsPECTs ASYLUM
Makes Personal investigation Into
Charoes Of Cruelty at Norfolk.

Slld'SCo ' S'eS'N
Lincoln, April lin consequence
OF the repeated charges of cruelty at
the asylum for the insane at Norfolk,
a personal investigation into the con-
ditions at the institution has been
made by Governor Mickey, and, while
it is the governors opinion that many
of the causes OF complaint were due
to the ineXperience on the part OF the
attendants, several of the employees
against whom the charges of cruelty
have been made have been removed,
and the governor placed a number OF
others on probation. One case was
found where five guards were required
to separate a bunch Of inmates who
got into a fight during a game of
cards. One of the patients died a few
days later, and while charged that his
death was due to injuries inflicted by
an attendant, the asylum authorities
say his death was the result of an
epileptic At, to which he was subject.
Governor Mickey cautioned the EN-.
ployes against the use of violence.