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Dress Goods and Trimmings

among Montgomeys best dressed that find all the and exclusive styles Dress Trimmings well Foreign and Domestic Novelties Silks Wool and Cotons.
 BLACK DRESS GOODS AND SIKS-Ee been made leading de- partmen when lady anything this line the first she thinks Whatever and dependable you'll always variety styles and qualities and unnsy moderate and reasonable prices
 Dress Goods and Silk Offers
 Special Beginning Monday EONNES-Th regular $I 00 Silk and Wool Eohnne Cobbs tor yard All the best hdcream reseda and black BRIILIANTINES-Th fifty inch Bniantn the shades navy black Cobbs for 58 the yard LOUIsIENNE SKS-Fany Gray Chaonmsh Taaea and Louis hair lme and eha and desirable for 56 6centth the yard.
 TAFFETA SIIkS-Fo 48 yard solid or soft Chiffon finish This all silk tafea white and solid coors-as good 65 cent Silks
 CHIFFON PANAMA-We offer $100 the yard special Black Chiffon Panama 45 inches wide
 BESIDES THESE there lots of other special attractions the Ores; Goods weeks selling. Be hand share the good
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Specials In Staple Goods

Every single Staple Goods Items marked render s Price House Staple Goods Mont gomey
 CAMBRIC-Bet quality Knights Cambic only 8 yard DOMESTIC-For yard offer either Loom A Domestic Lonsdae A Domestic.
 TICKINC-The best A. F. C. Ticking ct IS cents the yard. CINCEIAMS-At Best A. F. C. Dress Gmghams sucker Stiped Cinehams, either worth LIGHT PERCALES-See 32nch Light Percas. priced ia at censa yard
 sII!RTNC MADRAS-Speca sale of Shmng Madras at 2 A All quality always sold tor 10 cents centsa yard
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7-The torturing of accused persons during trial except where the accused is charged with murder and where the evidence of guilt is clear. has also been abolished. According to the Chinese law, a person convicted of murder can- not he put to death until he confesses. and torture has been retained in case of this kind as means of compelling confession when the guilt has been otherwise established, but MT Wu ex- presses the hope that torture in such cases will be abolished in the near fu- ture.
 The revision commission has also succeeded in ob'l. linE an imperial decree ordering the construction of more modern prisons. requiring the in spection of prisoners and compelling humane treatment Formerly relief from cruel treatment could only be se- cured by paying the official in charge.
 The commission is now working up on q code of procedure and intend. among other things. the recommenda- ton Of q system of trial hy jury. the admission of lawyers to practice in the courts and the relieving of prisoners and witnesses from the humiliatiug g ora, tice Of kneeling in court
 In order tc secure competent judges and lawyers for the carrying out of the new code. the commission have ob- tained the sanction ot the government for tn. establishment Of law school at Peking (the site has already been purchased) and the high schools and colleges of the various provinces have been Instructed to ad1 law to the cur riculum Of their studies.
 Minister Wu called attention to other
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ward d more popular government The constitution, when adopted, as it ulti- nately will be, will inaugurate par liamentary system. There Is. there fore, distinct advance along govern mental lines. and this in itself means much for China and for the outside world.
 A revision of the criminal code IS also being perfected. The Hon. Nu Ting Fang. former Minister to the Unit ad States. and now vice president Of the Board of Foreign Affairs mas hean made a member of the Board of Punishments. He and Shen Chla feh' tbn vice president of the Board of Pun isbmert. have bv imperial decree been intrueted with the revision and codlty- ing Of the laws of China. They have established a bureau with stair or secretsries and translators and have spant two yt.rs in the examination or tho civil end criminal codes or the dlH- orant countries in order to select laws vht,a are appIicable to the conditions existmE in China. Ex-Mtnister Wu has taken a deep interest in the sub ice; and kindly furnished me with the following list of reforms to which the irnpcrial sanction has been secured;
 -iInP Chi, slow death hy slicing to pieces. has been abolished It was the nurishment formerly prescribed for one found guilty of paracide. high treason. wilfuI murder of husband (the rn;trder of husband by wife was acord~ ing 10 Chinese-ldw q much graver of fens. than the murde. of wife by hus- band.N
 e-The heads of criminal were for merlv exposed to the public after exc cution. This mas also been abolished
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practically without newspapers. There is no better evidence of the progress which China Is making than is to bo found in the increase in the number of her newspapers. While the circulation Of these papers is small as compared with the circulation of similar papers ih the United States and Japan, still the growth is constant and the col loquial dialect sometimes employed brings the news and editorial pages within the comprehension of those who cannot read books. Many of these newspapers are published In the Inter- est of reforms. One of the papers started at Hongkong opposes the ex- animation system hy which civil off, cials were selected, the ot-binding custom and tho habit of wearing the queue. The editor cut off his own queue as an example and Is now en- couraged by the fact that the soldiers arc gradually adopting a like course. He is also able to note progress in the matter of foot binding. An imperial edict has been issued. eXhorting the people to abandon the practice, and numerous societies are engaged in spreading literature upon this subject.
 But more important still is the re- cent abolition of the examinations. This is a revolution that has shaken the ancient Empire to it's foundation for the examination system not only affected the government. but molded the educational 'ystem as well. In the larger cities elaborate provisions wero made for these examinations. In some places from 10000 to 15.000 stalls being constructed. These stalls were about three feet wide by six deep and high enough to permit the student to stand erect The only furniture was board for a seat and another for desk. At a given hour the students entered these stalls. were given their themes and kept in thcir stalls without communi- cation until their tasks were finished. Now the stalls stand Idle and the off, cials are chosen from the graduates of the newly established schools.
 We visited the examination stalls at Peklng and found them in ruins. They had been occupied by the Boxers in
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2,000 years of political apathy could rot eXhaust--a sturdiness which c"n- turics CT poverty and s"pers ition coEid rot entirely destroy. Increasing con tact with Europe and America is hdv- ing it's influence, and the example Of Japan Is even more potent. for the peo- pie of Japan are not only neighbors. but are more like them ir color and rare characteristics. Let me note some O. the evidences of this change.
 The government so long an absolute dc spotism, is about to become 2 "on- stitutional monarchy. In 1S?S ths ism' peror, under the influence .: sons rad ical reformers, prepared program al- most revolutionary in Its character Rec oCnlzing that his aunt tle DowaSei Empress. would oppose him, he pre- pared to nut her under guard while the change was being made. but the old lady. learning of his plan. nrompt- ly took him In hand ana made him Trisoncr in her own palace. Since that time she has been the unduestloncd ruler of the Empire. the nominal Em- reror lffixing his signaturf to the pa rers which she prepares. But so rapid ly has the situation developed that she is row instituting the very reforms for the suggestion of which she so recent lv imprisoned hec neohew. A comm's- sion of prominent oficials is now abroad, some in Europe, some in Ar:er- ica, studying the constitutions and gov ornmental institutions of other ccun- tries. What a concession when We re- member inc self sufticiency of China, the characterization of su" 'oGnt t'rg na- tions as rude trih6s." and the use of the term "Barbarians" to designate even those with whoin she made trea- ties!
 It is reported that the Dowager Elm press recently called her councillors together and asked how long if would take to establish a constitutional gov ednment. When told that it would probably require twelve or fifteen years. she replied that it must be done sooner than that. as she could not hope to live much longer and wanted it in operation before she died. Whether she appreciates the full importance or the change may be doubted. but the fact that the great nations, with the exec ption Ct Russia. have constitutions has doubtless made it's impression up on her, and Russias defeat at the , hands of the Japanese. coupled with present internal disturbances in the rzar's domain, contains it's lesson. As early as 1901 a commission was appointed to examine and report on all proposed measures affecting the organ crnment. and in 1904 a generel assem- boards was provided for. While these newly created bodies have no legisla- tive power, they indicate the trend to-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
Suits, Skirts and Waists.

You'll find that this almost like brand department goods week show especially White Serge Su prices $l7O $500 that unusually tracte Tafeta Silk Eton White Linen Suits plain and fancy White Lingerie Suits between 5000 and $4OO0; other words about all the new things are here.
 LINGERIE WASTS-Th Saturday Express brought another ship ment handsome Handembdred White Linen Lingerie Waists was only Monday want the prt exclusive thing of the Easter Season. Prices from $00 to $50
 elusive thing Prices from $500 $50
 LADIES SkIRTS-You Cobb and select the most correct styles in Panama Vo We have received line of Cream Serge big shipment Grey Panama Skirts popular IS expected to get in early Monday by
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. (Copyright, 1906, by Joseph s. Bo"ies --COpyright in Great Britaih'--
 All Rights Reservedl
 Maniiia, Philippine Islands,


 Tn what I have said of the Chinese government, system of edrcat!oh re- Igion and superstitions. have rc'@rred to the nation as 1t has been For some twenty csnturies-chained to 1T .ditioE, stagnant asleep. Society was strait fled; those in power seemed to have no higher aspiration than to live upon the labor of the masses. and the masses seemed to entertain no thought of eru- ancfpaticn. The life of the people was occupied with ceremony. but there was no genuine fellowship or sympathetic connection hetweer ti'em, outside of the family tie and even the family was likely to be a storm center be"ause of the conflicting interests llected under one roof Education was mon- cpolized by comoa ratively tew. ana there was no breadth to such instruc- ticn as was given. Superstition took the place of religion and the placa.ing of the spirits of the deceased outweigh ed the nurture and development of those still on earth.
 But change is taking place in Chi na such as has revolutioniZed Japan within the the last half century. The sleeping giantess. whose drowsy eyes have so long shut out. the rays Of the morning sun. is shcwiF g unmistakablo signs of an awakening. There was a vitality among her people which even
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
Special Beginning Monday

s.-The beheading of corpse of a criminal who died before execution is m longer permitted.
 i.-According to the old law. parents. relatives and friends of those convicted Of serious crimes were subject to pun ishment: now the punishment is con- fined to the guilty party. (While the practice of including innocent relatives in the sentence seems barbarous in the extreme it was. after all, not so differ ent in principle from the practices of the Western nations which, in times of var. inflict punishment indiscrimi- nately upon innocent and guilty alike)
 5.-The branding of criminals has been abandoned
 6.-Corporal punishment of criminals is also abolished.
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  Areaa Public Exhibition of Decap"
 
 RecommendedA schooi Judges and RalroadsEie'- miles Peking-Weish of Chinese Doirr* Worth 
  Yuans Mani World fromI Her Advance
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I have already referred to the fact that China has until recently been
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Items From All Over the Store.

MISSES CORSET COVERS-Bken lines 32s and 34s ony style and qualities that $1 00 $I25 and $5 Special 50 each
 LADIES KNIT VESTS-Summer weight for the 10 cents Only 100 dozen of them just
 ONYX HOSIERY-We exclusive sellers of this famous stocking tor men and children Onyx the bestnown and dependable Hose America today grade style always stock Cobbs
 NEW LACE BOLEROS-Jua received new Neek~ear Ruchmss Beeded Bes Gilt White Lingerie Wash Be-an of them the newest novelties aracively priced
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
White Goods and Linens

put special price for this week mentioned below them needed things that good to buy particularly with these prices before
 INDIA LNENS-Fre hundred yards short lengths of India Linens lO The pieces from yards each To cut this qua iy, you pay I5 yard.
 WHITE BATSTE-4l inch sheer White Bae. quality nearly ways sold for 5 At Cobbs this week for. .25c
 PERSIAN LAWN. yards extra good quality Persian Lawn "
 LINEN CAMBRC- 36 inches wide. linen This seeone shipment of this fabric For dainty Shirt Waists Chdens Dresses there's nothing petr stylish than Linen Cmbnc This only 28 centa yard
 TABLE DAMASK-As special drawing card for Monday will sell your choice Maess Mo- l70 quality of 70 inch Damask for only yard And ahho compelled pay for this Damask than decided the $l .OO the yard Nothing the city match for the
 LINEN NAPKINS-Jus 50 dozen Hemmed Linen Napkins which will this $ 25 dozen. This decidedly popular Napkin of pure quality a, has proved saaecy-h looks well and we'll.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30
Eighteen Piee a Minute.
Trom the Chicago Trlbune.

SAS
1t was an apple pie made by tho new
.piemaking machine that is attended
to by one man and three boys n
turns out from sixteen to eighteen pies
Il minut The machine is eighteen
feet long and twenty feet wide. An
electric motor furnishes power. and a
gas jet keeps the forming dies warm.
over the machine is suspended n tank
with filling" for 400 pies. and in it am
agitator revolves to keep the material
from blocking the outlet. After the
paste for crusts has been properly
mixed it is weighed and cut into prop
erly sized pieces by IL dough divider.
\ tray full of lumns of dough for bot
ON crusts is placed at n n of the
machine. and another tray containing
At the rear is a stack of plates auto
l%natically fed by a ratchet. A mag
netized arm swings around. picks up
a plate and places 1t on a die made
to receive 1t. A piece OF dough is placed
on the plate. and the next movement
brings it under a die which forms the
lower crust. Then the fruit Is depos-
tied from the tank. and the plate
moves forward. BY this time another
lump Of dough has been flattened out
and stamped with an initial. such as L
for lemon. while ar automatic bellows
blows a puff OF flour ove the dough
to keep 1t from sticking. The next
movement brings the filed pie and this
upper crust together, n operator be-
ing stationed here to adjust the ton
cover II necessary. Then the covered
pie comes under the edging die. which
cuts of all the scraps. n the pic
passes forward on an apron which
leads to the oven.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30
Peanuts.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Few people who buy Il bag of e
nuts on the street for . cents realize
the extent of tine peanut industry
said A. p. Bryan. OF Norfolk. Va. 1T is
a fact that the total sales of peanuts
amount annually to between IS, 900, 900
and $4,000 900, and some statesmen sell
as high as 1000. 600 bushels each year.
The seeds of the peanut are planted
like beans. and when the vines have
come up and the nuts are ready for
harvesting the farmer takes Il culti-
vator especially made for that purpose
and starts down the long rows. on
either side of this cultivator are two
long knives which sink into the ground,
sufficiently to cut the tap root of the
vine. The same process is gone trough
with on the other side of the vine. The
main DOT being thus severed and the
ground loosened, the vines are lifted
into shocks like corn. They are cured
by allowing them to stand in the sun
for about ten days. when colored wom-
IN and children are sent into the field
to pick the nuts from the vines. An
average picker will pick about five
bushels Il day, for which he is paid at
the rate of 10 cents a bushel.
1T is not known how peanuts first
came to his country. Both Africa and
Asia claim the distinction of being the
home Of this vegetable. Its first record
in the United States dates back to 1850.
In 1861 the crop amounted to o 5O,-
900 bushels, but 1t was the circus that
really made the peanut a valuable ar
ticle of At the present time
the crop amounts to about II, OOO, 900
bushels annually. Virginia and North
Carolina still maintain their lead, but
Tennessee now raises about S00,0 600
bushels. though of an inferior quality.
OF the ordinary variety about twenty
two pounds make a bushel."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30
How to Learn to Swim.

frOil Wisely N August recreation.
You can learn to swim in a day. II YOU
are particularly we'll adapted for the sport
you may learn 1t in a single lesson. /
will be your s~eif-appointed teacher. and
SO let us go right IN for a swim. AS my
pupil you must do as l cay and do moth
Ing else. Don't look down into the water.
Look ahead ana out; that removes timid-
.ty. The depth is now well above your
waist. which means that there's plenty Of
water to float your body. Some people
hin a few inches of water over the
brcech will float them. Now, stratghten
your body. That's 1t. Throw you head
we'll back. Keep it there, while / put YOU
in the floating position. This is DONE. You
are floating now-why? Because every
part of your. body, head. arms. feet and
trunk. Is partly submerged and thus SUD-
ported by the water. To show you what
this means We will make an experiment.
Just try to look at you toes and down
you'll go.
From this position Of floating fling YOUR
self over so that your left side faces the
bottom. Dig In with you right hand az
far as you can reach in q straight line with
your body. Move up this oar hand into
position. with the palm toward your body
and close enough to almost touch il. From
your elbow to your finger tips the riph,
arm Is submerged during this stroke
which covers generally two-thirds the
length OF the body. starting right be,ow
the nose and finishing almost over the
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30
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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30
Silver Wroath. Sit Of Danee IN AmQr,ca.

New York special: All the Danes
residing in h United States have
been called upon to contribute to Il
fund for a silver wreath to be sent to
decorate the tomb of the late King
Christian of Denmark in the old Ca
thedral of Roskilde. More than 60, GOO
subscribers all v the country re-
sponded to the call. which was for
amounts not exceeding % cents, and
as a result the committee has pro-
cured n handsome tribute in the shape
of Il solid silver wreath which cost
about $4,000.
AS the beech is the national tree of
Denmark. it's leaf was chosen as the
most appropriate to use in the design.
In the center is the Danish coat of
rims, surmounted by the royal crown.
A band of silver wound through the
leaves bears the date of King Chris
tian's Notwithstanding inscrip-
ton in Danish, Fra Danske / America"
nc the motto of King Christian, Med
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30
A Matrimonial Dilemma.

Paris Correspondence London Mail.
A curious confusion of identity bids
.'air to prevent a young girl of Paris
rom marrying.
Two years ago her elder sister wrote
IN the eve of her marriage to the may
,r of her native village for a copy of
ler birth certificate. For some reason
he official failed to find the entry. and
accordingly had the extraordinary idea
20 send the girl the certificate of her
younger sister. stating that he thought
his would do Is well.
The girl was married n now her
younger sister. in her turn. on the eve
II marriage, has offered the same GER
:ificate to the Paris officials. who, on
verifying the document. have discov-
.red the facts.
Josephine Dansart is now in the posi-
ion Of being unable to marry unless
Ter sister consents to annul her own
marriage, n by so doing place her
name on the official registers as free
20 marry"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-30

Paris special: The civil tribunal
of the Seine confirmed the decree
granting Mrs. MacBride (known rs the
Irish Joan of Arc') u judicial scpa:a-
ton from her husband, Major Mac
Bride. who VAS Il prominent member
of the Irish brigade of the Be.r army
during the war in South Africa. but
the tribunal refused to grant her an
absolute divorce, on the ground CT her
Irish nationality.
Mrs. MacBride vas awarded the Gus
tody of her child. The majors cross
bill was oVerruled.
Maud Come was married to Major
John MacBride ON February Il. 1908.
in the Church of st. Honore i'k.ylau.
in Paris, the ceremony being performed
by the former chaplain OF the Irish
brigade With which Major Mac3rid"
fought in the Transvaal service during
the South African war.
She had long been no:ed as an agi-