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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01

cd from public view, Richard A Mc- Curdy. late president of the Mutual Life. has broken down entirely. and. while his family are making unusual efforts to prevent his physical condi- tton from being known. It is under stood that he is suffering from pare sis and has not long 10 live. His mem ory is said to be entirely gone.
 James W Alexander, recently presi- dent of the Equitable. whose quarrel with young Mir. Hyde started the ava lanche, is In an asylum at Deerheld. Mass, a mental and physical wreck. and will never come out MT. Hyde has gone to France to live. He is eli- tirely French in his sympathies. hab. it's and tastes. He has sold his horses and carriages. his furniture and other personal belongings at auction. and does not expect to return to this coun- try His mother. and Mrs. Sidney Dil- Ion Ripley, his sister, who shared with him the ownership of the Equitable Life, are still living in the old house. East Fortieth street. The mother Is in poor health: the daughter has re- gently sailed for the Riviera. They have been seen driving together in Gen. traI Park every pleasant afternoon un- til few dayx ago. Both are immense- lv wealthy, and were we'll paid for their stock in the Equitable comnanv.
 It is expected that several suits will be brought against Mfr. Hyde for resti- tuition. He has frequently proclaimed his willingness to refund every dollar he has received from the company. ci- rectfv or indirectly. that he Is not entitled to. but there is decided diff ference of opinion as to his rights. MT Morton and other members of the new ranagement claim that he was enti- tied to nothing but the larsa salary he drew. and that every dollar oi nroft he derived from the use of tht funds of the comrany must he restored The report of the chartered account ants who have invssti~ated the beois' and records shows that he and others received considerable sums that hav' not vet been accounted for. Other members of the several svndicates tha' one~ated with the funds Of the societ, will also be invited to disgorge-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01
cLEnuRNn COURT HOUSE.
Last Chapter of Fsr.owa Fight to B'
 yvrsft~u Monday.

written Monday.
 Admission, Feb. 2s.--fSpecial. )--The last Chapter of the memorable court house light in Cleburne County, will be heard next Monday. when Jud~e John Pelham of the Circuit Court will hear the mandamus proceedings bewun by friends of the opposition to Hefiin. The nandamus is against the election over- seers appointed by the Governor to make them show cause why they should not recount the election returns of the court house election. Strong legal tai- ent represents the two sides and a strong fight Is expected The nght has already been to the Supreme Corut and HefIn has won on each occasion.
 ]. A Smith. Jr. the popular travel ing freight agent of the Southern, with headduarters here. has been promoted to the position of assistant chief clerk in the once of L.. Green. Freisht Traf- ffc Manager of the ssvtern, whose of- ices are in washington. D. c. MT. Smiths successor here has not been naned.
 Hill Houston, a moider employed at the Central Foundry Company. dan gerouslv wrenched his hack in liftins some heavy Tasks Thursdav night. So severe was the injury that he was thought to be dying. and the attending physician was hurriedly summoned to hi1 bedsids.
 Marion W. Lawrence. of Toledo. O., and Judge Joseph CartheIl of Mont gor1erv. will conduct a Sunday School Institute at the First Presbvteria n Church in th's city Tuesday. March IS, Mir. Lawrence is General Superintend- ent of the International Sunday School Board, and is an earnest. conscientious worker in his chosen field.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01
Our Daily Sbcrl Story

 questionable compilations and eyes like the last glassful. danced the light fan tastic to the bizarre uproar of the mu- sicians.
 The bedraggled man walked down a sawdust-coyered aisle. studded with the enusion of tobacco smokers, and into a booth. Half-secreting himself behind curtain in the murky shadow, .e peered brazenly Into faces of the wo- men as they whirled past. He seemed greatly agitated and started violently 1 at the crash of cymbals. Suddenly his eyes became riveted on the face of girl attired In skirt of scarlet julie, who was wandering aim lessiy toward one of the private dining rooms.
 Tt is her. 1t is her., he muttered. "oh. that she should sink to, this.
 His face was tense. He slipped from the booth and silently followed the girl She passed into the room, and. standing before mirror, laughed wildly. In an instant he was beside her.
 " Yes. it was her, but how changed! It was Mariel of the present, not she whom he had known but few months before. Gone was the natural color from her full lips and cheeks which he had so often kissed in the mystic past, oA0 SOhSs SOOs was lu6 lu6IcTT IEOIn her eyes, which once had shone like stars for him How haggard and reckless she lookedi
 The girl faced him with cold eyes and spoke in harsh tones.
 "You-you here? You who brought me to this"
 The man withered visibly "Mariel," he cried in agonized voice, T have searched for you these long months. Now I am going to take you back; away from these human monsters. Come! It is not too late yet. Leave this living death.'
 He sank on his knees before her his arms stretched forth in the atti- tud~ of passionate entreaty.
 "oh, Mariel! Mariel! I love you; love you still in spite of all. Do not send me away. Without you cannot live. Say you will return, darllng!
 There was smile on the mocking face opposite to him, but no words came from the girls lips as she pointed to the door.
 Suddenly a blood-red mist swan be- fore the mans eyes and through 1t he saw only the mocking beauty of that reckless face. It had always been will full and reckless at times. She spoke. Her lips trembled some what.
 Tt is too late. I am already beyond the brink. Go! You are mad!"
 ''Mad!" An! that was tho word; the sound of 1t grated fiercely on his brain The terrible mist deepened; the fire of madness was in his eyes. Like thun- derbolt from a cloudless sky he whip
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How UseGuI 1t Is in
 Preserving Health and Beauty.

@A-
 Preserving Health and Beauty.
 Nearly everybody knows hat char- coal is the safest and most efficient dislnfectant and purifier In nature. out few realize its value when taken into the human system for the same cleans
 Charcoal Is a remedy that the more 1a fnr m all but n9 simply absorbs r not tbs gases and impurities always pres ent in the stomach and intestines and carries them out of the system.
 Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking. ..rinking or after eating on- ions and other odorous vegetables.
 Charcoal effectually clears and im- proves the complexion. 1t whitens the teeth and further acts as natural and eminentiy safe cathartic.
 It, absorbs the injurious gases which collect in the stomach and bowels; it disinfects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh.
 Ali druggists sell charcoal in one form or another. but probably the besI charcoal and the most for the money ic in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges: they art composed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal. and other harmless antisep, tics In tablet form or rather in the form of large pleasant tasting lozenges, th' charcoal being mixed with honey.
 The daily dse of these lozenges will soon tell In much improved condition of the general health, better complex lion. sweeter breath and purer blood and the beauty Of it Is, that no possibl harm can result from their conttn 1et use. but on the contrary. great benefit
 4 Buffalo physician, In speaking 0 the benefits of Charcoal, says: I ad wise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to al patients suffering from gas In stomacl and bowels, and 70 clear the complex'o ol and purify the breath. mouth ant throat: also believe the liver Is great iy benefited by the daily use of them they cost but twenty-five cents bo' at drug stores, and although in som sense a patent preparation, yet believ | get more and better charcoal in Stu arts Charcoal LoZenges than in an, OP the ordinary charcoal tablets"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01
ONE DEAD AND TWO wREcKs.
Late Heads of the Great Insurance

Late Heads of the Great Insurance
 Companies.
 W. p. Carter's N. '. letter to Chicago
 Record Herald.
 There Is good deal of sympathy ex- pressed for John A. Mccall. a big hearted Irfshman with a most gener- ous disposition and true heart. What ever extravagances and errors Of Judgment he committed. no one believes that ne was personally dishonest, and everybody knows that the money he gave to Andrew Hamilton. the lobbyist of the company, was paid in good faith for the purpose of preventing unfriend- Iy legislation and other attacks upon the integrity of the company. The last thing he did before resigning the presi- denny of the New York Life was to re- store s250.000 of the money he had paid Hamilton to the treasury of that company, and he raised it by a mort gage on his home and by the. forfeit ure of the insurance protection he had provided for his family. Although he had such a large salary. he saved practically none of 1t. and his debts were larger than his assets.
 The McCurdy family have disappear
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01
THE LIVING DEATH.
BY ALBERT JAMES PORTER.

Bf ALBERT JAMES EO1&AEskAs 1 (copyright, 1906, Daily Story Pub. Co ) | Midnight lay dark over Chinatown
 the ever silent, iniquitous and mysteri- ous. The chill winds from the mighty
 Pacific swept in over the barren sand hills and toyed with the strange dragon flags unfurled from roofs oi Chinese dwellings.
 Gaudy colored lanterns hanging from picturesque balconies threw a soft | ened radiance down on the sallow- faced, moon-eyed horde of Celestials
 as it shambled lazily through the al- | leys in thick felted slippers, fiarine pants and colored blouses How sa- | turnine, how mysterious that swarm ling mass of Asiatic humanity looked as it shufied byi Everywhere were the stolid visages, deep-set, beady eyes, protruding cheekbones and dang ling queues.
 From a secluded gallery. curtained
 with gorgeous. dragon embroidered
 draperies, the ear-splitting crash of tom toms, the subtle twanging of a stringed instrument and the subdued chatter of the Chinese, chanting theiI
 weird. cry-like song, fioated' out on the
 incense-laden air.
 If standing under a sheltering bal cony at a certain corner one migh'
 have seen a bedraggled man hurrytls along and jostling the surging crow
 as if oblivious of everything but the restless inward devil that was urging
 him blindly on-somewhere. More than once the Oriental pedestriansy as we'll as the element of the Occident
 who nocturnly haunt the quarter stopped to gaze after him wonderingly
 more than once his white. drawn face
 checked a. beggar's cry for aims.
 The man paused for moment, weak and spent, in a dark and noisome hall
 way, and listened to the fantastic mu-
 sic of the Mongolians. Presently he
 moved on wearily, and, at length turned into a narrow alley where the American quarter abuts on Chinatown
 Here was a gaily decorated building fitted with Oriental trappings. and
 lattice-windows ablaze with light 4 great crowd of white men surged al the entrance under the glare of huge electric sign reading, The Oriental
 Dance Hall and Vaudeville"
 The man pushed his way in through the swing doors and found himself ir
 a large hall, at the end of which stood a stage A blond-haired girl in a bal let skirt was doing q turn. and striv- ing to make herself heard above the drunken babble that reigned. Girls were fitting here and there among the
 men at tic tables, pausing occasionally ito drink an eXuberance of beer and pocket their checks. And over the glazed floor men and women with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01

the seawall with incessant wash of the tide, the dark nipples tossing his fair hair and, wild terror in his star ing eyes. They drew him from the water wonderingly though the sweep ing current noaned remorsefully and babbled of its secret as it hurried on it's way to the sea.
 The dead wagon rumbled over the stones, and the coroner's deputies. pufing cigarettes and joking. bundled the wasted corpse into the black box and went their way making merry the while.
  Down at the trim morgue, on a slab. with the white rays of an incan- descant shining ever on its marred face, lies the sheeted body of the man, stiffening into its final rigidity. And up in the heart of the city, where the redlights burn brightly and discordant music and ribald laughter mingle to- gether far into the darksome morning hours, the girl is trying to forget,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01
KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
Peculiar Accident in COumbHa Iron
 WOrIka.

NOEAGs
 Columbus. Ga. Feb! 2S.-(Special)- J. Emmet Brooks. aged 24 years. young married man of Girard. Ala. is dead and Tom Potts. another young man oi the same city. is seriously injured, as the result of an explosion at the Co., lumbUs Iron Works today.
 Brooks was heating in furnace q piston head from a Chattahoochee steamer for the purpose of shrinking it so that bands could be put on 1t. Unknown to the worknen water had collected in the piston head. due to the condensation of steam that escaped In the head. When the piston head was heated the water within was trans. formed into steam and a terrific ex plosion followed.
 Brooks's leg was terribly Iacerated by a fragment of metal and he died three hours afterwards. Another frag- ment struck Tom Potts. breaking two bones in the left elbow. A large piece of metal struck the office of tho ma chine shop, making great dent in i the wall
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01
JOHN SCALES FREED.

Negro Prisoner Invoked "POOr COnvlct''
 Stntute.
 John Scales, a negro, convicted in the United States Court of selling liquor without license, and incarcerated In the Montgomery County jail, was yes terday set free by order of United States Commissioner John A. Elmore under the poor convict statute.
 This law provides that a convict hav- ing served the tune required to pay his fine and who comes into court and makes affidavit that he cannot pay his costs anu has not $20 over and above property made exempt by law, shall be discharged from custody
 Scales is from Randolph County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01
nov.n I.er cnt on.

Oxford. Feb. 2s.-(speciaI .)-Clyde Gwin, the lo-year-old son of T. NJ. Gwin, a prominent citizen and leading merchant If this place, while attempt ing to get a ride on a freight train this afternoon at o'clock slipped and fell with his leg across the track His leg was several below the knee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01

Probably the British law will be changed so to allow trades unions to bank money up to any amount in the Postoffice Savings Bank. as is now permitted to friendly societies. In the case of ordinary depositors, interest is not allowed on more than Sl,000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01

Grnnulated Sugar. 20 pounds for S1. Best Leaf Lard. 10 cts. m.
 Nice Sweet Ham. IF 1-2 cts. ID. Six Cans Best Corn, 45 cents. Dill Pickles, 10 cents quart. ArburIIe's COfRee,15 cts. ID. Phone 6O6. Smith & WOrnuu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-01

ST. LOUIS AND RETURN, 9I2.OO--vIa M. & O. n. R.--S12.OO. Tickets sold March 3rd only. Fna return limit ten days.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-09
GOVERNOR oILLETT

The plurality for Mr.. Gillett is mot as
wide as a church door, nor as deep as
a well, but It's enough"
He will be the next governor of Cali
fornia.
James N. Gillett by reason Of his at
tainments as a lawyer and his expert
ence in congress, is eminently fitted to
occupy the chief executive office of this
great state. His opportunities are al
most unlimited and he is able to give
the people an administration that will
be clean, wholesome and progressive.
California needs a governor who can
appreciate her needs and her splendid
future. She requires a chief executive
who will, regardless Of partisanship,
do those things which are necessary to
the upbuilding and development of
every section, north and south.
Mr.. Gillett will go into office with the
plaudits Of his Republican friends and
with the good wishes of every Demo-
crat. He need fear no enmities from
Southern California, where the fight
was made, not so much upon Gillett
personally as upon the disreputable
machine that dominates his party, and
he will find all his good deeds heartily
supported by all Californlans.
Theodore A. Bell, the Democratic
nominee. though defeated at the polls,
has enshrined himself in the hearts of
the people, BY a dlgnihed, fearless and
splendid campaign, he more than justi-
fed the wisdom of his nomination by
the state Democratic convention. From
first to last he bore himself bravely
and conspicuously as a gentleman and
particularly endeared himself to the
southland. His party congratulates
him.
So, with malice toward none and
charity for ALL" let the great work of
upbuilding California be at once re-
newed, with greater vigor than before,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-09
MORE ELECTIONS IN SIGHT

When death takes a monarch. from
the throne and a successor is installed
the cry goes forth, 1.-THE king is dead
long live the king!" That is called to
mind by a Los Angeles habit that may
be given expression thus: 1.-The cleo
tion is over-prepare for the election"
Almost before the counting Of ballots
is completed, following last Tuesdays
election, it is necessary to prepare for
another election next Monday. That is
the day fixed for decision by ballot on
the question of linking Los Angeles
with San Pedro by a strip of territory
half mile wide. In that question is
involved the basic issue of consolida-
tion OF the two cities, as no such juno
ture is possible except by making the
| territory of the cities contiguous.
Even before the date of the connect
ing link election we are warming up for
| its electoral successor which will occur
| December 4. That is the city election,
which already gives promise of being
the most exciting event of it's kind that
Los Angeles has experienced in many
years. Four tickets have been nomi-
mated for city office, and the chief sup
pcrters of each proclaim confidence of
winning.
BY the time the debris of the city
election is swept out county bond elec-
ton calling for $1,OOO,OOO, approximately
probably will be in sight. Before that
is out of the way, quite likely, we shall
be ready for the big Owens river water
bond election, involving from $3,0OOOO0
to S., ,OOO,O 900. That call will be made.
as understood directly after the con-
| sulting board of engineers make their
report on the great water project.
1t may be assumed that no break of
considerable length will occur in the
voting program The voters of LOS An
geles are so frequently called upon to
appear at the polls that voting has
become almost confirmed habit-a sort
of diversion to be expected at brief in
| tervals.
Bond elections form the staple cleo
toral issues in this city and their fire.
quency causes the average of them to
te treated with Indifference by a large
majority of voters. The system is
democratic, however, based on the prin-
ciple of home rule. 1t gives the peo-
pie an opportunity to decide upon the
important matter of incurring COM
munity obligations for borrowed money.
and they have no right to complain if
they fail to express their will at the
polls.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-09
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SARTORIAL SORROWS

Are men to return to the knee
trousers, silk stockings and ruffed
shirts of our forefathers? The dress
makers assembled at Chicago say so.
At first thought 1t seems absurd, but,
after all. why not?
Leave the decision to a man from
Mars and he would declare in favor OF
the old-time costume. What Is there
about the clothes of the men Of today
that commends itself to common sense?
One cannot imagine Solomon of old,
In all his glory, evolving such queer
things from his inner consciousness
Take the hats. What excuse Is there
for the shape Of the plug" or the
derby? And these new telescope soft
hats-they're about as pretty as the
tomato can top pieces the funny artists
put on their Weary Willies.
And the stiff collar, the stiff shirt
bosom and the stiff cuffs. What are
they for? They might as we'll be of
sheetiron, painted white and vanished.
The ordinary coat Is no more than it
claims to be. 1t Is a sack with two
big wads of cotton at the top that de-
ceive nobody.
must have had the kind of legs that
would not stop pig in an alley. But
that excuse would not be valid today.
The gentle art Of padding has been re-
duced to an exact science, owing to the
eXigencies Of the comic opera and the
ballet. The long trousers soon bag at
the knees, the bottoms become frayed
| and muddy, and they give the sensation
produced by surgeons plaster over a
cut every time the wearer sits down.
| Who among the thousands that wore
knickerbockers during the time of the
| bicycling craze cannot remember with
what regret they were laid aside to put
on ordinary clothes2
Avaunt the bag kneed trousers, the
clammy cuffs, the starched breast plate
the unyielding neck chafer--yes, and the
collar button, too, the metamorphosed
sack, the fearful and wonderful plug
hat and the unexplainable derby! Hail
the knee trousers, the long hose, the
pumps. the ruffied shirt, the coat with
curves in It, and the wide brimmed, soft
! felt hat!-Cleveand Leader.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-09
MANS wEAk-wILL YEARS

At some time between the age OF So
and 81 men lose their will power their
judgment in a moment of crisis. The
loss is only temporary, making a psy-
Geological change between the merid-
ian and the commencement of age.
DR.. Dabbs, in the London, Eng, Ar
gus, contributes this explanation OF
the Grantham disaster citing the
parallel case at Stroud some years ago.
He says he has collected data to sub
stantiate his point, and asks the ages
of the Salisbury and Grantham en-
gineers, to see whether they fit in
with his theory. He Is inclined to
rule that no man between So and 62
should be allowed to drive an express
engine, as not master of that un-
clouded will which makes the greatest
emergency his obedient slave"
Grave errors of commanders I'm the
field and of captains at sea, he ex-
plains I'm the same way. limiting at a
recent national experience-apparen
the South African war. Business men
show similar signs OF weakness, ir-
resolution, suspicion and irritability at
certain time of middle life. A little
older and they again become reliable,
tractable and wiser In counsel With
rest and patience all comes right
again.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-09
WOMAN

The writer of these lines has often
in the past derided woman. He has
gibed at her, joked at her, warned man
against her, attempted to analyze her,
presumed to study her, pretended to
philosophise over her and otherwise
made game.
But at last, and with a chastened
and contrite heart, he sees the error
of his ways. Out Of the deep he calls
and prays that he may be forgiven.
Woman knows more in minute than
man knows in lifetime.
She has more logic in her little finger
than a man has in that thing he calls
his head.
She can see more through a hole In a
stone wall than man can see from the
top of the fence.
She has more decision In the faintest
of her whispers than man has In the
loudest of his roars.
She shows more wisdom in one of her
chance remarks than man shows In all
his labored writings.
She sticks closer to the truth In
talking to her bitterest enemy than
man does In speaking to his best
friend.
She has more intuition in a glance
than man has in hypnotic stare.
She shows less deceit I'm her whole
padded shoulders.
She has more strength in one OF her
smiles than man has In all his muscles.
She shows more perseverance in turn
ing an old skirt than man shows I'm the
work of his life.