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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-16

as vet unnamed and known merely as No 2S' to De completed within three years
 These last two monster battleships of the Dread nouRht typdwbut heavier-said to be the most for midabe warships ehe world-are naturally the cen ter of interest the bureau of construction, The Delaware Is to be built the Newport News Company and No. 29 by the Fore River Shiphuiding Company and the fact that they being built by rival com panies is guarantee they will be finished on me
 Of course details of the plans and specifications of these two monsters have not been made public Foreign diplomats especially naval attaches wasA they had They are 2O000ton vessels. and in author iznE them Congress called for plans on which yes sels even more formidable than the Dreadnought eouu be built.
 It is certain that ships will carry ten and pos sbly twelve 12-nch guns and a second battery or fourteen 5-inch rapid four Spounder salut ing guns four 1-pounder semautometic guns. two g. finch field pieces 30-caliber maehne gunR two sup- merged torpedo tubes.
 The size of ships approved by Secretary Ronaparte last December follows: Length on load waterne 51O feet; extreme beam, s5 feet 2s inches; displacement trial. not morethan 20oeO tons total bunker capacity 2seo tons speed on trial 2l knots
 The hull armor according to these plans is to be waterline belt eight feet in width with maximum thickness of inches giving effective protection to the boilers machinery and magazine It will also give reasonable assurance of stability in type of vessel naturally carrying high center of gravity
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-16
BEGAN IN FRIENDSHIP

From pleasant association and comradeship that should grow it. would contribute mite to the development of and the fuhering Of the good feeling which should pervade section of glorious country by organizing It will add interest If anything add interest to ali future aurchnss
 Miss Pinnock in a mood to receive and act upon the suggestion She had already written Miss Campbell as follows:
 May we trust that these two ships-the Salem and the BirmInghamwin long carry the Stars and Stripes and be emblematcaI the friendship and love of the North and the South"
 Miss Campbelrs suggestion to form association or society of sponsors American warships hailed with favor in naval circles in Washington. It would necessarily exclusive socety-the most exclusive in the countr-but there could be doubt of it's patr otic inspiration.
 Admiral Dewey's indorsement sought from the first The objects society stated to him follows:
 purpose laudabe in that it will tend to form union between the members living in different of the country and who by reason of their selec sponsors, presunSd to have prominence ln their localities.
 "A brOGdsr purpose Is that such union will tend to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-16

HERE was an announce ment not long ago in Washington that "with- in the three fiscal years from July 1, last, the United States Navy, according to present plans and progress of work, will be more than doubled in the number of vessels of all types and in strength"
 That, when one con siders that the navy has been a century and a quarter achieving its present strength, is a bit startling. In the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-16
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popparizs the sentiment in the country for larger navs" \
 Admiral Dewey prompt in commenting the plan and wishing the orsanization every success
 In earlier letters to other sponsors Miss Campbell wrote: The society will be patrotie and social and hope5 that it may also find field of soma use funess Its specific objects will be determined ef course by those who join the organization would like to it aid the sentiment for 8 larger navy Every who has christened a war vessel is eligible to membership"
 There are e hundred women and strs-iss is the number, far, whose names have been gathered-who are eligible to membership in this and exclusive society fair Americans Many of them daughters relatives of the of states mayors of cities after whom the ships have been named
 Miss Campbell in whose brain the idea was born. comes of the best families of Alabama, and is young of rare personal charm and broad men- tay Her enthusiasm in pushing plans to organise the naval sponsors Into national and permanent society almost guarantee that the organization will bs cessfully launched upon successful career:
 of her abest ieuteuants is Miss Keith Frazief. sponsor of At the time the Tennessee was launched her father J. B. Frazier Governor the He is representing Tennessee in the United States Senate and his handsome daughter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-16

" THE ranks of the society win be daughters
 of governors. senators and congressman. wives and
 descendants of naval officers. and many of the most
 beautiful women of che United States.
 When each vessel of the modern navy launched its chosen account of the social prominence of family, it's political importance well position the ranks of national beauties
 Several months ago of the newest yesses of the navy launched, They were sister ships. the scout cruisers Birmingham and Salem
 The Birmingham was named after the contemplating city of the South .n Alabama; the Salem bore the name of the good old New England town whose history reaches back the early days of Americas existence
 Sponsor of the Birmingham was Miss Mary Campbell, the Alabama city while Miss Lorna Pinnock of Mas sachuse broke the bottle of wine that chrisened the Salem. afterward the idea of forming an assoca- ton of warsp sponsors occurred to Miss Campbell and she wrote Miss Pinnock:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-16
OnlySponsors of American
 Warships Eligible to Memberyhip

T/HEN fhe most exclusive svomen's " society in the United States. nosv
 being organized, is faily iaanch- ed apos its svay, as Aappiess member, 10 doHbt, sciU De the originator, 2 fair southern. girl, Miss Mary Campbell, of Birmingham, Ah.
 Thisnesv society of national extent must of necessity De exclusive, since its member- ship is to De confined to sponsors of Ameri- can warships.
 ' Any voman, TO matter sUhat her station in life may De, svho has, by invitatioa of the authorities, broken the bottle Of scine and pronounced the svords of clsristeniag 4s any Scav vesSel, whether battleslip, 4craiser or torpedo boat, has started on its journey do1n the sCays to the auditing bosom of the sOater, is eligible to membership. But 10 one else.
 The projected Society of NaVat Spon- sors-that, perhaps, spiA be its name--is re- garded svith high favor by the authorities at Washington, Such soeiety, naval men say, sciH become an American Bnrke'S Peer age for the fair sex. Admiral DesVey is one of the rUarmest advocates Of ths proposed organization.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-16

ave not been slow in making the discovery that ov- ernor Hoch is great respecter of his daughters opno
 and many of them are to carry their woes 70 her Ths assertidn denied by both GoyeEnor ana Miss Hoch was widely cirouiat0d at kne uae anu doubtless, generally beieyeG ,y..-,. -r.. ..n4
 Whan the armored cruiser West virginia WAs scnt was Miss Katherhe Vaughn White daugnter oa three maids honor Miss Grace Wnte ana MISE ssnst former Cover ) Wilson. :. -.o. xya-~..a was selected to christen the cruiser ako ~nsn @ launched at san franSiheO SIS LAEs then S years old typical Amsrtesp girI mIuea aTa wa her state She accomplished and very popular m South Dakota ,. ~s... ,~... na.,, paahoav daughter of Governor of Celorado I t2on Ver." ...- .. .ratn xvau ahown bv inc skill with which broke the chrstening notte over the of the armored cruiseT tnal name of her and is now one of the most eHcieh'
 The North Carolina shrisensd py Mss KssseSa e Glenn daughter the Old North states st3ray tive who recently prominently into e nsn~a eye because his fight with railroads ana temporary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-16
OLD GIVES WAY, TO NEW

While some of the important details to the engagement of the turrets, yet remain entirely cret 1t 1s known that the designers claim for the shII ereater offensive qualities than any battleshlp now built so broadside trtng is concerned
 "' ons by one these hattieshipS finished and placed in commission, the older ones will be %tthdrawn from the active list and placed "tn res ssrve ready for service in emergency in forty eight hours ., .-..- t... ,,... x,.-.... and Minnesota were added to the Atlantic fleet, and Yne Nehraska was ready for service in the ASiatic station the Indiana Iowa Wisconsin and oregon were M tn cninnission Not that any of very 0 oiS for the indiana which has been longest In the S;,,ce vaa not commissioned until November 1895
 s They are the smallest of the battleships averaging
 NoT o 50O ons and the slowest averaging less than i5 Knots an hour They are being replaced by lSoOo- who normal speed between IS and iS knots and whose armament and equipment are pro- nortionately superior. th modern navies rely for fighting strength the new sst.Syoored Tennessee and Washington have inst been the California has been turned over to ths Mara Island Navy Yard For oounieuon'
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
CURE FOR RED NOSES.

In the old town of Roseau there
lived a middle aged man who was
notorious on account of his drinking
ability. The result Of this was q
very red nose, which was a cause Of
much annoyance to him.
One day while casually glaneing
over the advertisements in a daily
paper the following caught his eye
"Cure for red nose; fee So. Write
so and So" etc.
Highly elated at finding a cure
for his annoyance, without hesita-
ton he sent the required fee, and in
a very short time received slip Of
paper on which was written, in red
ink, these words;
"Drink more and it will become
purple. Judges Library.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
EVOLUTION OF THE "DoLL."

A relic Of the old days-probably
not much more than two centuries
ago-before little girls began to call
their toy babies "dolls" instead Of
"puppets" or "poppets," is to be
found in "pretty poppet," a term of
endearment still sometimes heard.
No doubt "popsywopsy" is simply
an improved version of this. "Pup-
pet" is descended, of course, from
the French "poupee" and the Latin
"pupa," a little girl or doll, from
both of which have come other Eng.
lish words. 'Poupee" has given vi
@puppy," so-called because the tiny
dog was naturally petted as a play
thing, and the Latin word survives
in the sense of chrysalis, and hai
a descendant in the pupil" of thl
eye, the ''baby" that anyone ma.
see reflected in it.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02

Imagine my feelings, with the
father and the mother Of my adored
one held prisoners in my paint-stain-
ed hands, the puppy dog playing
with the borrowed silk hat on the
floor and my face expressing more
painful emotions than a Delsarte
teachers could after ten years prae-
tiee.
1t was too much. With a kick at
the dog and loud howl of dismay
which must have destroyed any
hopes they entertained of my sanity,
I snatched up the hat and rushed
from the room. An indistinct vision
still haunts me of the Judge and his
wife looking from their crimsoned
hands towards my retreating figure
l am home now, and safe, at least
until tomorrow, from the ridicult
which will follow me for the next Sly
months; but the hat is ruined and Sc
are all my hopes. Do you wonder
abhor poverty?
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
A Pair Of Gloves
BY GEO. T. PARpY.

Copyright. 1907, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
1t all came about through my
sordid, beastly poverty. That was
how l lost Nelly and 1 am sure she
would have said eyes" if l hadn't
made that idiotic mistake. Talk
about romancel Anybody that finds
anything romantic in poverty is well
come to my share, and it's a large
one, too.
You see the way of it was this.
There are only two of us in the Of
flee, both young men, both about the
same size and both working for slen-
der salaries. Eddie had a brand new
silk hat given him Che won it on an
election bet) and l had a fine coat
but no respectable hat. Consequent
ly, when | went anywhere of an
evening, l borrowed Harry's hat, in
return lending him my coat on the
off nights.
Well, to begin at the beginning, l
met Nelly Gordon at party one
night and fell head-over-heels in love
with her at first sight, and ! don't
think she was indifferent to me, even
if she was rich mans daughter.
Ny dress suit is pretty fair, con-
sidering the fact that my brother
wore it two years and then grew SO
stout that he had to give it to me; SC
l look pretty well at night. But, oh
what difference in the morning
with my forlorn old headgear, glove:
with all their color gone, and shoes
that even careful patching won't
, make appear new.
OF course l asked Nelly if | might
call, and as her young cub of {
brother is in my Sunday school class
I thought she would hardly refuse
She didn't and so l have been gOins
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
STRATEGY.

There was the sound of creaking
wheels, swapping harness and then
the old horse dropped from exhaus-
ton.
ooh, Harold" faltered the beau
tiful girl, "what shall we do? Dob
bins has given out and father will
certainly overtake us before we reach
the parsonage"
But the young man smiled reas-
suringly.
Fear not, my dear" he whisper
ed. "Do you see this can? 1t con-
tains gasoline | have been letting
it drip all along the road Your
father Will think we have eloped in
an automobile, and as he has moth
ing swifter than an old mule on the
farm, he will consider pursuit use
less"
For Love, as well as Necessity, is
the mother of all inventions.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02

there Sundays and Wednesdays for
three months and hatter myself 1
made very fair impression, too.
Tonight was to have taken her
to a concert, and in anticipation of
the event, since l could not afford to
buy a new pair Of gloves, ! did what
friend of mine said he did once
got a tube of red oil paint and paint
ed the old ones a very stylish red.
The smell of the oil gave me some
uneasiness as l put them on, but
they seemed dry and, combined with
Harry's high, glossy hat, gave me
such sporty look that / made my
mind up to propose if | saw the least
ghost of a chance. The night was
hot, l walked pretty fast and when |
reached the house l felt rather warm.
Nelly met me with what / thought
was peculiar expression on her face
as she looked at the hat, but she was
all dressed for the concert and in
vited me into the parlor to see her
father and mother while she ran up
stairs for moment. Poor, thought
less fool that | am, | went and met
my Waterloo right then and there.
"Pride goeth before a fall" they
say, but my pride and fall were sim
ultaneous, for even as Judge Gordon
gave me his patrician hand with &
:, more cordial grip than usual | be
came conscious of the awful fact that
our hands were stuck together witt
that vile glove. What to do | didn'
know, so | clutched his hand NOR
firmly while l talked at random
about weather, politics, religion anC
every other subject could think Of
the Judge cycling me all the while il
the most suspicious way and tryinl
} in vain, without positive rudeness, t
escape my frenzied grip.
Just as l was rounding off som
impressive quotation from Emerson
or Mother Goose, l was too furrie
J to know which, Mrs. Gordon came i
] with outstretched hand and before
had time to get together the fev
scattered wits had remaining,
dropped Harry's precious hat an
took her left hand, which immediate
2 ly stuck to mine as her husband
had.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
JUNGLE HUNTING IN PANAMA.
Guide with a Big Maehsts Is Usually
Necessary.

As there are as yet practically no
roads in the interior of Panama and
trails are nearly always tributary to
the nearest river, travel is almost
entirely done by canoes, says a
writer in Recreation. The native
cayuco or piragua of the interior is
usually made of native cedar, mar
row, fiat bottomed and ending
fat, platformlike bow and stern.
This peculiar construction is to en-
able one to land directly over the
bow or stern when, due to the ma
ture of the bank, it is impossible to
more than force the bow to solid
ground.
A trip up the river needs little
preparation as compared with a
camping trip to a cold climate. A
good guide with his big working
knife or machete can do wonders.
With this he can cut trail, clean the
camp site, make a shelter or house,
a bedstead, a mattress or thatch
and cover for the fre-all fastened
together with vine ropes which he
cuts near by. He can cut tirewood
and dress game, slice bacon or pota-
toes, chop out an impromptu paddle
or palanca, "cut rubber" dig roots,
get out fair-sized logs and, if neces-
sary, inhict serious wounds with it
AS your canoe slips quietly along
the bank of some good river, the
charm is derived both from the
beauty Of the scene and FROM thC
feeling Of expectation regarding new
sights and chances at odd sorts O.
game. You round a bend, YOU
canaletero, or paddleman, stops and
as you slowly bring into view th'
stretch of vuelta beyond, probabl,
he says, Iogarto, senior, ALI! AlliP
and when your unaocustomed eye
finally follow his direction you Sc
a big gator, light gray on the bacI
from dried mud, and yellow below
lying like a log on the farther mu
bank. He sees you, you may be sur
: of that in fact, he usually sees any
thing that moves, and hears an
smells as well as he sees he is in n
! hurry TO slide into the water, how
ever, for he secs native canoes ever
day and they never bother him.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
WAS A GRAVEYARD 'PossuM.
And So the supersttous Negro
Would Not Buy It.

A fat opossum lay in the window
of butcher shop and two negroes
gazed longingly at it.
"Ah done gwine to git dat pos
sum right now," said one.
'0What you want with dat pos
sum, niggeh? He's a grave ya'd
'possum," said the other with an air
Of contempt.
"a grave ya'd 'possum; what am
dat?" asked the first.
"Why, you ignorant niggeh, a
grave ya'd 'possum am one dat am
ketched in a grave ya'd and am de
most unlucky critteh dere am"
'Dat so? Abs done glad you tole
me-"
They both walked away, but the
next day the man who had been told
not to buy the opossum noticed on
passing that it had been sold. He
asked the butcher who bought it.
"That man who was talking tC
you yesterday" said the butcher.
'He done tole me dat wah grave
ya'd 'possum," gasped the negro
''TIe do dat so to keep me from
gettin' dat 'possum just so he coul(
get him hisself. Ah'll get even Will
dat no account niggeh."
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
pleased with Mission Work.

A prominent leader in the British
parliament r. W. Perks, stated re-
Gently that in order to test the efficacy
of foreign mission work he placed a
report of 20 years ago side by side
with one of the present time and com
pared the figures. AS result OF his
study he increased his annual gift for
this work from $50 to $500.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
Unauthorized,

"But, colonel" urged the reporter
for the Morning Whooper, when a
man has made a great success in life.
as you have, he becomes in one sense
of the term public property You owe
1t to posterity, at least, to tell the
story of your remarkable career" IF
| owe anything to posterity" said the
financial magnate, "posterity will have
to present It's bill in person, and not
through a collection agency. Good
morning"
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
Accident Restored Voice.

The fear of an accident was the
means of restoring speech to dumb
man. Mr.. ]. Moore, of Gosport. Eng.
land, had been dumb for four years
when, on returning home one evening.
his bicycle skidded. In his alarm he
shouted and was so startled and sur
prised at hearing his voice that he
called out again and again until hS
was convinced that his long-logt yOies
had come back to him.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
The Proper Procedure.

A school teacher asked pupil how
old he was, says the Kansas City
Times. The pupil replied: Il am
one-fourth as old as my father and
he's two years older than my mother
My two brothers are as old as my
mother was when my mother was
25" The teacher solved the problem
by knocking the pupil to the floor,
sitting on his head and pounding him
with the poker until he was ready to
talk sense
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
MANS WEAKNESS.

Human weaknesses have had the
sympathy of all ages, from the right
sort of sinner; and one Of the many
stories related of the great eastern
wit, Nasr-eddin-Hodja, illustrates
this truth, says the London Chron-
icle. A company of men we're con-
Tossing their weaknesses, SOM of
them harmless, some Of them the OPP
posite. One, howeyer-he was very
young-declared he had none. Il
neither smoke nor drink" he said
81 do not keep late hours; | never
lose my temper; | am not dissi-
pated." This had a chilling effect
upon the company, and everybody
was glad Of the diversion when a
poor man rushed in upon them, beat
ing his breast and showing other
ARABIAN Nights" signs of being in
deep distress. 81 have lost my don.
key. Allah, Allah what shall ]
do?" he walled. "Here, we can
help you" said Nasr-eddin-Hodja ia
pointing to the young man with nc
weaknesses; take him. You viii
never find a bigger donkey"
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
HUSBANDS FISH STORIES.

Mrs Bacon-It it said that Lake
Erie produces more fish to the square
mile than any other body Of water in
the world.
Mrs. Egbert-Well, it certainly
can't contain as many as my hus-
band tells me he gets out of that
pond down the road.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
slow rIme on ItaIY,s RaIIways.

A truck arrived at Desenzano, on
The Lago di Garda, having brought
coal from Venice. On this was i
patch OF corn about four inches higf
which must have taken at least -
days to grow. This may give som
idea Of the delays on the Italian rail-
ways, which are causing factories to
close for lack Of raw material.
Good from an EVIL.
In Australia, where the rabbit IL a
pest, there is an annual roundup"
at which millions Of the animals arc
slaughtered. The rabbits are utilized
Cor their fur and meat, much of whIoh
Il exported. During the year over
9o,0OO,OO0 rabbits were sent to other
countries frozen in the fur or In the
form of canned meat.
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
BAD BREAK.

He-You have improved very
much in your piano playing. ! heard
you as / came in.
She-And when did you hear me
before2
"About two weeks ago."
eWell, this is self-playing piano
we have now"
The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02
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The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02

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The Lexington intelligencer., 1907-02-02

Steam VS.. Gasoline as Moior Power.
In the Automobile and Motor De-
partment Of The February Circle"
there IA a very complete article show
ing the relative value Of steam and
motor power, as exemplided 10 the
highest type Of locomotives and au-
tomotiles Of the present day. 1t is
fully illuslrled