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GONE FOR GOOD.
What Happened to Piece of Land on
 the Mississippi.

I had bought a piece of land few miles below Memphis on the Arkansas side. and three years later I happened to be in that locality and went to see about it. On making inquiries of the nearest settler he said: "Waal, stranger. about two years ago I planted that land Q yours to corn The crop promised to be pow erful big one. and I reckoned oil pay in' off my debts with it. I went out one mawnin' however, and the pesky land was gone"
 But where had it gone to?' l asked. "The river had cut ill and took 1t across to the other shore. It wasn't in this state no mo. I went over on the other side to see about it, but a clitter had jumped my co'nfield and said he was gwine to hang On to it." And then what!'
 'Waal, he reaped the corn and next year planted the ground to yams. Them yams was about ready to dig when got up one mawnin' to find that the river had cut in and thrown the ldIlu UdCk Ou tlllS sue. IL at once. The feller come over to see about it, but I told him I wasn't dis putin the ways of Providence. Power full big crop of yams l had that fall.'
 "Wcll!'
 "Waal, I was maxim ready to plant con ag'in last spring when I got up one mawnin' and looked out, and your land wasn't there any mo. Jest clean gone"
 Gone over to the other side again. had it?''
 "No, sah; it had got tired of loafin' around yere and started down the riv CT, and the captain of a steamboat told me he had met it thirty miles down stream. 1 don't know how bad you want that land, sah, nor how patient you are, but it appears to me that you'll have to wait around till the old Mississip gifts ready to run upstream and bring it back Minneapolis Jour nal.
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nj, who is one of the most famous of
 Italian actresses and who has been his
 leading woman for about twenty years
 Signor Novelli is tall and strongly
 built and the stage has been his home since childhood. His father was count who ran away from home be- cause he was averse to becoming a priest and who was acting as promptcr In theatrical troupe travelling through Italy when the son Ermete was born The child's playthings were marionettes and his recreations the performances of dramas in miniature. He was sue cessively waiter in a restaurant, barn stormer, comedian and finally trage- dian. He plays comedy and tragedy with equal facility and is very versa tile, having repertory of about 100 plays. Six of Shakespeare's dramas are numbered in this list. Signor Nc velli is about fifty-five years old. He has made several tours of leading South American countries and came to the United States fer lis present tour from Mexico. where he was received with much enthusiasm.
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aware that there was anything wrong in her daughters relations with the architect
 It has been declared that Mrs. Hol- man aided the prosecution in the now famous trial on account of bitterness against Thaw and supplied District Attorney Jerome with facts about her daughter to be used in discrediting the latter's testimony. Mrs. Holman her self has kept out of the public eye as much as possible during the trial and has refused to be interviewed. She was first married to Winfield Scott Nesbit, a Pittsburg lawyer After his death the family were in straitened circumstances, and it was in this way that Mrs. Nesbit, as she then was. came to allow Evelyn to pose for photographers and later for artists She kept a lodging house in Pittsburg testimony. there were many times in Mrs. Holman's career when she did not know where the next meal was to come from. Statements emanatin. from Eyelyn's mother since the Thaw case came into prominence have been given out by her present husband Charles J. Holman He recently de nied that his wife had given Mir .Ie- barrass Evelyn on the witness stand.
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FROM WINNIPEG
 TO DAWSON CITY.

Montreal, March 16.-RallWay men returning from the West re- port that plans are being prepared for an extension of the Northern Pacific railway in a direct line rom Winnipeg to Dawson City. AL the present time, they say, no fewer than eighteen surveying parties are scattered over the intervening coun- try, and as soon as the route mas been located, application for charter will be made in anotA9f name. The proposed route will
 run north of the main line O1 the Canadian Northern in almost bee-line between Winnipeg and Prince Albert. From the latter place it will run northerly to Les ser Lake, and then another bee line will be made to- Fort Nelson, through the rich Peace River coun- try, and the mineral districts Of northern British Columbia. Leaving Fort Nelson. rather wild country is tapped, which is as yet little ex- plored, and there the most diff ficult portion of the railway w<\'I begins, rocky passes, lakes and sloughs innumerable blocking the way. When the line is accom- plished, however" said an author ity, 'it will then beat every com petitor as a money-maker, and as far as freight hauling is concerned
 will have no equal on the continent
 In the country to be traversed, set tiers are already scattered over fully one-half of the distance and many of these have now to haul their produce long distances to a railway Beyond Lesser Slave lake, many rich coal, iron, copper and oil deposits have been located, but it has been impossible to develop any of them because of the lack of transportation. In the Peace River district there are a number of American settlers engaged in farm ing, ranching or trapping, and when the railway gets there the number will be vastly increased, for it is splendid agricultural land in that section. Above and beyond all of course, is the wonderful wealth of the Yukon. Not only will the new railroad secure portion of the enormously growing trade in that country, but it will provide an overland route without rival to land which is an empire in itself. Alaska is referred to. The North ern Pacific is one of the lines con- trolled by J. J. Hill, and it is thought that the Canadian North ern is interested in the project.
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at the case and aided his father i'll ed iting the. different papers the latter published and in 1856 became Colum- bus correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette. Three years later. at twenty two, he was appointed news editor of the Ohio State Journal. He then had consuming ambition to become q great poet, and some of his verse had been published in the Atlantic Month ly. It was in 1859 that his first vol ume of poems was published The next year he appeared as author Of q campaign life of Abraham Lincoln. and this was worth writing. not only be cause it had great personality as it's subject, but also because it brought Howels consulship at Venice. put him in the way of studying the Italian language and literature and thus had a potential influence upon his subse- Ouent career. He remained at Venice until 1865, and the impressions of his stay there were embodied In "Venetian Iife," 1866, and italian Journeys" 1867. On his return to the United States he was for time connected with the New York Tribune and the New York Times and also with the Ma ton. He served for some years as ed itor of the Atlantic Monthly and for a half dozen years conducted the critical department of Harper's Monthly called ''rhe Editors Study He has also been editor of the Cosmopolitan Mag axine. His published works almost equal in number the years of his life.
 When Columbia university gave Mir. Howells the degree of doctor of letters Professor Harry Thurston Peck in pre- senting it said:
 It would be superfuous in me to enumerate in this presence his many titles to our admiration. whether as stu dent and expositor of Italian poetry. as essayist or as critic. When we speak his name we think first of all of what he has achieved in literature through the medium of fiction. It is only in marrow sense that we call it fiction In a broader and more veracious sense that fiction is as true as truth itself. Through 1t he has become. as it were the interpreter of his own countrynen to themselves. And he has been something more than this, for he has gone down beneath those purel. superficial differences and peculiarities which constitute the types that are called national and has searched of the soul of that humanity which Is universal
 Below are q few random quotations from MT. Howells' works which may be cited as "HOwellsisms:"
 Marriage is a perpetual pardon conces- sion, surrender. It's an everlasting giving upi that's the divine thing about it.
 He was not one of those men who rush like aif. into every empty place. He hac the Eft of reticence. and the lady who At6 planned the vacuum beheld his self c6hffo1 with admiration.
 There is nothing has really so strong {
 digestion as love. and that is very lucky
 Seel4g what manifold experiences lovt
 " to swallow and assimilats.
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or the Same Opinion Still.

The small boy was saying his pray CTS. "Hawold be my name' he re- peated.
 'HalloWed be thy nane,'" correctel his grandma ther.
 Again he made the attempt, "Hawoll be my name"
 Again the grandmother: 'Hallowcd be thy name, Harold. Now try anoth- CT time.''
 But, grandma, Hawold be my name" 'Iirpincott' Magazine.
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End of the Honeymoon,

An old married man happened to meet q beaming bridegroom on the lat ter's first day at business after the wedding trip.
 "Hello.' said he. ''Finished your honeymoon yet:''
 q don't know," replied the happy husband. smiling. T have never been able to determine the exact meaning of the word honeymoon"
 Well then, has your wife com- menced to do the cooking yet?'-Phila- delphia Ledger
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PINE BLUFF IRON WORKS

PINE BLUFF IRON WORKS
 General Founders and MachInAata
 Brass and Iron Castings and Aa chine Repairing Stock of all AtAnd ard goods and castings carried h stock all the time. Locomotives. 01 zines and Boilers Repaired. Lon. distance telephones, day. A76: nigh, 334. Pine Bluff, Arkansaa Note We operate our machine shop botl day and night
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Ready For Slaughter.

Ready For Slaughter. His face an hands Is always clean The part is always in his hair. The clo'es he's got ain't nary tear, His ties the slickest ever seen. His shoes is polished every day, His shirt waist collars stiff an neat. He gives hisself jest dead away. That kid acrost the street Hes always smilin' an perlite, He ain't got next to any slang, He's never trainin with the gang: l know blame well he wouldn't fight. He always does jest what he's told, His dsposition's orful sweet; My folks say he's as good as gold. That kid acrost the street I'm layin' for that sissy lad; I'll git him all alone some time. Right on his back mean to climb sure will put him to the bad. He won't look pretty when I'm through. mean to do the job complete; 1 won't be happy till do
 That kid acrost the street
 Chicago Daily News.
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ERMETE N0VELLI.
The Great Italian Actor, Now Starring
 In United States.

Ermete NOvelli the Italian actor, now on a starring tour of this country, is sometimes called the Edwin Booth of Italy. His first visit to the United States was made tive years ago. Since the death of Salvini h" has been recog- niZcd as thc head of his profession in
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Dad Davidson, 4O6 Main street, serves at all times, day or night, hot coffee, cold or hot lunches. If hungry go to Dads. Everything good to eat, prepared in best of style.
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Everybody's friend-Dr Thomas Ecleetric Oil Cures toothache, earache, sore throat Heals cuts, bruises, scalds. Stops any pain.
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"HE nation, indeed the world,
 has just been celebrating the
 centenary of Longfellow's birth,
 and now the public is remind ed that one of the greatest of living American men of letters, William Dean Howells, has reached threescore and ten, at which age a man is supposed to be able to retire on his laurels if he so desires. But, though Mir. Towels has won laurels in plenty, he evinces no disposition to cease from winning more, and his literary output shows no particular diminution in quantity or deterioration in quality. Mr. Howells has received many congratulations on serious impairment of his mental or physical powers. His place in Amer ican literature is secure, and, while it is too early yet to determine his exact rank among his contemporaries, no one competent to judge questions his right to a permanent place in the temple of faple.
 Mr. Howeils was born on March 1. 1S3T, and, like so many other men who have E;ade their mark in the world, is native of Ohio It was iii the Ettle town G. Martins Ferry tllat la tiist saw v ,snt. He iS { graduate of Il npWSu. '.' office which is generally rc. ...-5 7. :,3 one s f tAe ta i-'= its ions 0. (, ! 5;.,lz. m,sn e@a attea'1 Honorary dc"rceS have cane to ian fsHm Yale and .i.rNaid Fo,iHj;isi :..I OAio2l. Hi| i3illrfit2A taste frs ii,, Il tule as intensified by tAe at!lo@l'ii r which pervaded his fathers: pi.i.tj9g office and editorial ron.. f2i the upT'- elist's sire was q country editor. aiAl 1t has been said that the papers he i>- sued possessed a literary flavor some what beyond the appreciation of the pioneer community to which they were addressed This characteristic and his advanced abolition sentiments made journalism an uncertain proposition for the senior Howells.
 The future apostle of realistic fiction in America served his apprenticeship
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Goina Down.

Mrs. Mer-- I'm tired of driving that sea horse. Can't you get me a motor car?
 Mir. Mer-Impossible, but if you'll wait until the vacation season opens I think there'll be some motor boats coming this way.-Chicago News.
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CiLLlEY FOUNDRY CONTAIN
 Logging Locomotles. road an engines, boilers saw and planips machinery, iron and brass ease and machinery supplieA
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As Others Soc Us. Riggs -Blowitt seems to have ma mia for building air castles. Diggs-Huh! Wind castles would be a more appropriate term. = Detroit Tribune.
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Another Question.

Papa"
 Well, Harold?"
 Say, papa, what Is the difference between a self made man and a tailor made woman T'-Judge
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY

some of the Leading Wholesale business md merit liberal of your pat ronaae.
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Nifey-lve been oiling the cylinder, dear.
 Hubby (who has just emerged from underneath)-C Cylinder be blowed! That was my ear.-Tatler.
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howells at Three
 score and Ten.

.HE nation, indeed the world,
 centenary of Longfellow's birth,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-29
WILLIAMS TOPEN
SLAYER OF SENATOR HIPP GOES
 TO SPEIGNER.
CuIIman County Farmer Leaving For Penitentiary Thanks Jail off,
 cials for Their Kind Treatmemt

Birmingham, August 2s.-(Special.)- John Williams, the Cullman county farmer who was convicted for the kill ing of State Senator R. L. Hipp, and sentenced to hang but whose sentence was commuted by Governor Conner, was today taken to Speigner where he be- gins a life sentence.
 Before leaving the jail he shook hands with all the prisoners and stopped long enough in the office of the wardens to express his thanks to them for the kindness extended him while he was confined here.
 As will be remembered, Williams got hold of a piece of iron and when the officers attempted to enter his cell to get him to take him to Cullman for the hanging he threatened to kill anyone who approached him. It was necessary to subdue him with ammonia but be- fore this could be accomplished so much time had elapsed that the Gull man train had left the city. Then proceedings were started before Judge Weaver in the criminal court to stop the execution. The proceedings were sensational and attracted much etten- tion at the time An appeal was taken on the interference of the court and went to the Supreme Court. Steps were then taken looking to executive clemency with the result that the sen tenee was eommuted to that of life in the penitentiary.
 williams was in a cheerful mood when State Agent J. L. Parker came for him today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-29
NEGRO CHURCH IS BURNED.

Greenville, Aug. 2S.-(Special.) )-This afternoon at l:30 o'clock during a se were thunder storm. lightning struck the steeple of the First Negro Baptist Church and as the building was beyond the fire limits, the firemen could not reach it with hose and the handsome new structure burned to the ground The building was of brick, and was fin ished only a little more than a year ago The old building also was burned
 The first new bale of cotton was brought into town and ginned here this morning. Tn fact there were two bales brought in by W. F. McKinzie and his brother, J. NJ. Mckenzie. Both have plantations near town. and both brought the cotton to the gin. the old CT brother. w. F, reaching the ginnery first.
 The new bales were sold to Wiley Howard. a cotton buyer. He paid 15 cents for the first bale and 12 1-2 cents for the second, and will ship them to Fillmore, Quillian & Co.,. of Montgom- cry, for whom MT. Howard is the local agent in this market.
 Last year the first bale reached the city on the 14th, that was six days la ter than the year before. This year the first came in fourteen days later than ever before in the past forty years.
 ThA citizens of Greenville will vote
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-29
BOY SHOT FOREMAN
YOUNG STATION AGENT AT DARL-
 INGON KILLS MAN.
Wesley Hooker, the Dead Man, Who Had Served Term fin Penitentiary, Threatened Life of Kinney
 Whitfield.

Russellville, Aug. 2s-(SpeciaL)- )- Westly Hooker. section foreman for the North Alabaa Railroad at Darlington, four miles south of here, was shot through the heart and instantly killed Monday night by Kinney Whitfield, sta tion agent at that point.
 The killing occurred In the office of the agent at Darlington. Bad blood had existed for some time between the two men. Hooker had the reputation of having been a domineering, over bearing man, especially when drinking, and had conceived 8 strong dislike for Whitfield, who is not much more than a boy in years. not yet twenty. while Hooker was probably 50 years old with grown children.
 Last night Whitfield received an or- der from the trainmaster to tell the section foreman about a broken rail near Darlington. Hunting Hooker up at store, Whitfield delivered the mes sage. Hooker became enraged, saying he was trying to instruct him in his duty and cursed and abused him. Whitfield told him he was not hunting q difficulty .and went back to his office.
 Hooker followed him, calling Whit held's attention to the fact that he had already killed one man. Hooker ad- vanced on him with chair and Whit field shot him and he dropped, dying in a few minutes Whitfield gave him self mp and Is in jail here.
 Hooker was sent to the penitentiary from Walker County for life for murder Jelks's adminiStration
 Whitfield. Who killed him, bears a spendid reputation.
 Rockers father was killed a good many years ago at Newbergh, this county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-29
AUBURN PROFESSORS RETURN.

Auburn, Aug. 2S-(Special.) )-Profes- sor N. c Curtis, head of the new de- partment of architecture in the college, arrived in Auburn few days ago and has entered upon his new duties. The equipment for this new department has all been put in place. and work in that department will begin with the opening of college on Sept. 4
 Prof R. N. Brown, of Colorado Springs, has arrived to assume his du- ties as professor of Mining Engineer ing, and Is this week engaged in erect ing the machinery of this department In the new engineering building.
 The departments of electrical and mechanical engineering have recently been moved from the main building to the new engineering building, and thus more room in the main building will be made for other departments that have been crowded for room.
 Professor c. L. Hare has returned from an extensive course of study in the chemical experimental laboratories in Washington, D. c. Professor R. D. Webb has just returned from St. Louis, Mo. where he has been engaged for the summer with J. B. Lippincott Com pany in the county adoption of text books in the State of Missouri.
 The college authorities announce the election of Dr. w.. E. Hines as Profess sor of Entomology. Professor Hines holds a Ph. D degree from the Land Grant College at Amherst. and comes highly recommended by the leading entomologists of the United States He has been for five years in charge of the boil weevil investigation at Dal- las, Texas. and his opinions and pubH- cations are authority on this subject The most important contribution from his work of investigation was pub lished in the proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol 26. He Is regarded as an investigator of very high rank.
 President c. c. Thach returned few days ago from a short trip to the mountains of North Carolina.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-29
ITALIAN BADLY CUT
RESULT OF ROW OVER rCE-
 WATER,
Knife Penetrates to Lungs and wound- sd Man is Taken to Mobile Hos- pftal in Dangerous
 Condition

Mobile, Aug. 2s.--(special. )--As a result of dispute over a bucket of ice water. Joe Taylor. an Italian working in the repair depa q nent of the Mo- bile and Ohio shops at Whistler. was severely cut last night by J. W. Tay- Tor. another employe in the shops
 The two men had a quarrel Monday, and last evening shortly after dark. the Italian going home with some gro ceries. met J. w. Taylor with William Vaughan back of the shops. The It. allan walked Up to Taylor, so 1t is said, and exclaimed, wen settle that matter right now--anyway you want to-" As he put his basket down. Tay- Tor waded into him with knife. 'slashing him twice on the left side, the blade penetrating to the luugs.
 The wounded man~ was brought to Mobile this morning about 10 o'clock and taken to the City Hospital in a dangerous condition.
 J. w. Taylor was arrested by Dep uty Sheriff Charles Swift and Waugh an was also locked up as an access sorry. Taylor. however, the Italian. and Vaughan himself all maentain that the latter had nothing to do with the affair.
 Taylor is held at the county jail, without bail until the condition of the other man is determined.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-29

six years old. It Is said that he comes from a weli-known South Carolina family.
 While stiif under the influence of li- auor at the county jail yesterday, Hun ter's wits were clear enough to es- tablish his identity. He said he was born in Shelby county, Alabama, but was reared in South Carolina. His mother and other relatives, he said. reside in Sumter. S C.. at 333 West Hampton avenue.
 He claims to have come to Montgom- cry on Feb. 21 of this year. and he says that he has worked as a boiler maker for numerous railroads in this section of the country.
 A warrant charging Hunter with murder was sworn out before Justice Young by Constable George Lamar. The case has not yet been set for a preliminary hearing.
 Hunter had been previously arrest ed by the police yesterday morning as a defaulting witness in the case of H. l.. Bray, charged with disorderly com duct in the Recorders court Hunter was released on bond by the police and Bray was to have been tried yes- terday afternoon.
 The witnesses to the killing were T. T. Trentham, Tom Gillis and J. & Childs clerks at the saloon: J. M. Per- ry and Engineer Pruitt, they all de- scribe the details of the tragedy sub- stantially the same as Mfr. Gillis, ex- cept that they were not near enough to the participants to hear the converse tion which NIT. Gillis heard.
 Coroner Tice was in communication with the relatives of the dead man last evening. His mother Mrs. B. Sumer- all. two brothers, and three sisters, who survive him, all reside in Meri- dian. His mother is expected to arrive in Montgomery today.