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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-17
GREAT FIRE THREATENS

GREAT FIRE THREATENS
CITY OF PITTsBURG.
Pittsburg, May 16.--Two alarms have
been sounded for fire at Penn Avenue
and Second street, I'm the down town
district. At 3 o'clock several manufac-
turing establishments had been de-
stroyed. A number of firemen have
been injured, the nre il still beyond
control. The fire is sweeping the north
side of Penn Avenue between second
and Third Streets.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-17
SAVED NDsHO's LIFE.
Mob Thought BLACK Had Slain Popular
White Man.

Roanoke, Va, May 16.-Because he
fred a revolver at G. w. Byrd, a
white man. who attempted to stop him
while he was running from officers to-
night. VIII Sanders. a negro. was
threatened with death by 500 men who
followed him and his captors to the city
Jail.
The crowd believed that Sanders had
shot Byrd. Byrd came to the Jail
while the mob was crying for the me-
gro's life. and said he had not been
wounded The mob then dispersed
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-17
MAMMOTH sURGLERY.
Robbers Get $4,000 Worth of Goods
In Mexico.

City of Mexico. May 16.-One of the
largest burglaries in the history of the
capital was committed last night when
a band of robbers broke into the jew
elry establishment known as La Acacia
in Refugio street, in the center of the
business district of the city, and car
ried away goods valued at $4,000.
The loss was not discovered until an
employe of the store appeared this
morning Since then the police have
been vigilantIy working on the case
without result.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-17
Confidence in scrugham

New York, May 16.-The Internal
tional Policyholders' Committee at
meeting yesterday passed resolutions
of confidence in George H. Scrugham,
manager for the committee. who is on
trial for alleged Irregularities in the
rnannar In which tina votes at the re-
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-17

Streets Are Badly Washed in Many
Places.
Atmore, May 1s.-(Special. )-One of
the heaviest storms that has occurred
here in many years passed through
here last night. A large quantity of
hail fell and torrents of rain flooded
the streets. Main Street being COM
pletely submerged.
The Stag was washed away from
under part of the railroad track and
numerous trains were delayed here
several hours. Rubbish and debris
was washed up in piles on Main Street
in front of many of the store doors,
access to many places was almost i'm
posSible.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-17
LowNDEs CROPS RUINED.
Recent Storm Was Last straw for the
Planters.

Letohatchie. May 16.-(Special y
The terrific all nights rain. the hard
est in years. of last night, seem to
be the last straw, as 1t overlooked all
low lands, and in many places washed
off the plowed ground to the hard
dirt, carrying all crops with It,
large portion of the low lands have
not been replanted since the recent
storm and hail and the prospect is very
gloomy.
with anything that equals a pestilence
now upon 1t. Situated near here are
several large apiarys, ion account OF
the long rainy spell there Is no pollen
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-17
rrninmen At barbecue.

Atlanta, Ga. May 16.-The Railway
Tra!nmen devoted the morning session
today to further consideration of con-
stitutional amendments. The after
noon was given TO an old fashioned
Georgia barbecue, which took the place
Of all business.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-17
society Woman Killed.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. May ia Chatta-
nooga dispatch to The Banner says
that Mrs. w. j. Bass, wife Of Mater
w. ]. Bass, and daughter OF Dr. John
w. Madden. of this city. was killed In
a runaway accident at Chattanooga, to-
day She was prominent in society Cir
cles OF both in this city and Chattanoo-
ga.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-17

cent elections were counted. Mr.
Scrugham appeared before. the com
mittee and stated his case,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-17

WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, May I6--For Alabama,
Fair, warmer, Friday, Saturday, fair,
variable winds.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-17

Il have never admitted ana don adj
init now that | have ever made con-
fession." said orchard. Mind that,
But, at no time. was | ever subjected
to force or pressure OF any kind and
anything ] ever said to Captain Nc
Partlana was without force or threat
of any kind. Anything | said was of
INV own free will and accord. 1t was
lust as 1 talk to you here. There was
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
AWFUL EFFECT OF ECZEMA.
Covered With Yellow Sorcs--fircw
Worse-PareDts Discouraged
Cuticura Drove Sores Away.

"Our little girl, one year and a half old,
was taken with eczema or that was what
the doctor said II was. We took her TO
three doctors, but by this time she was
nothing but a yellow, greenish sore. One
morning We discovered a little yellow PIN
pie on one Of her eyes. Doctor 40. 3 said
that we had better take her TO some eye
specialist, since IT was an ulcer So we
went to Oswego 20 doctor No. 4, and he
said the eyesight was gone. We were near
ly discouraged, but thought we would try
the Cuticura Treatment, 20 purchased a
set OF Cuticura Remedies, which cost me
ST. and in three days our daughter. VINO
had been sick about eight months, showed
great Improvement, and in one week all
sores had disappeared. OF course IL could
not restore the eyesight, but II we had used
Cuticura in time, we are confident It would
have saved the eye. Mrs. Frank Abbott,
X. +. ID. No. ., Fulton, Oswego Co., y. T.,
August IL, 1896"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

weather. They could conveniently
use the holder shown here to good
advantage, as ii can be readily at
tached to any style of wagon or car
riage. The umbrella need not be OF
a special design, and can be adjusted
to protect the user against either the
sun or rain, as the case may be, the
hands, at the same time, being en-
tirely free. this holder Is also a con-
venient device to attach to chair, as
the latter can be placed In the centre
OF the garden, to protect the user
from the sun, who can still get the
benefit of any air that might be flow
ng.-Philadelphia Record.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Rags I'm the Composing Room.

The editor OF the Concordia (Kan. ,
paper has wooden leg. He wrote
and printed this paragraph:
The town has been infested lately
with punch Of beggars. One younf
fellow, big enough and strong
enough to hold a breaking plow in &
patch OF hazel brush stuDble, asked
for caJh simply on the ground that
he was a deaf mute. What is TO stop Z
deaf mute from working and earning
his own living? Another young fel
low STUCK this Office sor help and al,
that was the matter with him was
that he had leg cut off below the
knee-what Is TO stop him from
earning a living at score OF differ
ent honorable avocations? The boys
In the back end OF this printing
shack always enjoy the fun when o
one-legged beggar comes in the front
door TO strike "the old man" for o
contribution.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Steamboat Inspection Service.
-Illustrirte Zeitung.

In 1905 fiscal year, according 10
the annual report of United States
Supervising Inspector-General Uhler,
with a total of 60o.000.000 passen.
gers carried on waters coming under
the United States steamboat inspec-
tion service, only one life was lost
out Of every 2.39O,43S. In 1906 fis-
cal year. owing TO the stranding of
the steamer Valentia on Vancouver
Island with loss of 121 lives, and
the unprecedented number of casual
ties on Lake Superior that year. the
loss OF life was increased to one out
Of every 1,796,000 people carried.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

Signor Puccini, who has come to
London for change OF air and scene,
told representative OF the Chron-
icle that when he was writing his
first opera, lie villi," he lived foe
months on credit at a little restau.
rant called the Aida, In a slum ii
Milan.
MY dinner usually consisted II
piece Of badly cooked meat and
cup OF more or less sour wine. ! can
still recall In the half ashamed mar
ner In which used TO tell the
waiter TO chalk up the bill. and then
I sneaked out OF the place because
I had no money for a tip And
can also recollect my humble dig
rings, where I tried 20 exist on the
few francs q week allowed me by
the government as a charity pension.
Two or three OF us lived together,
and we often had TO pawn our um-
brellas and overcoats and boots IN
order 20 get a little ready money for
immediate requirements" London
Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Fountain Brush.

Automebilists, carriage and wagon
drivers will be interested in the de.
vice for cleaning vehicles shown here.
II is combined cleaning brush and
nozzle, the invention of a Kansas
man. II is of the fountain brush
type. comprising a tubular handle. on
one end of which is a circular brush,
Within the brush are numerous per
forations, the opposite end having o
threaded connection TO fit the ordi-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

nary rubber hose. II will be obvioui
that the wagon or carriage cleaner
will be greatly assisted In his worl
with the use OF this device. Mud ant
dirt which resist the ordinary hose
can be- instantly removed with the ait
OF ths brush, the continuous stream
of wafer washing away the particle,
thus lDosened. Washington Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Had TO Be.

They were celebrating their engage
ment by dining at a swell cafe. do
you believe" she queried, az the
conversation Jagged, that man is
really made OF dust?"
well" he rejoined, glancing at the
dinner check, "he wouldn't be able to
travel far In your company If he
wasn't. t."-Chicago News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Worries OF Parents.

After a boy has had the scarlet
fever, the chicken pox, the mumps.
the measles. the whooping cough, and
two or three boils, his parents, as
rule. don't have anything else 10 wor-
ry about until he falls in love.-Som-
erville Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Umbrella Holder.

Drivers Of uncovered wagons and
trucks invariably use some kind Of an
umbrella TO shield them from the
rays OF the sun during the summer
season, but for some unaccountable
reason they never think Of doing the
same thing during rainy or stormy
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
MISS HUI DA kUGHLER

There is beauty and attractive
ness i'm health which is far greater
than mere regularity Of feature.
A sickly, irritable, and complaining
woman always carries a cloud OF
depression with her; she is not only
unhappy herself but is n damper 20
all JOY and happiness when with her
family and friends.
II Is the bright, healthy, vivacious
woman who always charms and carries
sunshine wherever she goes.
ia woman finds that her energies
are tagging and that everything tires
her; II her feminine system fails to
perform its allotted duties, there is
nervousness. sleeplessness, faintness.
backache, headache, bearing down
pains, and Irregularities, causing
constant misery and melancholia,
she should remember that Lydia T..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made from native roots and herbs will
dispel all these troubles. by correct
ing the cause OF the trouble IL cures
where other treatment may have
failed.
Miss Elizabeth Wynn, OF No. eos
9Th Avenue, New York City, writes
Dear Mrs Pinkbam:-
"For months / suffered with dreadful
headaches, pain i'm the back and severe
hemorrhages was weak and out OF sorts
all the time Lydia r. Pinkhams Vegetable
COMPOUND helped me when all other medi-
cine had failed II seemed to be just what
needei and ouicSlv restored my health"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

can be folded over to be rigidly con-
nected 10 the plate. The polishing
cloth, which may be of felt, tufted
wool or other fabric, is placed on the
frame over the non-corrosive sub
stance and then folde! into place
The peculiar shape OF the frame
affords Just the right surface for rub
bing and polishing any object. At
tached to the device is a handle. for
easy manipulation. - Washington
Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Dear Mrs. Pinkbam:-
He Thought SO.

Upon seeing the skin peeling from
his fathers sunburnt face, Wilfred
hurried TO his mother. exclaiming:
"Oh, ma. come quick! Pas unwrap.
ping! g!"-Lippincotts.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
pO1ishe- and Cleaner.

An improved contrivance for clean
Ing md polishing various surfaces
and objects is shown In the illustra-
.tion below. The base or frame con-
sists Of plate OF sheet metal coated
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Disfress After Eafin1

Prevented by small doses Of sanford's Gin.
ger after meals. For loss of appetite. indi.
gestion, bowel troubles and simple ills,
ssnford's Ginger has proved a grateful
friend for forty years. Always hesltbful.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Colds, Cramps, Collie

Quickly cured by timely doses Of Sanford's
Ginger, purest and beat Of warming stom-
achics. Besides It's always heathful. Forty
years the standard Of purity, flavor, and
strength. Look for the Owl Trade Mark
on the wrapper wnen you buy.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Taken UnaWares.

Mrs. Dash-Mother says that she
wants to be cremated
Dash-Just my luck! ! haven't q
match with me. Smart Set.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

FITS, ST. VitusD Dance Nervous Diseases per.
manentlyc cured by DIR. Klines Great Nerve
Restorer. e. trial bottle and treatise free.
DIR III Il Kline Id .N3l Arch st. Phila., Pa.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Women.

Education I'm India Is advancing. In
Bengal the government expenditure
under this head last year was $685.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-

writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"For months was III with an internal
trouble l suffered terrible agony, was
nervous, irritable, and sick all the time. 1
took different medicines without benefit
Lydia II. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
was recommended and within SIX months
was completely restored IL health and I
want 10 recommend IL 10 every suffering
woman"
Women who are troubled with
painful or irregular functions, back
ache, bloating Tor fatulence), displace-
ments, Inflammation or liberation,
that bearing down feeling, dizziness,
indigestion, or nervous prostration
may be restored 20 perfect health and
strength by taking Lydia 4. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound,
Mrs. Plnkham's Invitation to Women.
Women suffering from any form
OF female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs.
Pinkhnm. at Lynn, Mass. From the
symptoms given, the trouble may be
located and the quickest and surest
way OF recovery advised. Out OF her
vast volume OF experience in treating
female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably
has the very knowledge that will
help your case. Her advice is free
aud always helpful.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

The population OF Paraguay has in
creased in thirty.fve years from 200,-
900 TO 100000.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

The rails Of the Belt Line Railroad
In Philadelphia are the heaviest In the
world. NE30
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
More Important.

"She's a very intellectual woman.
$50 hear. Is she intelligent?'-
Life.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26
MISS ELIZABETH WYNN

Miss Hulda Kughler, OF No, IS,
West 18th Street, New York City,
writes:
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

Miss Elizabeth Wynn, OF No. EOS
9Th Avenue, New York City, writes !:
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22

the glass protection over the face.
Lessons are first of all given in the
elaborate etiquette of dueling, and
lext comes instruction in the neces
jary department"
Last and most important of all
comes the duel proper, with the
measuring out of the ground, the
oading of the powerful spring pis-
.ols with the soft clay balls, and the
aiming on the part of each combatant
1T vital spot-usually the head. No
ioubt the knowledge that the shoot
ing is innocuous tends to make the
1uelists' aim very accurate, but
there can also be no question that it
familiarizes a man with the entire
routine of a procedure which, with
out this initiation, would be extreme
ly disconcerting to the bravest.
Needless to say the majority of the
pupils by no means have real duels
upon their hands, but among a pas
sionate people like the French, quick
to anger and to avenge real or fam
cied insult, there is no lack of at
tendance at the various schools, of
which three or four have already been
opened in the French capital. The
largest of these is a handsome saloon
on the first floor of the Rue Castig-
lione, and its seances are attended by
crowds of the gilded youth of Paris,
who are attracted thither by the nov
city of firing direct at the living man
and watching the comedy of farcical
duels, which may become very real
ones at a days notice. - Scientific
American.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
THE NEW DUELLING SCHOOL IN
PARIS.

1t. seems that after all the absurd
Io-called "duels" which we read
about as having taken place in
France, Germany and Italy, may
.eally in the near future turn out to
be very lethal affairs indeed. Hith-
erto, if an officer, lawyer, a Journal
st, or other insulted a colleague, Sec
onds exchanged visits, a meeting was
arranged and shots fired with quite
farcical results as a general rule, for
ordinarily the average professional
man, even in military nation like
France, is deplorably bad shot, and
there was usually no more Visible re-
suit after the so-called duel than
an amusing paragraph in the papers.
That the French mean business in
ter, will be seen from the fact that
regular dueling schools have just
been established in Paris, as we'll as
n Rome and Berlin and Vienna-not
merely for workmanship alone, but
,or regular practice with the long
oarreled dueling pistol. The princi-
pals wear long padded overalls, and
curious masks, like those of the deep
sea diver, with very thick glass
plaque in front of the face.
The bullets" used are pellets of
,lay, which, however, might do very
serious damage to the pupils in these
remarkable academies were it not for
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
EccENTRrcrTrEs OF ALUMINIUM.
Highly Combustible When in the
Form of Dust.

A curious characteristic of alum
mum is attracting an increasing
amount Of attention. When reduced
TO powder and ignited with suitable
fuse 1t will burn rapidly and with
something like explosive activity In
so doing it generates great heat. Six
or eight years ago a German named
Goldschmidt showed how that feet
could be used in industry Tho weld
ing of broken steamship shaft with
out removal from it's bearings wal
one of the consequences of his dis
covery. A suitable amount of pow
dered aluminium was placed arouni
the fracture and burned. So great
was the resulting heat that adequate
hammering quickly repaired the
break.
Now comes fresh story ilIustrat-
ing the same popularity. 1t is toll
by an English periodical, Engineer
ing, but the scene is evidently il
France or Germany. At a certain
factory for making articles of alum
mum bronze, it is customary to give
them polish by grinding. Fine dust
Is generated in this manner, and the
dust occasionally takes fire and ex-
plodes. At first it was thought that
electric sparks caused by friction
served the purpose of match in
these cases. 1t is now thought prob
able that the sparks are not electric
at all, but result from the dashinc Of
the machinery. However this NAV
be, the important fact is that small
explosions occur when there is alum
mum dust in the air. Apparently
they have never attained destructive
proportions, but experts who have
studied the matter recommend va
rious methods Of preventing any &C.
cidents.
These cases occur with dry dust.
and in all of them there is genuine
combustion. That is to say, them
combines with oxygen gas. exactly as
coal or wood or oil does when burn
ing. Quite another operation, though,
is now attributed to aluminium dust
when it is moist 1t is said that the
particles act on water in such a wav
as to separate the constituents, AMI
that the hydrogen thus freed viii
sometimes take fire.
One of the men whose experiments
are mentioned by Engineering de-
clares that the decomposition of
water by aluminium dust begins at
eighty-six degrees Fahrenheit AS it
does not take place at sixty-eight de-
grees Fahrenheit, iced water is used
for washing the metal. In cases OF
fire, when red hot aluminium is
quenched by water, large flames OF
burning hydrogen, or even explosions,
are produced Aluminium bronze, IS
fine dust, contains on the average
2.3 per cent. by weight OF moisture,
and it has been suggested that the
decomposition Of this water in thy
polishing machines may have been
the cause of the explosions in tdeS9
instances. But the production OF nv
drogen by the decomposition OF the
normal moisture associated with the
metal never exceeds four per cent. CO
the theoretical quantity even unde-
the most favorable conditions, AMI
this quantity is not dangerous.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-22
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Swindling is the perfection of civ
ization.-Voltaire.
Nothing teaches the soul so many
things as sorrow-Vinet.
The measure OF mans difficulties
is the measure of Gods trust in him.
William T. Gum.
1t is said that a girl never throws
herself at mans head unless she
has reason to believe him a good
catch.-Puck.
All extraordinary gifts are value
less without love, and love can exist
in the absence of all extraordinary
gifts.-H. Hensley Henson.
Neither let mistakes nor wrong d.
rections discourage thee. There is
precious instruction to be got by find
ing we were wrong.-Carlyle.
Be never content with less than the
possible best, and never throw away
the possible best because it is not the
ideal best.-Theodore Roosevelt.
Joy is a working thing. 1t builds
up while it enlarges the whole ma
ture. 1t is the wine to strengthen
the heart, to brace it to carry noble
enterprise! Greenwall.
Steady grumblers are like the old
horse that acquired such a habit OF
shaking his head and switching his
tail in fly time that at last he kept
up the motion all the year round
Aroorinon Cultivation
The very best place for thorough
ly good book is in your head and
your heart. If it is not worthy OF be-
ing kept there, it is of little impor-
lance where it is kept, or how soon
you get rid of it.-St Nicholas.
The great crime of our industrial
and commercial civilization is that it
gives us a taste for the things which
may be bought with money, AMI
makes US neglect the purest and trG-
est joys which are always Within orr
reach.-Paul Sabatier.