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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-31
NEGROES
sought the Life Of an Aged White
Peddler Accused by Negro Child
Police Saved,

Columbus, Ohio, October PSI.
McAllister, an aged peddler of toilet
articles, was rescued tonight from a
mob Of angry Negroes by the police
and held pending an investigation.
iIcAllistcr, in his rounds, called to-
day at the home of Henry Pace. a
colored laborer, in the East End,
where there is community of Ne
grOes.
The peddler showed his wares. so
he said, to a girl who was alone in
the house. When the mother came
home the child charged that she had
.been assaulted. McAllister returned
TO the neiShborhood later in search
OF an order book he had lost. Mrs.
race told her neighbors of her
chi!d's story.
In an instant NcAllister was sur
rounded and badly beaten, and but
TOR the father Of the accuser prob
ably would have been killed before
the police arrived. He is a feeble
old man and denies the charge en-
phatically, but will be held pending
/" full investigation
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-31
Didn't See 1t.

Three tired citizens--a .-.wyer, a
doctor and a newspaper man-sat in
back room recently in the gray
light Of the early dawn, says the BoS-
ton Record. On the table were many
empty bottles and couple Of packs
OF cards. AS they sat in silence II
raC scurrled across the hearth into
the darkness beyond. The three men
shifted their feet and looked at each
other uneasily. After long pause
the lawyer spoke:
Il know what you fellows are
thinking about" he said; "you think
saw a rat, but / didn't"
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WATCHES, LIKE RAXORS, NEED
REST.
Cleveland Plain ealer.

Cleveland Plain ealer.
Watches get tired out just the
same as people, said methodicaI
man VINO always gets worried If his
t1mepiece isn't up to the scratch.
Every little while my watch would
stop running with its usual regular
itE and lose about half an hour In
a DAY. ] took it TO the jcweler once
or twice, but it still had these spells.
one DAY found out accidentally that
l.. WAS Just tired. If I lay it away
somewhere for a day or two when it
gets one Of those losing fits and then
Wmd it up again, it will keep perfect
umc All it seems to need is little
rest"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-31

INFANTS WEAR.
Infants dainty White Dresses,
95c to $500
Infants White Cloaks,
S1.25 to $3.50
Infants White Skirts,
soc to $50
Infants White Hoods,
SOC to $3.50
Infants White Sweaters.
SOC to 800
Infants White Cashmere Vests,
25c to soc
Infants White and COlOrcd Cash
mere Hose, :>1" pair
Infants Wool and Astrachan Leg
ms, 500 pair,
Infants AstraChan Iitts,
TO% pair.
Infants Stocking Caps,
25C pair.
Infants Wool Bootees,
15c to 500 pair.
Infants White MittS,
15c to SOC pair.
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CARPET DEPARTMENT

Our Special Prices on room size
ltugs gives you chance to buy a
dufaDle Rug at an extremely low
Dhce. The lines we show are
standard Makes, and are sold by us
exclusively. Others get them as near
IS possible. but the difference is seen
OE comparison.
zen ire Brussels Rugs,
oX12 feet, $500
Velvet Rugs,
0Nt2 feet, $3.50
standard Administer Rugs,
0N12 feet, $3.50
Royal Wilton Rugs,
0X12 feet, $1,000
FAY STOCKING.
we arc the selling agents for the
ray Stockings for Misses and Chill
dFen. They come in all sizes in
medium and heavy weight. Prices
ere Boo and 4Oc pair.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-31

a. curious communication has Deen
MADE to the French Academy OF
Medicine by DR.. Grimbert, who has
a fondness for statistics.
The doctor has been making in
oUlries, with view to finding out
whether there is fashion in medi-
cine. He has discovered that the old
fashioned medicines, such as opium,
iaudanum, iodine; and bismuth, are
SOLD IN about the same quantities as
they have always been.
The sale Of leeches has diminish
ed. In 1876, $4,000 were sold by
certain number Of chemists shops
in Paris, but this year the same
shops sold only 10000
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and anti
pyTlnes sold 80 per cent less than
they used to, and ouinine has gone
down 25 per cent. AS for the newer
drugs-Dyramidon, asperine, &c
their sale has increased enormously.
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CLOAK DEPARTMENT

We call attention to Our large
selection Of all the newest and most
stylish Wraps Of every description.
We are showing the most complete
line of long cloaks, with the fitted
backs, made from imported Broad
cloths and Kcrseys, half and full
satin taffeta lined and handsomely
tailored. The prices range from
$1,000 to $500. Loose filed Cioai;s
IN Black and all colors, full satin
lined. Some are plain, others are
claborate.y braided. Prices range
from $3.50 to $500.
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STERRETT BROS,
Special Attractions in CIoaks, Furs and
TaiIom7ade Suits

prices. Our Millinery Section was
never more attractive. A visit to
This department will pay you.
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WoMENS TAILOR MADE Sits

~ you wish stylish tailor made
s0lt We can supply it. From us. you
get. good selections, as we'll as stylish
garments. We show YOU handsomclv
tailored suits at $500, $3.50 ana
$4,000. Others try TO get from
$4,000 to $4,000 for them. Look
where you please, but don't buy un-
I'll you visit our suit department.
8SURS.
= We place on sale this week COM
plete showing OF new shapes in Furs
Tor this season. Every piece in the
line is perfect. They are not on
commission, but are bought outright
from one of the best Furriers in
New York. We can show you an
elegant collection to choose from.
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TAILORED WAISTS.

-. The new showing Of net waists
gives you a selection in a dainty
waist at an extremely low price,
S5.I3, $500, $500, s5.75, $3.50,
5. % and $500 in White and Ecrue
effects.
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HILh tNUERSKIRT'S.

- hl5 week We offer a line Of heavy
Ia,!eIa SIX Underskirts in Black
2n4 CcInrS at a special price Of
S''"D You will not find it's equal
for $3.50 to 500.
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UNDERWEAR. DEPARTMENT

'|'|'NFF I|3Hft UBPAIkIWENT
Csc o." 20
:, Misses Ribbed Vests and Pants
bo|S' Union Suits Csc and SOC
HEs"a lnion Suits Csc and soc.
20c. - .
Chj1dr"n's Ribbed Sleeping Gar
nents SOC suit
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FASHION IN MEDICINE.

Paris Dispatch to the London Ex-
press.
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MILLINERY DEPARTMENT.

PnDpa" tailor made street Hats,
IN all the new shapes at popular
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-05-05

was awaked on the morning of Monday,
July 10, so may any big city be awaked
that holds in its bosom the elements of
explosion and revolution, the gases ex-
haling from the human compost heap in
the slums. Siberian wolves in winter.
maddened by cold and hunger, are not
more frenzied nor feroclous than the
starved and desperate denizens of the
slums il once aroused.
Prominent, If not first, among cities of
the world to recognize this danger and
to provide against it was Liverpool. Like
all seaport towns Liverpool has a very
mixed population not only in the social
conditions of its Inhabitants which
ranges from the millionaire to the mem
dicant, but also in country and color.
The municipal council of Liverpool has
grappled with the Stun problem in a
manner that Is worthy of imitation and
deserves mention with the hope that other
towns may profit by the example.
1t may be all very we'll speaking theo-
retically, to say that money is the root
of all evil. but experience teaches us
that the want of money is largely re-
sponsible for much of the crime and,
perhaps, most of the vice to be found In
big cities. Any person who doubts this
assertion can learn the truth by short
residence among those people and In those
places where money is scarcest. With
money person can purchase food and
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much astonished to find how much you
will accomplish in few months by this
persistent practice.
A word as to the novels. When you
begin upon them do not attempt to write
down or copy the entire book. Read every
line carefully, but copy only those pages
which appeal most to you.
When you have advanced sufficiently to
feel your improvement take up Shake
speare, Milton and Goethe, following the
very same methods.
After a year of persistent work for
lust one hour daily along these lines your
efforts will tell you plainly enough that
YOU are on the right road to mental
culture.
Your mind will be as transformed as
flower garden which careful hand
has made a delight to the eye, by remov;
ing weeds, and coarser plants and re-
placing them with the rarest, choicest
flowers.
It is we'll to read the leading maya
zines to keep in touch with the current
events and with the new discoveries and
inventions of the day. Select perhaps
two and make 1t a rule to read them
not merely glance over them, but read
right through, advertisements included,
for people pay their good money for
the space and it is due the firm to see
what is their latest Avoid slip-shod
methods of reading. Never make the
mistake of speaking of an article you
have read unless you are able to give
a clear idea of it. Learn well the great
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dreds of years. Every year its branches
spread wider as its roots struck deeper
as it grew taller so its trunk grew
thicker it was sound, people said, sound
to the core, or else it never could look
so fresh and green. But there came a
storm one day and the great tree fell.
The trunk that looked so solid and sound
to the core was hollow and rotten to
the core. 1t wasn't the roots that had
decayed: it wasn't the earth that had
become loose; 1t was the trunk, worm
eaten from the heart, that broke under
the pressure of the storm In its branches.
In like manner a great city may appear
after centuries. Its suburhs may be grow
ing and fourishing, its great avenues may
be lined with the residences of its
wealthy citizens; the sun of prosperity
may cause money to flow freely, its
stocked warehouses and busy marts may
indicate a growing stability but at its
core, in the slum, the canker is doing its
deadly work, poverty and misery lie fes-
tering, vice and crime are spreading their
baneful influence over a daily extending
area. 1t only wants the torch of the an
archst or the fanatic to start a conf1agra1
ton among the already highly infiam-
mable material.
And yet there are millions who nightly
close their eyes in sleep over such slum-
bering volcanoes. Thus slept Paris on
Sunday night, July II. 1889, and as Paris
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clothes, without money a person goes
cold and hungry The satiated lion al
lows the fawn to pass, the hungry lion
attacks the bison The well-fed and warm
are too comfortable to encounter dan
ger; the cold and hungry are stung to
deeds of desperation; vice and crime, the
results of poverty are the triumph of
the animal instincts over the human
principles. Remove, or at least lessen,
the melting causes to animal propensities
in man. and then hope for the growth
and development of human qualities.
Better housing of the poor is the first
step to be taken In the attempt to lift
people out of their misery. The man
who earns eighty cents or a dollar day
cannot afford to pay much for his lodg-
ings and as the wages Of the unskilled
laborer in England is never more than
that and often less on account of lost
time through the inclemency of the
weather or the want of employment, his
residence was generally in those quarters
of the city in which the streets were
dirty, narrow and badly lighted, where
the houses had become dilapidated and
unsanitary and rents were low Unfur-
nished rooms could be rented in such
places for 80 cents a week and one room
often afforded shelter to whole family
of six or eight persons. Surrounded by
such Environments 1t was impossible to
apply a remedy, and the only thing to
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be done was to demolish those old
buildings and put up new ones.
Private capital did pot seek such a
form of Investment, the returns would
be too small 1t was then the municipal
council took the matter in hand and
bought that property. Large areas were
cleared; wide streets and open spaces
were laid off; new buildings were erected;
water, light and sewers were introduced;
the people were put into clean rooms and
the means furnished them to keep them
clean the children that used to fight in
the cutters and roll in the mud had now
cemented Fairgrounds; the women had
plenty of fresh water to wash themselves
and their clothes, the man came home
to find cleanliness and comfort, and all
this for less rent than he had been pay
ing formerly.
The unmarried man was not forgotten,
the man whose preearious mode of ex-
istence compes him to trough It," For
him the model lodging house was erected,
and accommodation provided to which
he had beeh previously a stranger
The model lodging house Is n four-story
building, the first story consisting of
the offices and apartments of the care
taker, linen rooms. reading rooms and
a store or two. The second, third and
fourth floors are the dormitories, and
the basement is the kitchen. The ledger
who occupies a room to himself and en-
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4 Simple, Practical Flying Machine

car on which to start and to land, for
this car is carried along when the craft
having attained sufficient momentum,
leaves the earth and goes ahead on it's
bed of compressed air which it COM
presses for itself as 1t goes.
But flying machines may be built espe-
cially to go over water, in which case
the base would be a very light, strong,
steel boat, which would serve to float
the machine, while attaining It's initial
momentum, and also form central sec
ton to the body of the kite, just as the
body of the duck is it's boat and becomes
part of its oeroplane when on the
wing. Moreover this boat should be pro-
vided with set of light ground wheels,
so that If need be it may land on terra
firma with safety.
Now these machines to go over land
or water, can be built in Japan large
enough to carry two or three men and
some ammunition. for about the same
money that a good cavalry horse would
cost And could easily be, freighted on
their big ships by the thousand. to any
arena of war near the sea. Now in case
of war between us and Japan she could
equip a brigade of these machines and
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mai often loses interest in what is going
on out of doors, and so there is little oc-
cas.on to open the doors. 1.-THE sound of
the grinding has reference to the chew
ing of the food. The teeth are so few as
to make no sound in chewing. The
voice of the bird" disturbs the poor old
creature, and he looks upon music as
nothing but noise. md will none of It.
He will be afraid to walk down the
high" stairs; everything he secs. or even
thinks of along the way, or road Will
awaken his fears. His head will become
as white as the blossoms of the almond
tree" even ''grasshopper'' will be an
annoyance. and his youthful vlgor will be
gone before death overtakes him.
The loosing of the Silver cord" the
breaking of the golden bowl the
pitcher and the Wheel are all fine
poetieal images of dying; the dust re-
turning ITO the earth as It was" indicates
the burial of the Dody, and probably has
a Renaissance of the passage In Genesis,
which teaches that mans body was orig
inally made out of the dust of the earth.
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his premises by making advice as free
as air and sunshine, while his advice
always C. O. D.. is wholesome and eff
fective.
Procure the works of Washington, r.
wine, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thackery
and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Perhaps it
is better to begin with Emmerson. First
as they told us in our school days, obtain
a blankbook and made rule of writing
a full page, or an entire chapter from
Emmersons essays each day. 1t mat
tiers not how little unprepared your mind
may be for this work. Keep at 1t until
interest is awakened. Copy each word
with accuracy and precision. Consult a
dictionary when there Is one word you
do not quite know or understand the full
meaning off; think 1t over until you are
perfectly familiar with its usage. Try
and master every phrase; but even IL 1t
escapes you copy the exact words you do
understand.
However dull and undressing this task
may seem you are certainly forming the
habit Of correct phrasing; then added
to this you are familiarizing yourself
with good literature and with the thoughts
of great minds.
Do not make the mistake of trying to
do too much at first. Work slowly and
patiently But work every day. Have
a regular hour for study.
Copy only one essay in a day, or even
one printed page, and you will be very
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THE spirit shall return unto God who
give it," is noble expression of the doc
trine which the Scriptures often set forth
as to the origin and destiny Of the hui
man soul.
In the 18th verse the conclusion Of the
whole matter is admirably summed up
in the exhortation. Fear God and keep
His commandments for this is the whole
of man." The word duty" has been
here supplied by cur translators and Sc
rlously weakens- the thought. This is
the whole of man" means that this IS all
of him that is worth counting The 14th
verse warns us, with a tremendous
sweeping power, that our whole life must
be laid bare at the judgment.
With the majestic music of this mag
nifeent roem ringing in my ears, I must
confess that my poor prosadc exposition
of its imagery seems tame and made
quate, and so l here let 1t drop. But
readers who care little for exposition may
POSSIBLY find some interest in the follow
ing verses. which are an attempt at a
paraphrase of some of the splendid I'M
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cages it by the week is located on the
second floor. The room is about ten feet
by eight feet with screened transom
over the door and patent ventilators in
the walls. The furnishing consists of an
iron cot and bedelothes, chair and a
small dresser The floors are bare and
oiled, the walls cGlcimined. On the third
floor the rooms are larger and some con-
tain two beds, others four beds: on the
fourth floor the whole dormitory is OPEN,
the beds being spaced about three feet
apart and chair beside the head of
each bed. Shower baths with hot and cold
water are on each floor as well as lava
tories and latrines. Rooms on the Sec
ond floor cost 16 cents night; on the
third floor, Il cents a night; on the
fourth floor, 6 cents a night. Before go
ing to room or dormitory the ledger
must take a shower bath every night
1t is needless to say that drunkenness
or disorder is not allowed and no per-
son is permitted to enter the rooms or
dormitory before o'clock at night and
he must be out by o'clock in the morn
ing except Sunday when he is allowed to
remain until . o'clock
On a winters evening the basement Is
scene worth witnessing. After the
lodger has bought a ticket which bears
the number of his room bed and floor
he has access to the reading room, and
the kitchen in the basement. The kitchen
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-05-05
BY LEWIS A. BOSWELL, M. D.

load them on her vessels and stand
hundred miles off our coast, and launch
the machine brigade, and some still, dark
night run into New York In two hours
(for they can travel 60 or 70 miles per
hour and In less time than 1t takes to
write II set that city on fire in ten thous-
and places and return to their base with
out the loss of a man. Suppose some one
nation had bought and kept for it's own
use the secret of dynamite. See what
an advantage 1t would have given her.
have made three different overtures
to sell my invention to the United States
government, and been as often ignored
by her board of ordinance and fortiflca-
ton Can any good thing come out of
the south?
Now who could blame me to sell to
japan or any other nation whatever. that
would pay me for my work and my
money spent.
If trade with Japan it will be stipu-
lated and must be agreed upon, that these
machines shall not be used against any
of our cosat cities from the Potomac to
the Rio Grande, for I am en- ex-Confed-
crate, native of Lunenburg, Va, and was
with them at Appomattox
Lincoln Ala. May 1907.
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BY MABEL FORD-LEAKE

while It is the courageous lion that
gets the first steak Of the antelope; the
cowardly jackal must wait and be salts
fed with what remains after the king
of beasts has satisfied his hunger To
be a coward is to be and remain an
underling and a ninny, with no trophies
in his belt with no decotatons on his
breast, without honors clustering on his
brow.
The destlnies loathe the man who is
afraid. He is awarded no prizes. When
honors are distributed he Is unseen, I'M
noticed Courage, as admirable and val
liable as it is, must be reinforced by tho
other less brilliant, but equally as im-
portant virtue-endurance. Sometimes one
goes into battle most bravely when after
a few shocks the courage cools down.
then gives way and the battle is lost
It is quite essential to have the stay
ing power" the inconquerabe grit that
is steady and determined in the thlckest
couraged, not to lose heart but to hold
in with grim resolution is needful to
success.
A thrilling page of history Is that which
tells of the memorable Overland Cam
paign" of 1854. Grant on his southwark
march was met by Lee at the terrible
Wilderness" at the Spottsylvanla, at the
Bloody Angle" at the North Anna. at
Cold Harbor where thirteen thousand of
his men were killed and wounded inside
of twenty minutes but despite tho havoc
that Lees genius was working in his
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-05-05

TNHERE is no more pathetic situation
In life than that of the man or
i woman who, through sudden rise
of fortune, or through marriage, finds
a neglected education a barrier to hap
piness and usefulness.
An attractive exterior so to speak often
blinds a man to woman's deficiencies
in education until she is placed in daily
contact with his more cultured and re-
fined relatives and associates. Then, ah
then, hin pride and the sensitive feelings
of his wife are constantly wounded.
man of wealth Cloth of wealth and
heart, rare combination mind you).
recently asked how he would overcome
his great lack of education, improve his
language and enlarge his fund of limited
information without the humiliation of
placing himself under teachers
1t seemed he had acquired all that
some would think 1t took to make life
a success and worth while-a fortune
and influence in the business world, and
had a beautiful and cultured wife. Still
this man was conscious of being at
great disadvantage when in the presence
of relatives and friends.
To every man and woman In this condl-
ton we would offer this suggestion. We
do not say advice for that is the one
article only a lawyer has any right to
give; we have no right to trespass on