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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26

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 FOR RENT-ROOMS.
  FOR sALE-Lot 150x2o0 feet corner Ken nedy and Hunt Streets, north side of city; two two room eSttages. Good location for lumber yard. negro district Phone 24s9.
 Ill on main road. desirable location; reasonable price. I Strauss. 33 Monroe St. Phone i743.
 --Jl  FOR sALE-CaII early and get lot near Capitol for ss5o to si.soo. B. F. Hardeman. 22 So. Perry St. Ill FOR SALE-s2.75o will buy room house good lot only block from four ear lines. paved sidewalks and good neighbor- hood and worth $500 more than the asking price. B. F. Hardeman. 22 So. Perry St
 --11 FOh SALE-SS0 caSn ana tlU per month will huv good four room house on largo lot. near A. c. L. shops on the hill tops. best negro property on the market, buy q home and stop paying rent. B. F. Harde- man. 22 South Perry St. --11 FOR RENT--Five furnished roms suitable for light housekeeping. AIS Alabama St. Phone 3036. --ts sTAMPING-shirt Waist Designs. Helios Peri Lusta Flosses, Embroidery Hoops and Needles, Pictures neatly framed. inexpens- lively and quickly. G. F. w. Keynton, i04 Dexter Avenue. >-16 wANTED-To rent one room with bath, ad- joining. will rent reasonable. Apply 25 Mo bile St. -ta FOR RENT-Three connecting rooms for housekeeping with modern improvements. F. w. Jackson. 321 So. Union St. --Ia FOR RENT--Three nice rooms for light housekeeping, lights, bath and all cenven- fences. Apply HI Holcombs. --i3 FOR RENT-One nice furnished front room. lights. bath and all conveniences Address H. L. care Advertiser. -r3 FOR RENT-Unfurnished rooms. suitable for light housekeeping. Apply 23 Amanda St. or Phone 2175. -i3 FOR RENT-Three nice large connecting rooms with modern improvements. $15, sos Adams Ave. references exchanged Apply eos Adams Ave --f2 FOR RENT-Three rooms gas connections. for stove. Bath convenient. all on first floor. elevated and cool. 53 Pleasant Ave. ia FOR RENT-Two unfurnished rooms and small kitchen. suitable for light house. keeping near in, all modern conveniences. Phone 2391 call at 419 Monroe St.
 --Is FOR RENTING or sthree roorps suitable for light housekeeping: all modern conven- fences. Ten dollars. Apply 113 Corner Mon roe and Union Streets. -13 FOR RENT-Three rooms and kitchen at '310 Washington. Apply to 7-s So Court St.
 -13 FOR RENT-Three connecting unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping to couple without children. Apply 21s IN. Perry St, or phone 1910. ~-l3 TWO ROOMS furnished complete for light and one furnished for couple or gentlemen, with of bath and phone, Applysat 202 No. Goldthwaits St.. or Phone 1741. -a3-4t FOR RENT--Up stairs room, 20 feet square, five windows, convenient to bath and front porch; on belt line. near in. Address w, mail carrier 15, Phone 23s5. -13-su-tu FOR RENT-Nicely arranged up-sta:rs en, lights and bath; will rent reasonable. Address 52s South Hull St. or phone l241.
 i3-tf FURNISHED Apartment to let for summer; near Central Park references exchanged S45. .oo a month. Address Chaa. Gahren.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26

TWO ROOMS furnished complete for light and one furnished for couple or gentlemen, with use of bath and phone,
 Applysa at 2O2 No Goldthwaits St.. or Phone l741. --13-4t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26

FOR SALE-Upright piano. refrigerator. gas stove and other household goods. also some thoroughbred Plymouth Rock and Leghorn chickens. Call at TIC So Hull St. 10
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26
MASONIC NOTICE

N special communication of Sc Montgomery Lodge. No. II A. EM F. & A. NJ, will be held Mon- sHN a day evening 27th of May 1901. S\~LH at s o'clock fX$/N Work in F. c. Degree.
 Members Of Andrew Jackson Lodge No. 173. and visiting brethren fra formally invited to attend
 By order of the w Ms
 VIM H. DINGLEY. Secretary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26

FOR RENT-Up stairs room. 20 feet square, five windows convenient to bath and front porch; on belt line near in. Address w.
 mail carrier 15., Phone 2365 -13-su-tu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26
 TYPEWRITERS.

NEW and second hand typewriters for sale. machines of all makes rented. repaired and exchanged: supplies and accessories. N. L.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26
FOR RENT-RoOMs.

FOR sALE-Lot 150x2o0 feet. corner Ken nedy and Hunt Streets, north side of city; two two room cottages. Good location for lumber yard. negro district. Phone 24ss
 Ill
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26

DESIRE to arrange speedy marriage for middle aged. fine appearing, gentleman. age 5s. worth $75.oOO. Homestead Club. Toledo. Ohio --lR
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26
HoRsEs-FOR SALE.

SEVERAL good gentle city broke family
 horses cheap. For rent all kinds new turn outs. Splendid driving horses. Monerlef g Stables l2S Lee St If
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26
FINANCIAL.

TO LOAN s4,oo0 special lot at per cent interest. City property for security Chan dler & Douglass. 27-tf MONEY to loan on watches. diamonds. few
 elry guns and pistols: don't worry your
 friends when in need of a small loan: come
 to us. our business is strictly confidential.
 Mont9 Loan Co --tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26
EDUCATIO. .AL.

MISS GUSSIE LEDBETTER will teach the
 summer class at her home. 30 Holcombe St. beginning Monday. June Srd. Terms g n month. --2h-su-1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26

FOR sALE-Three one hundred horse pow CT high pressure boilers Two twenty-two
 by forty-eight Corliss Engines. Sniendid condition. Machinery Trading Co. BirminR- ham, Ala 10
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26

FOR RENT-Two unfurnished rooms and small kitchen. suitable for light house. keeping near in, all modern conveniences. Phone 2391 call at 419 Monroe St.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26

FOR sALE-CaII early and get lot near Capitol for ss5o to si.soo. B. F. Hardeman. 22 So. Perry St. -11
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26

FOR sALE-skating rink at Washington cost over s1,000. Owner leaving city and must be sold at once. Make us cash offer Foster shackleford & Co, Phone 1883. 10
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26

FOR RENT-Three rooms, gas connections, for stove. Bath convenient. all on first floor.
 elevated and cool. 53 Pleasant Ave ia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26

FOR RENT-Three connecting rooms for
 w Jackson 321 So. Union St. --Ia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26

FOR RENT-Three nice large connecting
 rooms with modern improvements. $15. sos Adams Ave, references exchanged. Apply cos Adams Ave. --f2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26

STAMPING--Shift Waist Designs. Helios
 Peri Lusta Flosses. Embroidery Hoops and Needles, Pictures neatly framed. inexpens- lively and quickly. G. F. w. Keynton, io4 Dexter Avenue. ~-16
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

the deliberations of the Roman Senate. and how
Polontus from like protection. overheard The IN
tragic death This form of decoration lends an
air of mysticism and romance WhenekeT en- m
Middle Ages early recognized its artistic value ana
reiigous subjects In these days tapestry is chiefly
availed Of for the purposes of permanent wall aeco
covering OF beautiful furniture. Real hand made
tapestry differs from other weaving processes mas
much as il is from a special design ana us
own cartoon. The design is never repeated as III
the threads do not have 10 be carried along. and
which gives greater latitude in design ana dmpisr
breadth of scope in treatment The colored threads
of silk wool in themselves form the body OF the
material A., ,,o
of tapestry, according TO the methods employed and
cbine-nsde chi socaiIed tapestry which shows its
origin in the cold metallic quality. sells at from
ceiving process somewhat higher in price. is
painted tapestry so-caiied and consists OF Painhg
made tapestry. which is the only process. has re-
and cannot be improved upon, for il is well known
fact that handmade goods are arusticany superior
in price anywhere from $50 to 500 a square yard.
American tapestry. which has received such favor
able comment from judges at home and abroad. is
fen Whose efforts and those of his sons TO educate
ton Of tapestry are matter OF record in the art
world. Under his direction the first piece of
American tapestry, which is now in the possession
of William Baumgarten & Co. was made in 1893.
at the factory in Williamsbridge, which now en-
ploys eighty hands. keeping forty looms busy. II is
the aim of his successors to endeavor TO bring the
high standard in America, such. for in
stance II in France during the eighteenth
century 1t is necessary to see the specimens of
American tapestry at their Fifth avenue galleries
in order TO appreciate them, and TO also admire
tapestry and tapestry furniture of different nations
and epochs. For instance. a tapestry cantonniere.
of the period of Louis XVI, of beautiful design
piece of antique damask. is a splendid
suggestion for decorationg doorway instead of
the conventional porricre In tapestry furniture
seven-piece sets in the style OF Louis XIV XVI,
covered with tapestry of the period, valued at
$5ogr. In Italian Renaissance there some
beautiful carved chairs with their corresponding
tapestry. Especially valuable. too, IS anything
where sixteenth century material is employed. II
is very rare, and almost any price may be obtained
for it, the smallest pieces being sedulously sought
and preserved. ..-
Lovers of the beautiful and those whose minds
dwell on Christmas gifts of lasting and substantial
worth, as suggested by this article, may well
member that the value of tapestry increases with
the years.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
FRUITS OF ORIENTAL LOOMS.

While Eastern rugs cannot in this bustling West
ern hemisphere have the religious or tradi-
tonal significance, play the dominant part in
our home decorations they did where there was
no furniture and where the rug became the wall
the deyelonnent 6 IF "a M nOi Paiace OF Il9sdue yet
cational influence of artistic persons have
entail rugs. notably since the Centennial exposition
CT is1s which marks the epoch of our artistic
noted that the lmportations are to-day ten times
seding the old-fashonad carpet as floor eovering.
neV S PnbPsi bas rescea ase I'll since modern I par
tive perfection and positive utility It is prac
which forbade priced rug TO be trod upon by any
harsh foot covering which chiefly accounts for the
claimed the soft caress Of shoeless feet toned
10 perfect9n ,he color harm3nles and brought for;
though they be to a ruthless civilization, it
is stu possible to appreciate their wonderful color
mysterious symbolic figures Of patterns eentuTies
corning ones,' Ebert Hubbard calls people of
one 10 attach a romantic history tragic story or
love tale TO the weaves from never changing Per
person animated 9 by thoughts Of Chrismas Civ
ing ing 6 Jhks 9l ms e nr arG Of
or one which leads 10 wanderings among places
aTtstic Charm and lasting chsraeter of rugs IS 50
The srnediate N qgestien arises as to the genuine
Americans and many at home have been the VIC
Tins Of interruptions merchants and itinerant
.,
advice of established importer because X
& al aacons Tere rne are aGR
works the subject TO be found only in
some of the great libraries which are not always
available which the average person has not the
time to read An interesting guide to general
knowledge OF this question is furnished by a book
published by the rug importing department of the
II. B. Ciafiin Company. and which will be mailed
on request II is entitled Rugs and Carpets from
the Orient" and contains profusion of interest
ing views of the East, particularly Of CONSTANT
nopie, the great rug market of the world, and
many plates illustrating the characteristics Of the
dict rfiv of hat u1VSf 10 LAM
Mountains of rugs from Persia, India, Turkey.
Caucasia and other Asiatic making centres
cover the floor of this firms importing depart
rnent One bewilders in the choice. Sarouk
weaves one of the finest of Persian. making a
very soft and mellow effect, made near Teheran.
entirely different from the Tahriz or Kermanshah
makes ands sell anywhere from $500 to $500, ac-
cording to size and quality. The TabriZ silk
are also very attractive ranging from 5000 TO $3.50
in price. Anatoans of the fabric also
They range from S35 to SIS apiece. and
one finds also here infinite variety of hanging
and prayer rugs of all grades.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
A DELICATE TASK

Those who imagine there Is little difference be-
tween opening in the interests of science. grave
closed some thousands OF years and the practice
of the ordinary grave robber or body snatCheT who
performs his villanous work overnight may be
interested 10 learn that il took two experts and
their corps of assistants more than two months To
clear out the tomb of Senbtes. Where the grave
robber depends chiefly upon luck and his spade
these scientific tomb openers depended chiefly upon
boiling hot paraffin and the camera In
deed Mr. Lythgoe says that had it not been for the
use of parafin Il would have been impossible to
have saved intact the valuable ceremonial! whip.
besides portions of the ceremonial staves portions
of necklaces and other highly priced articles which
were found in the tomb and now have a place in
tho collection recently opened to view AT the Met
ropotan Museum
Long years OF decay had rendered the wooden
and textile parts of such objects so fragile that
10 attempt TO handle them in the condition IN
which they were found would have caused them
TO crumbie away into shapeless mass So the
searchers after carefully picking away and brush
ing aside surrounding debris. flooded the relics with
boiling hot parafin. This substance saturafIs
the nbrous portions. bound the whole together In
one solid mass the wax cooled. making II pos
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
CRAVE ROBBING
BY SCIENTISTS.
Ill THE ODIUM REWOTED
RY GENERAL SANCTION.
american Explorers Rife the CoH"
of q Woman Who Died
about 5000 B. {.

. 80 =, obo4orraphs illustrating this article will be
found to-day in Part ID
80 S,a &c mt psneraJIv associate forced entrance
e., tonb the prying open of collins the stripping
of ornaments from the bodies of the deao' "i'i.
ANYTHING like delcacy or skill Sucn an act y.
vandalism declares the average reader might WIN
he perfornled by the lowest type Of thug Inc soe-
eeston that the services of skilled ar,isanS ar
needed for such grewsome undertaking seems
beyond comprehension at first glance and yet II -
due to the fact that the Metropolitan Museum vi
Art has employed only such men for THIS Woih
that the New York public is nov able 10 lhsp:c'
an instructive exhibition OF Egyptian antiquities
recently placed on view.
Not the least interesting portion Of this exnlo''
which is IN many ways distinctive. is coiectioii
of small articles taken from the tomb OF court
lady named Senbtes, and a number OF inter eSti.7 ~
photographs showing the careful even. scentihc'
manner in which the museum set about rhiins ie'
tomb. for Il be confessed that sex mas proen
10 barrier the persistent quest or New iork
great museum for knowledge OF the carry EsSp'ih-
people.
AZ nearly as can. he ascertaned. says Albert VI
Lytlieoe curator of Egyptian antiquities at 'tie
museum Scrbtes woman Of some importance
in the court OF King Amenemhat l. belonging 10
the twelfth dynasty. about 2oO-lloo b & LII
F,IIiott-smitb professor of anatomy at the Cairo
School OF Medicine, who examined what remained
of her body after Senbtess tomb had been opened
says she a small. slenderly built woman ABOUT
ffty years old She had an attractive but al
most infantile face. the distinctive feature OF "hch
were large round eyes and well proportioned
nose. not too aquine. nor too fiat Doubtless,
Senbtes had extremely pleasing personality IN
life but her looks were rot what has entitled her
belongings to such prominent place in the exhoi-
ton of Egyptian antiques here in New York in the
wear A. D. 1897 Their prominence is due entirely
TO the fact that her tomb happened 10 be the one
among hundreds from which MIR. Lyth6oe ana MS
assistants BY exercising the utmost care and Skill
uere enabled 10 reconstruct in reverse order the
In Epr
back in the time OF the twelfth dynasty as
clearly as If it had taken place yesterday And.
further they found it possible to record many OF
these different steps in the burial preparations by
actual photographs. Then, too they were enabled
to preserve from Senbtess tomb what is said 10 be
the only complete ceremonial whip or scourge ever
found In the history of exploration il the field Of
Egyptian antiquities
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
WD[CIOUS ECONOMY
USED THIS XMAS.
THESE PRESENTS HAVE
PERM4NENT P1LGE.
Happily Unite IN Ihemsei0es
= Luxury and Sagaciously
Chosen Investment.

-- ,;~,. is fast approaching when the WINTER
,-,ioo occurs The DAYS reach their climax OF
-, sro-+eniny on December z, alter "hhi'
-, ,,.,ifx-inr sun begins 10 return TO the eaIth'
., the acute period of winter rs, ASTRONOMERS
- -rY,is event Of the seasons, which mas oeefl
Io,a-ad t,,- ma gan nations far back as history
as 80 a,so the period at which the CrrlstIah
,as of the world tenderly commemorate 'ne
;,ersary of the birth of the Saviour Ihls CO.
.asao,ce .xplaius the curious medley OF pagan
us,on,s and rites engrafIed the Christian re-
lip,o,s festival. The clergy of the early 0hiIsuan
49,, rnable TO entirely abolish these rites, deeply
,ooted in the hearts of the people. gradually sue
coded in giving them a religious slsnlncahce'
There was a universal tendency among the ma
,rs of remote antiquity 10 worship the sun. as the
,iyer Of life and light and the visible manesfa-
SIC rhe Festivities held after the winter sostlSe.
.he Romans celebrated the rites OF SatuLll, 'a
[str7er of the gods: the ScandinaVlans. 1hoSe %
ta5jn or Wooden. the father OF Thor; tne fe
IF their cod of Light. Mithras-appaTentiy lhe
same as the Irish Mithr: and the FlisIlSlahs' nia
Baais From these, and other ancient @ peutiISs -
have descended 10 Us ne mos % :, p oe ScanISinav-
Christmas customs. The Nuie los Is OF
san origin and derived from the custom OF uE u u
ing huge logs at the festival OF Juul or ni.tt M
..oIs-ice in honor of the God JhoT fToil LIE LIE
1ree suggestion so firmly rooted among Ine d IeI
tonic peoples and popularizeo IN tnsldlu, ~ LioN
eTp times by Queen Victoria after ner if,
The rnistletoe of pleasant memory, OF III
..ini,at;on AT this season, gives touch or tne
1rvstsc rites of the Druids, who consloefeu II
sacred especially If found on the OAK ChrlseInas
decorations of green leaves or oousfls are
Of Druidical and also Of Jewish origin me ia.-
,er Uho used clustered lamps and torches al theIr
feetival of Light decked their dwellings ana places
of worship with flowers and eVersreehs at uo
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

lady wrapped in cloth. The vases vera 40 -.
baster, with painted wooden heads, ana ~. -
containing them had originally been a.,.~.so ~.
with strips of gold leaf and inscribed hut .el
Inscriptions were undecipherable e
Though the outer coffin had practicable
bied away, the searchers found that tha 80,
coffin. which was of hard wood thourbt - ~
cedar, was in almost perfect condition a. %
scrption upon a broad band of gold lea, -. '
down the centre Of the lid gave the n.rn.. =. Us
persons for whom the tomb had been cons,-,..A' '
Senbtes and Haplsit. The edges and ..
had also been decorated with gold Leaf 49,
having been glued to thin layer Of n,as,a.-s'
stead of directly to the wood. had Ioosenss = -, ,
had to be stuck on inch Sy inch BY tho ssa..,.N e
A gilded eye panel, with inlad eyes or 49,.
ter and obsdian. found upon the nor,,- ..
of the east side of the coffin u
When the cover of this second comm wa.
there were revealed the relics of what b,s -
about ten or twelve fringed shawls orir,nor, 81 s
ing The box to the top. Each had be., -.
double and laid loosely over the inner o- 80.
coffin. and 1t was between the layers forrs ',''
them that the ceremonial slaves and tba s ~
monial whip were found. On the right So
searchers came across peculiar double stsf, :.
use of which is unknown. and on the left x,d - 80
found one plain staff, a staff with a fortsa -,
tom. two bows. a staff with a crooked b,,d,
straight uas-head staff. a curly uas-head $50,
mace with wooden handle and elaborate he,a "
under all. the highly priced ceremonial whi, -
on view at the museum NV"
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
FRENCH CHINA MUCH ADMIRED

Artistic china. made. for instance. in France
is another wise investment In Christmas giving
because with its utility of purpose It also carries a
sense Of delight account of its beauty as a part
OF the decorative scheme of the table Jointly with
glistenlng sliVerWare shining glass and snow
white napery. The shops contain q bewildering
variety OF styles for dinner sets single pieces OF
all grades and prices. At this season of the year
china with designs and borders of nistletoe or
holly are most popular. IL is curious to note in
this connection how great is the influence of the
seasons on the selections of china. Those with
ornamental borders of pink roses or floral Wreaths
nnd favor IN the spring or summer, while during
the fall or the holiday the evergreen plant
designs are eagerly sought AS styles this orna-
mental fashion just described, technically known
spray decoration with more or less gold on the
edge. is the most popular for general usage with
the average family. The growing tendency. espe-
cially for formal occasions is. however toward the
palmer and more severe Old English Chelsea
which harmonzes more fittingly with Colonial or
mission decorated schemes. Prices range from $50
for the spray decoration sets up to 81 800 for the
finest sets. with double lines of encrusted brush
gold which is sunk into the glaze cannot there
fore be washed off. Referring again to the subject
of fashions. the exquisite designs of the historic
epochs of French Renaissance still prevail in the
very fine grades and shown in Louis XIV and
XVI styles in the traditional effects immortalized
by Boucher and others Efforts to implant the
'nouveau art in china decoration have not met
with any enthusiastic support. so far as the popu-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
81
PEARL la VALERIE.

Il of Tabernacle: and Celtic peoples employed
IN etoe. holly and other green things to proplale
The woodland spriteh .,. .. ,o
rlounced of modern Christmas customs. seems py
all accounts to have originated with the ROMANS
in connection with their saturnalias. during those
pureIy material and pleasure-seeking feStlFltles
To-day. the Xmas gift ever a problem. seems
TO be a vexed question of the hour: for Christmas
a time for the ministTatons OF charity. relglons
devotion and the exchange of gifts between TTlenos
overtakes this year just as the country IS
emerging from a period of financial stringency
Currency has been withheld and credits are still
somewhat restricted. There is of consequence, an
imperative need for economy IN all expenditures
According. however. 10 dealers in things beautfui
and useful, and of permanent value. there has
been a marked tendency toward JudicioUs buying,
and no great demand for cheap or trivial articles
Economy. in the minds buyers of the first class
evidently means exercising a wise and careful
choice both in the character and number OF gifts,
rather than d diminished outlaying Of money
Gifts. though luxurious, may be judicOus invest
ment and may thus institute wise economy. And
the fortunate reci- ats VIII be correspondingiy
grateful, not writer humorOusly puts il.
because hIt may deed be blessed give
than receive, br+ when the former luxury is not
within ones hoL-. reach, il is blessed. re-
ceive from those thoroughly loves. but for the
reason that such gifts lasting reminders OF the
donors loving and wise benehcence.
Among the infinite variety of tasteful and splen-
did articles Of decoration. adornment instruction
which meet with the favor of the sagacious a few
pres