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New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE

ssSome one wishes 10 speak to you over the tele-
phone DR. Barnard said the callboy Of the hotel
terlporariiy -tOh, yes" said DIR. Barnard, In re
sponse 10 a woman's voice which announced, L
Mrs. Wegg-
Dr Barnard was surprised for Mr.. Wegg
Rad asked him deliver address before the
Young Mems Christian Association. and he had
promised a reply in few days
fiOh YES" he answered. and waited for an In
cuiry concerning the address The inquiry came,
but IL was a little different
-wim you please tell me- asked the woman
pleasantly. '-where i can have my poodle dog
trained?''
saWeIl-eh-eh--really. Mrs Wegg. j don't think
/ know replied the astounded clergyman He was
used all sorts OF demands, but this was the
strangest yet
You don't know? Why. isn't this DR.. Barnard?'
Yes"
And you can't tell where get my dog
trained?" the woman persisted.
No I'm very sorry. but don't really know"
replied The minister apologetically but II you'll
added. rejecting that this was new parish. and
OF course. il he expected TO know about
poodies-
He asked the hotel clerks assistance. and pres
entity returned 20 the telephone. He greeted
BY the sound of q much excited masculine voice
demanding, Please let have the line moment
Mrs Wesg
IT was the embarrassed Mr. Wegg who spoke
aad who a. once began to offer contrite apologies
TO the clergyman. with the explanation that the
-aents. and that at the precise moment when Mr.
We&e, below stairs calling DIR. Barnard, the
clergyman, Mrs Wegg, upstairs, was calling DR..
Barnard, the veterinary surgeon.
fortunate one, Mrs. Wegg thought Still il might
nase xorxe-if for example, her husband had
asked the veterinary to address the Young Mems
Christian AssociatioH.-Youth's Companion.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
EARLY USE OF KITES.

DR. Rotch continues: Kites were employed to
get temperatures of a hundred feet or more above
the Arctic ocean early in the nineteenth century.
ard In 1871 w. r. Brit, of the Kew Observatory.
England. flew kite for the purpose OF measuring
temperature. humidity. wino velocity. etc In 1852
Douglas Archibald. in England. revived the use of
kites for meteorological observations and outlined
comprehensive scheme OF exploring the air with
kites. which included almost all that been
done since" Mr.. Archtbalds experiments. Dr.
Rotch explains were never completed. but mis-
the honor i'm 1887 OF taking the first photo
graph from kite. method which Messrs. Datut
and Wenz developed in France and Messrs- Eddy
and Weglom in the United States
I'm August. 1884, says DR.. Rotch. William A.
Eddy. of New Jersey brought his kites Blue
Hill. and with them lifted Richard thermOgraph
which had been partly reconstructed of aluminium
by Mr.. Ferguson. of the observatory. so that 10
weighed about two and a quarter pounds. 10 the
height of 1.4O0 feet. and here the earliest auto
matte record of temperature was obtained by a
kite"
1t was a couple OF years later that Dr. Rotch
began his experiments extensive scale.
In January 1897. the Smithsonian Institution grant
ed him sum TO work upon the problem OF get
ting records of the properties of the atmosphere
at points far away from the earth. Kites were
flown as high as eleven thousand feet with instru-
ments attached, but TO do this an anchored steam
engine had to be constructed and strong piano
wire used. St later kites sent up over
fifteen thousand feet. and twenty-four records
cured from this height.
In the mean time investigators I'm Europe had
conceived the idea of sending up what they called
.ballons-sondes These were rubber balloons 81
various sizes. four five To- ten feet in diameter,
dilated with gas. TO them attached small
parachutes. with baskets carrying self-recordIng
instruments. AS the balloon ascended and atmos-
pheric pressure lessened. the bag expanded until.
reaching the limit of its tension. the rubber broke
and released the parachute with it's precious bur-
den. These foated gradually TO the ground. he
picked up and returned for nominal reward
Theoretically il supposed the rubber bags
burst suddenly but experience showed that
balloon expanded the pores in the rubber opened
gradually allowing the escape OF only small GUAM
titles of This enabled some of the balloons
to reach much higher attitudes than a nrst
hoped for.
AT ST. Louis. aided partly by the Smithsonian
Institution, DIR. Rotch released balloons Of this
sort properly equipped ito ascertain the annual
variation of temperature in the free at great
heights" Says DIR. Rotch:
Twelve balloons were dispatched In July, 11ok.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
KOSHER DELMONICO'S.

Chinese restaurants. of which famous to
be found in Mott street and Pe we'll as
in the gay haunts OF the Rialto. better known.
Their delicious bundled duck, mushroom delicacies.
birds nest and lotus lily seed soups, yet-go main,
chaw main, chop suey and other tempting dishes
draw their nightly crowds-for some of the places
open only at highland good Chinese cookery is a
distinct New York institution.
Well known in the Far West and South we'll
a in the North, is Kosher Delmonicos, in the
business part of the upper wholesale quarter of
New York Since 1857 French chef has prepared
Jewish dishes for the wealthy business men who
frequent the big place al luncheon hours, some of
them going distance to enjoy its excellent
fare No milk butter. cream game OF the kind
that is shot appears upon the tables of this restau
rant; otherwise 1t has the usual appearance of a
quiet refined place, where men OF means and eis-
gather for unhurried repasts.
New York -essayed East Indian restau-
rant, setting the head of it. in attractive
East Indian establishment in Fifth avenue Sherry s
expert currie chef. Somehow, people of taste in
New York did not seem TO take to dishes OF Hindu
taste and the Oriental draperies folded themselves
into obscur1ty, along with the currie chef, carved
teakwood and dishes of caste too high to tempt
Occidental appetites.
On Bryant Square is, perhaps. the most fashiona-
bic bohemian cafe in New York 1t is also high
priced. Quiet respectabty dimes upstairs in the
evenings and goes home something after O'clock
JJnQuiet respectabty in orders. uniforms and the
panoply of wealth. gather in the cafe downstairs
later. and the crowd the smoke and the fun grow
thicker the evening grows to morning. People
sing and recite. The atmosphere is that of a sub
limated Marias, which so long held the bohemian
fraternity.
inother of the older bohemian resorts is Hum
earan in character and in lower Second avenue
will always remember IL for its peculiar
method of cooking purple cabbage
Patterned after Maxims in Paris is lively
French restaurant in Broadway. No woman may
without escort. 1t doesn't matter whether
has a dozen Neither does matter whether
a dozen women claim lone protector.
1t is the rule of the place that every weman must
have a suitable guardian. She needs one. for many
remember a certain New Years Eve when such
a fight took place between patrons and walters
that six women tainted, and all took In q
New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
CAFE FOR LOVERS.

This rnonotouy is varied elsewhere however, IN
restaurant not far distant known as Cupia @
Cafe for the reason that many matches have been
made after the first meetings at this care EIsh-
cen marriages have already followed quickly upon
these meetings. and now the happy pflueBFooih
owner of the place has fitted UP wedding hanquet
hall and wedding breakfast rooms at the request
of his guests He and his bride genially make the
introductions when they divine where a match
should take place. and their matches have all been
happy ones Il is said that the walters smile at
the beginning of the romance over the soup; tie
up ,he cake with white satin ribbon and serve
orange blossoms with the cheese. They hover
around at this stage OF the repast, ready 10 fur-
nsh either an engagement or a wedding ring-ot
which they have large vestpocket line in stosk-
and beckon for a check is likely as not to send
one flying for the minister. who is always handy
In this Hungarian restaurant NJ Akst the COM
poser leads the orchestra, while well dressed per-
sons consume goulash. kahrdb. weinaschunltzer
and a small bottle with the title ostr. Magyar Bor
Macy -kereskedok Somlai Lalzko Testxerek, Buda-
pest" Looking At the name. rather than the Dot
tie man feels that he has got the worth OF ms
money.
Popular Hungarian restaurants have long had
certain vogue. but how many know OF the gorgeous
japanese restaurants frequenfed by people or lux
urious tastes and long pocketbooks? A handsome
one is on the West side, above Bd street. Rlch
rugs fine paintings. rare tapsetries-some OF them
centuries old-and all classes of ornaments known
TO Japanese lend themselves TO the beautifying
of this place, side wall of which is hung with
royal purple a color forbidden such use in Japan.
The ia bes are adorned that the delicate orchids
blooming upon them seem the only suitable flowers
for such luxury. Since the Japanese do not care
much for meats and hate grease. the favorite
dishes fish, game, vegetables. sweetmeats-
which are very sweet-with soy and other Oriental
seasonings poured the food. 1t costs one
50 TO s25 to dine in this place. where every
Japanese, upon entering. bows profoundly to
picture of the fire god before beginning to eat 1t
is the custom for wealthy japanese TO engage the
entire place when they wish to entertain a party
of friends for the evening. After dining there
games of chess the like, amid the fumes of
incense and cigarette smoke.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
FURTHER RESEARCH PLANNED.

Df. ROtch has this year travelled 10 EUROPE,
studying the methods and results OF foreign me-
teOrOlogists. In October. however he proposes
making further researches. assisted by his nrs-
hand knowledge of what others are doing along
the same line.
Since the study OF meteOrolOgy as an organized
science In this country was practically originated
by the Smithsonian Institution through It's Hrse
Secretary. Professor Joseph Henry. IL has oee1
the policy of the institution to encourage r
searches in this direction The present Secretary.
Charles d WaIcOtt. has just signed further
grant from the HOdgkins fund aid in The con-
tinuancs OF Dr. ROtch's Investigations
Here in brief Is what the Institution has done n
meteOrolOgy: As early as ls41, year after tns
founding of the institution the Board Ct Resenis
its governing bod. appropriated for instrunen1s
and other expenses connected with metecroloslei
observations. one thousand dollars" Later IN CON,
nectiOn with newly established seJli-oncla'
weather services conducted by the Navy De-
partment and the Patent Offcr through hosts
of correspondents. the Smithsonian Institution o.
came bureau for the diffusion of kn0WiedSe p
the weather and OF storm warnings The most
effective step in the development of the smi'nse,
nian Weather Service. however, was taken ID I,-'
by Secretary Henry IL was the securing Io''
a number of telegraph companies at cerus. -
period OF the day. the Of their wires tor
the transmission of meteorological tnteihSehce-
Says government official Of the adoption OF ''''
system:
such was the beginning of the teIesraph.s
weather service and BY means cf these repol.
predictions of coming storms. with all recOs"As
advantages TO the country at large we're nhss, -,
possible. This service continued unul '"7
disturbances of the Civil War
Several years later the idea of posting an - -
line map of the country with weather syh01-s
was put into effect. An old manuscript written ~
Professor Henry himself speaks OF II IN 49,
words The first practical application wnlcn Wa
attempted OF the principle We have mentloas1 ~ -
made by this institution in lS6: the in'ofiiSe. -
carried by telegraphc dispatches In regard % ~ ~
weather was daily exhibited BY means OF az
ferently colOred tokens. a map OF the ~
States as TO show at one view the meteoto..-,
ical condition OF the atmosphere over the Nag'
country. At the same time publication OF 80
graphic dispatches was made IN the newspapers
This map hung where the public eouia 80 -
access TO IT, and signals first published oy 'n'
floating OF flags from the high tower or ne - -
tuition. This was the United States Neathsf %
vice fifty years ago.
Since the Civil War and the subsequent tfaas's,
OF the Weather Service first 20 the Signal CORPS
the Army. and then a separate bureau - ~,
Department of Agriculture the Smithsonian it ins.
tuition has superiEtended the compilation o. -,
liable meteorological tables and promoted oris In
studies in meteorology such as those huN -.
Quoted by Or. Rotch-
New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
WHY BILL WAS UMPIRE.

4 cricket match was being played In meadow
adjacent to Farmer Cowsticks orchard and the
worthy agriculturist was at the wicket
There had been great difficulty about umpire
for this match, and when boy from the local
school for young gentlemen volunteered to act he
gladly accepted.
Presently TO all appearances the farmer run
out, but the umpire said no: and in the next over
he obviously stumped, but still the decision
IN his favor much to the wicket keepers dis
gust Then when the farmer had compiled over
fifty runs. he palpably leg before
lows that% called the bowler.
The youthful umpire hesitated his decision
and looked uncomfortable. with a glance
over his shoulder in the direction of the orchard.
Then a juvenile voice hurtled across the meadow
from the direction of the lane:
tYou give the old cock out now, Billy
we've got all the plums WANT
The farmer didn't wait for the official decision,
nor did the umpire stay to give it.-rit-pits.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
FOR ALL THE LITTLE TAFTS.

Secretary Taft hugest statesman OF his time.
took yellow ia Washington 10 go 10 the Capt.
tol-
He nearly fiied the seat, but at 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue small boy got and tim
idly down beside the gigantic Secretary.
The small boy wore what was obviously suit
OF clothes made for him from his father s
Clothes lie rather proud Of IL. too. for after
riding hock two ne said TO the Secretary:
My made this suit OF
papa's-
Indeed" said the Secretary: Il think it Is a
very pretty suit
The small boy looked the big Secretary over
Say. mister" he said. after the survey was COM
plete6, how Of your little boys has TO wear
saw eloehesf'-Ssturday Evening Post.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-11

in their automobile last week, registered AT the
Allyn House. Hartford, Conn, Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Sanger Snow, accompa-
MED nv Mrs Harold Humphreys and Sterling
Bell were at the Allyn House Monday.
Mrs Charles L. Rickerson was registered last
week at the Pine Grove Springs Hotel, Lake
Spofford N II.
Mr. and Mrs James Stokes are touring Scot
land in their motor car.
Robert Allan Pinkerton sailed for Europe
Thursday on the Bremen
New-York tribune., 1907-08-11

and all but two Of the attached instruments vers
recovered. Their automatic records OF barousi-,
pressure and afr temperature showed an extrsns
height of nearly miles. with the lowest tern-
peraturs of seventy-fOur degrees below zerc.
Fahrenheit. a less altitude The place ard tine
speed OF the air currents. All Of the last twenty
balloons and instruments sent up in April ant
May. 1886. were returned. some OF them haVl1-
risen ten miles and encountered a temperature Ot
eshty-ive degrees below zero. Fahrenheit egEr
miles above the earth. AT about seven miles a
relatively warm stratum was entered. which vas
found TO be a higher level in summer ard
ant
New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
HELD UP.

"Stop.' shouted the man on the country .s,s
holding up a warning hand Muttertng son'e'@
about rural cops, the automobilist Oheyed =.
Turn around and come back 20 town VIZ. .s;-.
said the stranger. "You were going at least go
ty-five miles hour ,,rc.
You're a constable. I suppose" said ths a.s.A
bilist- with covert sneer. when they hsu
the village ..~.rr
''Me?% replied the passenger. NO. m "a ,ssue
and had 10 in 10 town when ali to s..otp
busy Nice growing weather. fhsnA
by psxnW
Ensuing comment Il purpossIy ouisssa1
dolphta Ledger.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
FIXING IHE DATE.

Young RuggIes did a very thoughtiess thins
What thats''
'He wrote a poem In honor Of a certain yst s-st
woman who had just completed her tweis
birthday and published il in the college paper
Wasn't Il a good poem
Very good
Whats the criticism them ,,ox
why, anybody who wants 20 find OUT ea. ,rx
back any time and discover how Old the -
woman is."-Cfeveland Plain Dealer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31
A nnu,E at GaxleaviIle .

Centre. Ala, March Especial. ) A corpUration to be known as the GayiesvfIls Bank, will shortly be or nanized at Gaylesville in this county, with a capital stock of $12,50o.
 A. B. Russell and J R. Henderson wf1I be president and vice-president of The bank, and J. H. Webb. J. B. Chest nut and A. D. Hudson, directors. The uffHcers and stockholders are all prominent and substantial business men of the county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31
Dinner Set Sale For Monday

EaUR Crockey Department offers special sale of 100piece W Dinner Sts for Monday This is the first sale in the crockey departments quarters The elevator will place you seconds coming for It's bargain chance for housekep hotel and restaurants Regular SemiPorcelain China 00-pece China Dinner Set Dresden effects four bands of gold with gold handlesGf0 7 and knobs $2500 value at Vsy'Al Onehundredpece Porcelain Dinner Set green spsss sse effects good value at saa0 Monday $I8.33 Regular $500 set of 100 pieces Semi Porcelain Cf 9Q very dainty decorations, for Monday pI4s JO
 China Dinner Set of 101 pieces decorations of &k0 On gold and green, $25O0 value Monday PIysVV special sale Monday at the following prices:
 1quart. .$1.49 2quarts. $1.74
 3quarts. ... $198 4quarts. .......$ $249
 Plain white imported SemPorcelain Plate formerly lOc each, Monday only
 1Opiece white and gold Toilet Set for Monday $298 12pece Toilet Set for Monday ..................$ $149
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31

MUSLIN SKIRTS.
 Ladies' Short Skirts made of good muslin, with hemstched ruffle. Special price S0H Monday. .... ........... ......... Ladies Short Skirts made with large hem stitched tucked ruffles, special price 7ON Monday ........ ..... ..., "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31

fects with neck shows another style Torchon lace an tucked yoke shows different style in neck A hol of other styles shown at this price. Special llQ q for Monday ...... ............... yO% plain tucked yokes with hemsttched rufes in neck an sleeves And host of other styles at this spe &f
 Embroidered and tucked yokes, with trimming neck and seevesAnother style is square neck trimme with Embroidery and Ribbon short sleeve effect The there's round neck with of val lace insertion an ribbon sleeves trimmed with val lace and inser- C1 tion. This lot Monday at. at............... Yis0S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31

Short Skirts made with embroi- 0Q N dery or lace, trimmed flounces, only wy
 Ladies' Muslin Petticoats made QnA with tucked ruff1e, wy
 Ladies good quality muslin skirts made witt Ss@.'i''A'a Ssss tucked r'tfi'', special 40C
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-08-22

orange shapes In the Heavens IRE
eeds All Great Events.
Does the advent Of comet presag
war, or pestllence. famine or some 9th
er dire disaster to mankind?
! IT Is the common belief that It does
and to certain extent even noted mel
nave subscribed to the general belize
mat when we see the wayerlng, uncer
tain looking shape In the heavens some
tnlng Is about to happen
There Is even data extant to war.
rant this belief, for history shows that
great many OF the most disastrous
happenings on this earth were preceded
by the appearance OF a comet In the
heavens
Accompanying this article are some
OF the shapes that comets have assumed
In the past which have startled the
credulous and superstitious people Of
earlier days Each OF the comets that
have been reproduced from the most
authentic descriptions Of them obtain
able struck whole nations dumb with
dread.
The ominous shapes of these historic
comets startled careless world and
caused millions Of men and
women to be smitten with terror.
According to tradition each Of the
'ollowlng momentous events was fore
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capital punishment is still pract,sed
= many countries, though Of hts vearn
specially N the United States II b.,
Deen made ~ humane as possible. Thai
clsauon Of the French Revolution. ths
suihotlne, II still used by some coun-
lries, and the old executioner's AZ deal.
out justice in Brunswick.
Inc most humane method Of execu.
.son, the electric chair, Is used only
IN the United States. Spain employ.
tne sarrote, or iron collar, which q
usntened until the victim strangles To
ueatn and in Prussia the heads Of
prisoners are struck on with the sword
me guillotine Is used In Bavaria and
Belgium; and Russia destroys her
criminals BY shooting, hanging. and
with the executioner's sword. The gal
lows Is the Official means Of administer
ing death In Great Britain; Austria
mas adopted the same means i; but Chi
nese criminals are killed by the sword
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Foundation of Japan.

Every Feb. II is celebrated In Japar
the great annual festival of Klgensetsu
the anniversary of the foundation OF
the empire by the first emperor. Jimmu-
tenno, B. c. go. The japanese reckon
their present era as from this date. and
1t was on Feb. II, 1889, that Mutsuhito.
the one hundred and twenty first OF
the dynasty, promulgated the present
constitution of the Empire Of Japan.
the fundamental principle OF which Is
clearly stated in its first article. The
Empire OF Japan shall be reigned over
and governed by line OF emperors IN
broken from ages eternal" The organ
lzation Of parliament took place IN
1890, which IN the japanese reckoning
would be 1850 from Jlmmu's setting up
his capital at Kishlwara, In the prov
Ince OF Yamato. which is regarded BY
japanese historians as the beginning Of
the empire.
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told BY the appearance Of a forbiddlng.

told by the appearance Of forbiddlng
blazing comet in the heavens:
l. The deluge. 234S B. C.
2 The confusion of tongues a
Babel, 221S B. C.
8. The destruction Of Sodom and Go.
morrah, 1898 B. C.
L The overthrow of Pharaoh and
his host in the Red Sea, 1491 B. G.
5. Nebuchadnezzar' bloody Invasion,
1140 B. C.
g. Destruction in Achaea of two
cities-Helise and Bura.
Z. Death of julius Caesar, A B. G.
g. The death of Agrippa, statesman
and geographer, II B. c.
8. The Jewish revolt which led to
destruction Of Jerusalem in 20 a D.
10. Death Of Emperor Nero, So A.
ID.
II. The death of Emperor Yespas-
ian. 70 a. D.
II Death Of Emperor Macrinus, 21s
A d.
10. Death of Emperor Constantine,
$40 A D.
IA Ravaging Of PhrygIa by the os-
trogoths. 800 a. D.
10. Defeat of the Huns under At
tia, 451 A. D.
16. The epidemic that swept the
Eastern hemisphere, 500 A. d.
II. Conquest Of England by the Nor
mans, 1905 A. D.
IS. Death of King Philip Augustus
of France, 1923 A d.
10. The pestilence that swept Eu-
rope, 1905 A. d.
20. The triple terrors, war. famine !
and pestilenee, that swept Europe, 1918
A. D.
q. Death of Charles I. of England,
1915 A. D.
D. The deadly London plague, 1875
A. D.
%. The war of 1872 by comet of
1911 A. D.
"a. Our Civil War, 1851 A. D.
25. The assassination OF President
Garfield, 1881 A. D.
Here are some OF the nations and
'ersons that believed that the advent
( comet presaged disaster:
The antedeluvians, the ancient Jews
rom Abraham to Josephus the Baby :
,nians, the Persians, the PhoenicIans,
ne Chaldeans, the Egyptians, the Gre
ians, the Arabs the Romans, the Eth
'pians, the Franks, the Huns, the Sax
as the Celts, the American Indians.
nd the Chinese; Enoch, Moses, the
rophets of Israel. Alexander the
reat, Origen, TertuH'an, Chrysostom,
onstantine, Bede, Thomas Aquinas
luther, Melancthon, Zwingle. nearly
ore Of Catholic Popes, John Howe,
,retny Taylor, John Knox. Milton,
lakespeare and Kepler.- Chicago In
r Ocean.