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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-01
Good BusIness.

b George B. Cortelyou. the Secretary { of the Treasury. was talking at a dinner about the recent panic. -ts
 "There's story about a well-known railroad man in the panic that Is ai- most too good" said MT. Cortelyou. This man Is kind-hearted, and he was deeply moved by letter that a coun- try parson wrote him when things were looking their worse.
 "The letter ran like this:
 "'Dear. Sir--As the pastor of --- Church, my aim has always been in- vestment and no speculation. Regard ing your railroad as sound business institution, solid as rock. in 1904. I purchased 400 Of its shares at 106. sinking my little all in them. and a great deal more. They have now fall gregation I cannot face as a bankrupt. and at my age-72 years--what am I to do, I throw myself upon your mercy.'
 Well" said Mir. Cortelyou. the banker read this letter several times and each time his pity for the poor old parson increased. Finally. calling his stenographer, he wrote to the man that, considering all the painful cir cumstances of the case. he would him. self buy back the 400 shares at 106, the price the parson had paid for tn em.
 Immediately on receipt of this gen. erous letter, the parson wired to his brokers:
 "'Buy 400 Dash Railways at 55, and send same round to Dash's President, who will give you 106 for them"
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p,ra,t U.e H,, own Goods.


 to New York, declined to answer one of a Washington correspondents ques- tions.
 T shouldn't know my business if l answered such a question as that" said MT. Bryan, smiling. Everyone must know his business; otherwise failure follows; and I'm sure you wouldn't want me to fail like the young sales man of fountain pens.
 "There was, you know. young fountain pen salesman, who, to his great joy, succeeded on his first trip in persuading a stationer to order 5000 pens But all of a sudden the stationer's manner changed to the young man.
 ed. and hurried into his private of- fce. slamming the door behind him.
 Later in the day his bookkeeper said to this stationer:
 May I ask, sir. why you so suddenly countermanded your order for those fountain pens?"
 "'The young salesman the other answered. booked my order in lead penci1."
 Poor George!
 Miss Iva de Chipenham. lecturer of New York. holds that beautiful thoughts make beautiful faces and fig- ures, and that ugly thoughts deform, even as unwholesome work does.
 By taking thought" said Miss de Chipenham, in an interview in Chi cago. you cannot. perhaps. add a cu- bit to your stature; but you can erad- icate round shoulders and sponge wrin- kles away.
 our thoughts mould our faces. form our expression. Thus they give us away. They give us away as much as 70 fk.au rfYrI once gave her away. "Tbis girl sat in an dim-lit parlor on a winter evening with young man. A fire of oak logs blaZed in the grate, and looking into the pink and gold heart of the flame. the girl. who was very pretty. murmured:
 "'How divine, my dearest Hilary "But the young man frowned and started.
 ".IIilary?' he said You mean George, don't you. pet?
 ".Oh. dear she said: how silly of me; thought this was Saturday night.
 Badly Needed.
 "Peter Alvarado. the rich Mexican noine-owner. who recently gave $l0. 000 900 to the poor. is n foe to di- yorce," said Philadelphia broker. "on my last visit to Mexico City l dined with him. and he condemned the spread of divorce bitterly
 "He told an old story on this head: He said young musician exclaimed one day in his hearing:
 "At last, I have fame in my grasp" ..How SOP MT. Alvarado asked.
 ".You know Mendelssohn's Wedding March and the marvellous repute it brought him?' said the musician.
 '" Yes; what of it?' said the million aire. ', going to write divorce march.
 The Athlete Who Studied.
 Anronos of Swarthmore College and Inc abolition of athletics, Reginald Vanderbilt said at a recent dinner in Newport: . .,,. .n,..,o. can be carried too far. remember an incident that beSeH an athletie friend of mine-a Princeton man or Vale man. I forget which--back In .S9.
 .sThis chap. training Tor the hockey team, went stale. The coach sent TOT him and said indignantly:
 ".You're in pretty state. Why n,ar won are as pale and soft as putty Been drinkingT |" .Then YOU are smoking too much ".No sir. 1 haven't touched tobaccC since went into training
 " .Studying?' asked the coach, ..Er-yes, a little,' my friend admit
 a.cood gracious man. exclaimed the
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su,t.d 10 An Annrchist.

 Cornelius Y. Collins. New fork's Su' perintendent of State Prisons, said at Ia recent dinner in Troy:
 Then there is the faddist type or prison warden, the man with some hobby orH other that he quite runs into the ground.
 | q know one such warden. It is his hobby to give his prisoners congeniai work, work which they like and are accustomed to.
 '.He said one day to new convict:
 |" Young man, see that you are sentenced to hard labor. Now in pre- viding you with work shall take your former occupation into account what were you" ed " An Anarchist, sir the convict re- piled.
 < [" 'Ahem.' said the warden, turning to his assistant: then we will put this man to road blasting
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-01

Bankers Say .situation Entirely Dffferent fren lsss-sae- ers That Make for Frospery- Great Rush of Foreigners nack 10 Europe-Record Rental rrices h Big skyscrapers--East sieers Or- ganisc work for CIVIC s =.
 -New workers Lose b,oeo'eeo Art- icles Yearly.
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{. How He -Maue IL VR.
 Clark Williams New York's new su- perintendent of banks. said the other day of bankrupt:
 "It is no wonder the poor fellow went under. When 1t became necessary for him to borrow. the securities that he offered were quite worthless. This fact was pointed, out to him. and he produced other bundles of securities, less valuable. if possible. than the first lot"
 Mir. Williams laughed.
 He reminded me-" he said, "of a waiter whom I heard about the other day. This waiter was summoned ang- rily by a guest.
 "Look here. waiter.' the guest grum- bled, these oyster that you have brought me are bad
 "I know that, sir the waiter an- swered; but we have given you three more than you-ordered to make up for it."
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GOOD STORIES TOLD
 OF PERSONS. YOUKNOW
The FIu.tered Father.
uWuEuTumumnMumuEumuau muaumuFuguHunuM8MurumU

coach, stop 1t at once! Have you nc regard for your varsity"
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LADIES' WOOL VESTS AND PANTS ReguIar S1.0O quality for Mondny, each !. |. .................. 01g
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The FIustered Father.
 Lincoln Beachey the Toledo aero- naut. was heinz congratulated on the $2.000 prize that he won with his diri- gible balloon at St. Louis.
 And how did you feel when you found yourself the victor?' a young girl asked.
 "FeeI?". said Mir. Beachey. laughing. f"Why, I felt excited, fiustered. l felt just like my old Toledo friend, John Humphreys. at the time his first baby i came. -a. 2 ITO Jack Humphreys, covering in his library, the doctor entered. r.Congratuiations MT. Humphrey the doctor said. A fine twelye- pound baby, sirn ! "'Gloriousr. shouted Jack hysterical- ly. And am Q father or a mother. doc?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-01
LADIES UNDERWEAR.

UNION sUITs-Ribbed, fleece back, silk taped neck. good heavy quality,
 worth 75c. for Monday. .4sc
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LADIES' FLEECED RIBBED UNDEEs-
 wEAR--Vests silk faped, pants to match, heavy quality, bIenched or un- .bIeaehed; Monday, each garment. .4sc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-01

LADIES' AND MISSES VESTS AND PANTs--AI sizes. neeced back, silk taped neck, worth 7Se a suit, for
 Monday, 5Oc, or per garment. 25c
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FUR scARFs.

BLACK C0NEy FUR sCAREss- Would be considered nm extra vazae eise-
 where nt $f.50, for Monday s,l.A .0sc-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13
SHOOTS DOGS AT JAIL.
Old and Inhuman Practice Has Been
Revived.

Mayor Davis put a stop to the prac-
tice of keeping and killing stray dogs
at the police station, which was
great annoyance to the residents of
the neighbOrhood, and one of the first
acts of the new regime was to re-
establish the custom. J. w. Core, the
new dog catcher, has been keeping
dogs at the station, and began this
morning to kill some the pests held
over from yesterday b yshooting them
over from yesterday by shooting them
the first dog was attended by unearth-
ly howls, on account of the very poor
killing ability-of the dog officer. While
the dog howled- for mercy, the pro-
fessional mems holding offices in the
Crawford building, across the street
were standing at their windows max
ing remarks which ran all the way
from strong profanity to mild expostu-
lation. "a
All day yesterday, the busy dog col
lector dragged dogs of different sizes
and bowling ability into the jail yard
via the Jail office and hall way, to
await slaughter. The dogs, most of
them, broke out last night, and the in
teresting business of their recapture
morning.
Among the dogs captured was one
adopted by Cleo Bennett, the woman
held in the woman's ward to serve
sentence for larceny. The Cleo dog
made good its escape last night, and
protested vigorously when retaken this
morning.
There ought to be a humane and
sensible way of disposing of dogs This
method is an outrage that should not
be tolerated. Chloroform is cheap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13

Jointists Convicted in Police Court Are
Rearrested.

The combination between the county
and city administration was shown up
In police court this afternoon when S.
Klein and J. Miller were convicted of
maintaining a nuisance.
Assistant County Attorney Atchison
was present and heard the case, and as
soon as the men were fined Chief Eaton
instructed Sergeant Ross to accompany
Attorney Atchison to the court house
and swear out state warrants for the
defendants on the same testimony The
idea of this double cross" is to wear
out the offenders by doubling their
bonds and attorney fees.
Judge Urmy found the defendants
guilty, fined them 500 and 80 days in
Jail each, and set the appeal bond at
$500 each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13

it takes. on an average. sixty-seven
seconds.
The Cresta course. as it is called, is
iced and runs between snow banks.
It's turns are dangerous, and only
skilled coasters venture on it. They
use the American fiat toboggan, lying
on the stomach, and steering not with
the feet, but with lifts and jerks of the
body
A few seconds from the start on
this course the coaster is going at a
speed of twenty miles an hour This
speed soon increases to forty miles.
Faster and faster he flies. swooping
down the precipitous Church leap at
the speed of an express train. and
then on to the long straight Shuttle
cock run. To fifty, to sixty, to seventy,
to eighty miles an hour the pace
grows, till it is like the flight of the
swiftest bird through a binding blur
of snow. Yet the speed still increases,
and at the end of Shuttlecock eighty
seven miles an hour is registered
These Cresta course speeds are not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13
FIRST ROAD FINED
Rock Island Must Pay for ViO-
lating Cattle Law.
Federal Grand Jury Completes
It's Work.

The first decision to be handed
down in the United States involving
the act of congress of June, 1906,
with reference to shipping cattle
without feeding and watering and
commonly known as the "2S hour
law was rendered today by Judge
Pollock in the United States district
court when he fined the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railroad $500
for violation of that law.
The law is simply a cruelty against
animals provision and was enacted to
stop the practices OF shipping cattle
and keeping them out for long hours
on the road without watering and
feeding them. 1t provides that the
cattle must be taken out, watered and
fed, at the eEpirafien of twenty-eight
hours while Shipments are in transit
an extension of this time to eight
more hours may be had upon the
/ written permission of the party ship
ping. Beyond the thirty-six hours,
however, no extension can be secured
IN time.
A large number of these cases have
been filed against the railroads within
the state since the first of the year.
They have been brought al the instance
of the department CT agriculture. The
first of these cases to reach the rooms
of-the court was that against the Rock
J. Zallweger shipped Sc head of cattle
from Calumet, Indian Territory, to
Trower Brothers, Kansas City, Mo, and
at Wichita the cattle were unloaded for
feeding and watering for the first time
en- route This was Al hours and thirty
minutes from the time that the cattle
had first been loaded. On the same
date from the same point w. NJ Balen-
II shipped thirty-two head of cattle con-
signed to the same firm in Kansas City
Both shipments were part of the same
train and made up three cars. Walker
appearing for the Rock Island as attor-
ney made no attempt at a defense. The
maximum penalty provided under the
law $500 on each count with a minimum
:, of 800. H. J. Bone, United States dis
trict attorney held out for the max
imum penalty as his instructions called
for but the court did not consider 1t
advisable to assess the extreme penalty
on the first case that presented itself
for trial and made the fine at 500 for
each car of stock or practically $3.50 for
each count.
Judge Pollock seemed to think that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13
BRoDIs SAID "THANK YOU"
Didn't Care for a Job on the Topeka
Police Force.

.Lucien Brodis, a competent colored
man who was appointed on the new
police force, decided, before he went
10 work, that he didn't care for the
job, and quit before he began. 1t is
rumored that when Brodis was called
in for instructions, he was told to To-
cate a few joints as a starter Brodis
served some time on the police force
in former years, and acquired the
regular policemans distaste for this
work, so he renounced the job. Police
men have been in the habit of winking
at this particular violation of the law.
Jake Maze, one of the first class pa
tromen discharged With the first batch
has been reinstated to fill the place
refused by Brodis. Maze is good
officer of long experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13
BALL BROKE HER NOSE.
Mrs. j, II. Stanton Severely Injured
by Boys Playing in Street.

Mrs. ]. H. Stanton, of 430 Lafayette
street, was seriously injured last even
ing by being stuck in the face with a
ball, thrown by boys who were playing
in the street.
Mrs. Stanton was walking on Fourth
street near he home, when the ball
struck her, crushing her nose and cheek
bone. h
Delbert Lowrey, an 11-year-old boy,
was later arrested by Officer Wonderly
on the charge of disorderly conduct.
Although the injury to Mrs. Stanton
was accidental. it was the result of a
violation of the ordinance which. pro-
hibits the playing of ball in the streets.
The boy was released by the police,
but his father will turn him over to
the juvenile court today. Lowrey and
some other boys were playing catch,
and the high wind DETECTED the ball
from its course.
Or. Boam, who attended Mrs. STAN
ton, says that she will be disfgured for
life
Delbert Lowrey, the 11-year-old boy of
No. 800 Monroe street, who threw the
baseball yesterday afternoon while
playing with some boys on East Fourth
street which struck Mrs. ]. H. Stanton
of No. 430 Lafayette street in the face
and broke her nose, was before Judge
Hayden in the juvenile court this morn
ing. With him was Walter Bradley,
who missed the ball that Lowrey threw
when it hit Mrs. Stanton. These boys
were arrested last night by Policeman
James and bound over to the probate
court.
Neither Officer James nor any other
complainant appeared against the boys
in the Juvenile court this morning
Judge Hayden was satisfied that the in
jury to Mrs. Stanton was purely acct
dental as far as any intent on the
part of the. boys was concerned and
discharged them, but not until he had
admonished them against playing ball
in the street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13
WAS CHRIST IN THIS PRISON?
E. Harris Tells of Strange Discoverie.
in Jerusalem.

Mr.. E. Harris, native of Jerusalem,
who is in Topeka at the National hotel
talks Interestingly of recent discover
les by religious societies connected with
the life of Jesus Christ
THE Greek Catholic church in Ter
usalcm," said he, GOWNS a piece of pro-
perty, upon which stood several old
houst s. The church Committee decid-
ed to build a large building upon the
ground, and while. the workmen were
digging for tho foundations they dis
covered small passagew dug into
the rock LorthWards. This passage
steps cut out in the rock. and was
was found to be Is feet long, 10 feet
high and feet wide. To the south of
this passage a distance of from to
rect from the entrance, they found a
doorway which leaos into a room hewn
out Of the rock 20 feet square and 7
feet high. On the south side of this
chamber was a bench cut out in the
rock, out of the wall 21s feet wide and
feet long. In this chamber there are
also two cir holes dug through the
rock and barred with iron bars In
the floor Of this chamber there is a
large iron ring sunk into the rock.
1T is believed by scholars that this
rock hewn chamber was a prison for
solitary confinement, ard that the large
iron ring sunk in the floor of this room,
was used to fasten the chains of the
prisoner.
Those who are historically versed in
the mode of prison life of those times,
will know that this chamber was a
prison for one solitary person, and no.
bodf but great men would be confined
in such a prison. On the left side of
the stone steps which led to this cham
Der, another rock cut chamber was
discovered % feet square. In the CELL
ing of this chamber, were found many
rings sunk into the rock, which evident
ly were used for public prison for the
many, and the other room as a special
prison for one man. In the walls of
this room we're several shelves on which
were many pottery lamps. In the north
corner of this chamber, is an opening
in the floor leading down into a cave
dug under 1T and much larger than the
upper chamber itself This cave was
full of human skeletons and bones.
Evidently one is led to believe that
this cave was used as a burial place
for those who died in the prison. In
the south wall of the upper chamber
were two sentry boxes hewn in the wall
for the guards of the prison.
What makes this discovery of great
Importance is that its location is with
in n few. yards Of the place now shown
and known as Pilates Judgment hall.
III Christmas cast into prison before
he was Convicted, he must have been
confined In this solitary prison. as this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13
ENJOINS BREWERS
Supreme Court Orders Them
to Quit Business Here.
Must Not Take Their Goods Out
of State.

At 2:30 this afternoon the supreme
court justices. in a verbal communi-
cation to clerk of the court, announc-
ed that the restraining order asked for
by the attorney genera against eleven
breweries and allied concerns, to pre-
vent their moving property outside of
the state, had been allowed.
This also prohibits the agents of
breweries in Kansas from transact
ing business until the hearing of the
case.
The application for the appointment
of receivers to take possession of all
the brewery property in Kansas was
set down for hearing on April p, at
$50 o'clock
The following are the brewerieS af-
fected by the order:
The Rochester Brewing company
and H. G.. Anderson, its agent in To-
peka.
The Anheuser-Busch Brewing COM
pany and George Link, its agent in
Leavenworth.
The Val Blatz Brewing company
and Robert Kneisler, its agent in
Leavenworth, and H. Robinovitz, its
The Kansas City Breweries COM
pany.
The Imperial Brewing company.
The Joseph H. Schlitz Brewing COM
peka.
The Helm Brewing company and C..
w. Curtis, it's agent in Topeka.
The Pabst Brewing company and G.
L. Covey and J. B. Eudaly, it's agents
in Lawrence, and c. w. Curtis, its
agent in Topeka.
The Ferd Helm Brewing company and
E. F. Schmidt and H. Robinovitz, its
agents in Atchison.
The Helm Real Estate company, hold
ing the Helm property in Kansas.
The Mahan Supply company, an Ari-
IONA corporation, Thomas H. Mahan,
J. p Mahan, F. B. Garcelon and Will
lam Meyer, the owners. This is a whole
sale liquor house in Wichita. 1t is the
agent of several breweIies and distil-
leries.
The following is the ground covered
by the restraining order of the court:
ITO not sell, transfer, remove or
dispose of any of the property of said
defendant, now occupied, owned or
held by it within the state of Kansas
and to not use any of said property in
violation of any of the laws of the
state of Kansas and particularly not
to use any of said property in the un-
lawful sale, barter or delivery of in
toxicating liquors within the state of
Kansas, nor in keeping or maintaining
a place where persons are permitted
to resort for the purpose of drinking
Intoxicating liquors as a beverage, nor
in keeping a place where Intoxicating
liquors are kept for sale, barter or de-
livery in violation of law"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13
LOCAL MENTION.

Rev. E. T. Ffshback, of Louisville
KY, will address the colored depart
ment of the Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday after
noon at 8 o'clock Subject: THE
Thing Begun But Never Ended"
Here is a little piece of news which
is printed for the coincidence of Wash
burn. The Baker debating team
which defeated Washburn last week
was defeated by Kansas university in
a debate at Baldwin last night, K. U.
receiving the decision of two of the
judges.
The Holton high school baseball
team arrived in Topeka this morning
and this afternoon they are playing
the Washburn academy on the Wash
burn grounds.
The small dwelling at 926 Clay street
was burned last evening. The fire start
ed from an incendiary source. The
house was vacant.
Waggener. Orr & Challis may be re-
tanned by the Uncle Sam Oil company
to fight the attempt to appoint a re-
ceiver for the company next week.
The waterworks department has COM
pleted the road to the up river pump
ing plant and an agitation is now be-
ing started for the construction of a
macadem road in Auburndale leading to
the newly constructed cinder road built
by the waterworks trustees.
Court of Honor free entertainment
Tuesday, April 16.
Rev. john Bright ana MIS-. Bright
have gone on a visit of several weeks
to their son, Rev. Luther Bright at
Fairfield, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Funk and daugh-
ter Genevieve, of Marion. are visiting
in the city with Mr.. and Mrs. J. H.
Smith, at 917 Clay street.
Mrs C. c. Coleman of Clay Center,
is visiting her son, Preston Coleman,
in this city.
Charles Morton, one of the clerks of
the supreme court, who has been sick
with grip for some weeks, is now bet
ter. and able to be about.
The state board of railroad assessors
will leave Monday for southern Kan
sas to inspect the pipe lines of the oil
and gas companies.
Secretary F. d. Coburn of the state
board of agriculture, has received
from the Wellington Mail a box full of
green bugs, all alive and kicking. The
box was addressed to IF. D (oubting)
COhurn.'