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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
OFF ON TRIP TO MOBILE Legislators to Leave For Mardi Gras. SIX PULLMANS TO BE FILLED Start to Be Made Promptly at
 8 O'clock. Program for the Excursisn to Be Car- ried out as First Planned
 Pleasure Trip ea Mo-
 bile Bay s Feature.

At o'clock this morning the special train bearing the members and officers of the Alabama Legislature to the an- nual Mardi Gras carnival at Mobile will leave the union depot, with abou, zoe people on board who are connect ed in one way or another with the Leg fsiature. -Et @ .ss
 The train will be composed of six Pullman coaches. and 1t Is expected that every berth will be engaged for the trip. The plan Is for the legisla- tors and attaches to remain in the train during their stay In Mobile. using the berths for sleeping quarters. as the ho- tels of the Gulf City will all doubtless be filled to overfowing. Arrangement have been made by the committee in charge for the members of the excur- sion party to take their meals at the Bienville Hotel corner of St. Francis and St. Joseph Streets.
 Governor Conner and members of his staff will make the trip with the law makers, occupying a special car that has been placed at the Governors dis posal for the trip.
 Everything was made in readiness last night for the excursionists to leave the city this morning with @ minimum of confusion and uncertainty. Every detail will be carried out exactly as planned two or three days in advance. The tickets and the berth assignments will be distributed to the members of the party at the union station any time between and g o'clock this morn ing. the train making its start for Mo- bile promptly at the latter hour.
 Five hours and half has been all lowed by the committee in charge of the program for the trip to Mobile. no stops being scheduled on the way, ex- cept for orders or similar purposes This will take the party to Mobile at 80 p. m., in time for all the functions of the day in connection with the fes- tival.
 A pleasure trip on the river and bay will be given the legislators. as the guests of Daphne. across the hay from Mobile. upon the steamer Pleasure Bay Tuesday forenoon, returning to the city in time to participate in the carnival fun Tuesday afternoon and witness the gorgeous parades planned for Tuesday evening.
 The start on the return trip is pian- ned for 1 o'clock Wed lesday morning, the train arriving in Montgomery about 8 o'clock, three hours before the ses. sions of the House and Senate begin at II o'clock that morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
GOLDEN WEDDING OF AGED NEGRO
 COUPLE IN ANTE -BELLUM CHURCH

pied the old Jeff Davis House, which was their home also.
 The celebration of the golden we'd ding of this worthy couple. both of whom have passed the three score and ten mile stone. will take the form of a reception to which they have invited numbers of their white friends. as well as their own race.
 They live contentsdly and happily in their own little home on Julia Street, but for this occasion they decided that Old Ship Church, the church in which they have worshiped since "befo' de wa" was the most fitting place in which to entertain their friends,
 The old "Uncles and the dear old Black Mammies' of nte-bellum days are passing away-few there are of them left. and as the species becomes rare they are appreciated more and more by those who knew them in those days and re- cognized their worth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
Good Fiction Rare.

Since the world began there have been written perhaps 100 supremely good works O. fiction. Assume that the first of these was the Iliad now about 5000 years old. One hundred good stories in S.O0y years is story every generation. Since the battle of Waterloo. then, there have been rather less than three of them Probably we are overstating the number rather than the contrary. When you consider the matter. three supremely good sto,- ries in hundred years Is very hiSh aveIaEa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
BIDS WANTED.

Notice Is hereby given that sealed bids will be received until 12 o'clock noon Monday February 18th, iso. oy oy WashinRton County Alabama for cree. ting . court houee and jail for salo county to be located at Chatom, Ala bama- Plans and specifications VIII pc or, file at the office of the Judge of probafe of St. Stephens, Alabama, and any desired information may be had from D. ]. Long. Judge of Probate or James N. Grande, Attorney, at St. Stephens. Alabama Right to reject any and all bids received 5t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
90 & 0 At Bijou Tonight.
 Phone 1771 for seat Reservation.
Studx of Drenms

Psychologists have undertaken the scientific study of dreams. When the olfactory sense of a sleeper is stimu- lated by an odor. such as that of heli- otrope, not only does he dream of smelling violets." but visual images of flowers appear to him. If the ex- pertinent is prolonged the dream visions become complex and filled with strange imagery. A vibrating tuning folk held hear a sleeper's ear made him dream of a lion roaring. and when a little salt and water was put on his tongue he dreamed that he was eating olives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
Samples of Bird Music.

Henry OIdys, assistant biologist in the Department of Agriculture, has 1000 samples of bird music written in popular form so that 1t is possible for the human voice exactly to imitata the songsters of the riel1 and forest. He has recorded. says The Washington Herald. the actual tones, setting them
 in the proper musical key and their reproduction Is easy for anybody who can read musical symbols MT. Oidys has been gathering bird language for thirteen years and during most of that time has been devoting his expert knowledge of the subject to official re- ports which find their way to the Gov ernment archives. sA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
Aother-WorIdIinenn.,,

one of the most misused of quoted words Is the "other-worldliness," wit tily invented by George Eliot" says an English critic. Tn Mrs. Craigies posthumous books we find the custom ary mistake For she takes it to mean 2 real spirituality. the conversation in heaven of those who, realize that writes of the everlasting clash of worldliness and other -worldliness. . George Eliot meant something far diff
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
NTore schooI DeflnItIonn.

Among the answers to questions at a recent school examination were the following interesting examples of youthful transformation: Gross ig- norance is IA times as bad as just or dinary ignorance" "Anchorite, an old fashioned hermit sort of fellow who has anchored himself to one place. The liver is an internal organ "Vacum is nothing with the air sucked out of 1t put up in pickle bottle-it Is very hard to get
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
New on Producing Plant

At recent meeting of the Botanical Society of America specimens of new oil producing plant from Venezuela were exhibited. The oil resembles that of sandal wood and Is already known in commerce. but the plant has hith- to be a new genus of the rue family, to which the common prickly ash be- longs, and it has been named Schim- melia, after a German botanist, who first distilled the armomatic oil from its wood.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11

Atmore. Feb. o (sreciaD--The South Alabama orchard Company yesterday skinned four crates of strawberries thereby breaking all records for south ern Alabama in early shipping. The four crates were consigned to c: w. Henderson wholesale Commission Com pany of Knoxville, Tenn. and were some of the finest berries ever raised in this section
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
FIRST STRAWBERRIES OF
 SEASON SHIPPED FROM ATM0RE

MT. J. R. H. Hiltonh. president of the South Alabama Orchard Company states that had it not been for the severe frosts he would have been ship ping at the present time one hundred crates per day.
 The company will also grow a large acreage in canteloupes this season. The berries shipped yesterday are of the Klondyke variety.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
BATTERY B WINS SHOOT.
A ~,tYIcry Marksmen Make Score of S43
 A. 9undav Contest.

Tasms from the four military organ izatiens of Montgomery participated yesterday In a match target practice at the Electric Park Battery Range, the highest total score of S4S neing made
 The highest individual score was reg istered by Sergeant D. V. Todd of the same command. who scored total of 40. .,,, +u Cavalry. the Blues and the Greys, took mart in the match. All of the teams nsed Krag Jorgensen rifles, except the Cavalry, who used carbinss. The range
 Detailed score of the shoot follows
 Company D, Blues. Captain William F weiss, team captain
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11

nent citizens including the entire exec utive committee of the Carnival Asso- citation. Brass bands will be on hand and the lawmakers will be escorted up- town. They will live in their special train during their stay here and will take their meals at the Bienville ho-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
90 & 9 At BijOu Tonight.
 Phone 1771 fer seat Reservation.

A New York man died of enlarge rnent of the head the other day. This is a common complaint up there, but 1t seldom results in death unless the patience of some outsider is put to the lighting point
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
% & 8 At BijOu Tonight.
 Phone 1771 for seat ReserVatiOn'
swindIing Q Widow.

Some of the stories that come 10 the police of New York ffom o"y lo dav are almost beyond belief. One of the latest of these involves the swindling of a widow by man with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11

ferent; she made the world to fit a temper; a provident self-interest ear ried forward into the affairs of a world to come--a spiritual attitude un- known to authentic saints"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

LOST-On Holcomb, Jeff Davis or Sayre Street. a gold cross and chain with monogram M. A. c. on cross. .,- 220 Holcomb.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
Total Team Score.

lieutenant George H. Todd or the artillery acted as range officer and Cant, sam Roswald of the artillery was official scorer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

hAreby announce myself a candidate fc re-elertion for Mayor of Montgomery. sub feet to the action of the Democratic prirnarI
 " Nj. TEAGUE
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
eJSPECIALsG NOTICES
WANTED.

w. W. Franklin Is wanted as wit uees in Court. We will pay $5 to any one today giving us his present ad- dress. Montgomery Traction Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-11
roR ALpERMAN--WARp FoUR.

hereby announce myself candidate fol Alderman of Ward 1, subject to the action H sHe ' W. W. sErDLE
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
AUGUST ta.

5s2-Tiberlus IT, Roman emperor at
Constantinople. died.
lSl6--The only serious earthquake ever
felt In Scotland.
lS23--Goldwin Smith. English and Can"
adam autnor born In Berkshire.
1S6S-Beginning of nm earthquake In
Central America which within two
days destroyed four cities and the
fleets along the entire coast; deaths
computed at 10000.
lS96--sir John Milllas, president OF the
Royal academy, died In Londoni
born 1929.
1OOl--Baron NordenskJold. Swedish ex-
plorer and naturalist, died at Stock
holm; born 1882.
l906-Mrs. Mary Pearl Teresa Craigie
John Oliver Hohbes.) author ana
dramatlst, died IN London; born
1867,
AUGUST IA.
1Iss--Thomas sheridan, father OF the
orator and dramaiist. died,
1s70-Admiral David Glasgow Farra-
gut died: born 1901. Farragut had
almost reached the retiring age
when the CIVIL war began IN 1861.
He received his nrst appointment
I'm the navy when he was 0 years
old. David Porter took the boy
with him on the famous cruise OF
Inc Essex during the war OF 1912,
ard the little fellow DISTINGUISHED
hlmfelf IN command of IA prize ship
which he took into port at Valpar'
also.
ts9i-Iohn Quincy Adams. son OF
Charles Francis and grandson OF
Prest John Quincy Adams, died at
Quincy. Masa.; born 1898
rf'' Dr. william schrader OF the Uni
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
The Church Going Problem.

the working classes. They might easily
plead fatigue They are often heads
and members Of large families, and
could also plead poverty. But they
don't They manage TO go to church.
some could plead the nature OF their
employments, as the night-worleers in
the various departments OF the great
newspaper, the policemen, etc. But
these ask for mass at 1880 a. M, that
they may fulfil thel, primal Sunday OBJ
legations before returning to their
homes for the rest which nature Graves.
Their demand is supplied. and the night
workers chapels are now familiar fca-
lures in the crowded districts of our
great cities
why this difference? Chiefly because
Catholics have been trained from their
earliest years to fulnl their obligation
of public worship on the Lords day;
and the Church has carefully studied
the best methods OF making their duty
not too onerous. Worship, by means of
the sacrifice OF the mass is the supreme
duty; consequently, masses are multi
piled till, at least in every notable cen-
ter of population, all reasonable excuse
for non-attendance is taken away, alike
from the overburdened laborer, and the
slothful wording.
Religious instruction is Important.
and there are the five minute trenchant
homilles on faith and duty at all the
low masses Even climatic conditions
are studied, that the weakest be not
discouraged. ami with the full number
of masses in the summer, high masses
and long sermons are dispensed with
that none may have an excuse. however
poor, for absence. And the wise moth
er holds her children. Watch the in
coming and outgoing crowds from early
morning till midday. on amy sunday OF
the year In any populous section of oul
great American citiesl Are they chiefly
women, or children or feeble old men?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
AUGUST II.


lo6l- William Lowth, Biblical common
tator born in hampshire, England;
died 1882.
Robert Fulton's boat, the Cler-
mont, steamed up to Albany. Full
ton first became known in the mari
ume world as the inventor of Mill
lary torpedoes and submarine war
craft, In this Held he experimental
N the service of France against
England and of England against
France from 1901 to 1905. Meanwhile
ne was studying steam navigation.
lie launched steamboat on the
Seine in 1903, which Immediately
sank, a trial trip was made with
another boat. but no great speed at
tanned. The Clermont, which was to
establish steam navigation. was
butt I'm New York, but her engine
WAS of English construction. The
success of the Clermont was
followed by multiplication Of
steamboats,, and numerous claim
ants for the honors awarded
Fulton as the father of steam naW-
CATION We're heard from, Whatever
may have been Fulton's relation TO
the invention OF devices to apply
steam power to paddle wheels,
point long Involved IN dispute, he
appears 70 deserve the credit Of first
bringing into practical use the
steamboat for transportation OF
passengers, fall earlier efforts having
virtually failed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10


the result Of an investigation on the
subject of Protestant fredericksburg.
Various reasons are assigned; fatigue
after the weeks labor; poverty; too
much dogInatzing; sensitiveness to de-
fects in music. preaching, heating and
ventilation; reaction from excessive and
enforced churoh-gong in childhood;
ministers complaints as to the insult
ficiency of their salaries, etc. But the
fact remains: the Protestant communi-
ty has in large part lost its old-time
sense OF the obligation OF public wor-
ship on the Lords day.
Doubtless nom Catholic church-going
on Sunday has fallen off. The general
testimony Is to that effect, and
the reasons advanced by volunteer
spokesman In America are no bet
ter than those given by the persons
who have responded to the Scots
mans investigation. But there Is
a portion of the community
worth considering even in Scotland
more important In England. and almost
progressively prominent in America,
who go to church steadfaStly on sum
days, and make no ado about It, Every
Catholic church in all but the outlying
country missions unable to maintain a
priest, has from two to seven or eight
Sunday morning masses, and is hard
put to accommodate it's flock at that.
In the larger churches in the great ci-
ties, 1t has long been necessary to
celebrate masses simultaneously In the
main church and in the basement chap
ell to accommodate the congregation.
These people belong numerously to
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
NEXT WEEK IN HISTORY.

1S12-octave Feuillet. French novelist
and dramatist, born In La Manche;
died 1890.
1S6S-Thaddeus Stevens, statesman.
died in Washington; born 1892 In
Vermont.
lSoS-American attack on San Juan,
PJrtc Rice, repulsed.
l905--Rear Admiral l.. X. Benham. U.
S. ~. retired, died at Lake Maho-
nac, n. Y, born 1872
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

1Sa3-Iohn w Casllcar, noted American
landscape painter died Rt Saratoga
Springs. n. y; born 1871.
iA16-- Severe earthquake shocks affected
IS cities OF Chile. Valparaiso being
nearly destroyed. Estimated total
deaths 1000 property loss in Wall
paradise $4,000 600
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

trIot and close friend of washing
ton. died; born 1110.
the Great died at Sans
Souci. born 1712,
1909 Matthew Boulton, noted English
engineer and partner of Watt, died.
1ss0--Ole Bull. the Norwegian vlolinlst.
died; born 1910.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

s Il s;.' ss 5 4; 6: ::s:s
the Scotsman. snmn1arizes
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
THREE SETS OF wAGsTAFr TWINS.

BY no means. Boys. young men, mid
dle-aged men; laborers. men of the va
ious businesses and professions
abound. They are shrewd. earnest
thinkers. But they are children OF God
first of all, and they come TO worship
Him and to hear His word. They are
too manly to be troubled about such
trifies as crowding or heat or cold,
There are no down-pillow soldiers in
the army of Christ.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
Hay FEWER AND SUMMER COLD

Victims OF hay fever will experience
great benefit by taking Boey's Honey
and Tar, as It stops difficult breathing
Immediately and heals the Unframed alr
passages. and even If 1t should fail TO
cure you It will give instant relief"
The genuine is In a yellow package. For
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
AUGUST 70.

l577-Slr Thomas Smith, distinguished
scholar an autho' of THE English
Commonwealth" died
l774-Robert Southey, poet, born; died
lS43.
lS42-End OF Seminole war.
1S49-Albert Gallatin, statesman and
tinancier, died at Astoria, N. Y.
born In Switzerland 1861.
lSS5-He Hunt Jackson, poet and au-
thor, died In San Francisco: born
1881.
lS9s-Peace protocol formally signed at
Washington.
1899 Yokohama visited by the largest
fire In It's history. Gen. Edmund La
fayette Hardcastle, veteran of tho
old army and hero of the Mexican
war died at Towson Nd; born 1924.
1905---New treaty of alliance concluded
between England and Japan.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
AUGUST 10.


1717-Bloody battle at Belgrade; Prince
Eugene defeated the Turks.
1S25-Charles Cctesworth Pickney, Am
erican statesman, died In Charles
ton: born l746.
lSS2--Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill
died at Atlanta; born 1880. He was
member of the Confederate SEN
ate and afterward OF the United
states senate.
l9o0-John James ingalls,, ex-United
States senator from Kansas died
ut Las Vegas, n. NJ; born 1888.
l903-Noah Brooks well known author,
died at Pasadena, Cal; born 1880.
AUGUST II.
I56--Carolman of Ostrasia, oldest son
OF Charles Martel died.
14S3-Edward V. and his brother. Duke
Of York. were smothered In the
Tower by order of their uncle, Rich
ard Ill
11S5-Jcnathan Trumbull, American pa
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

yersity OF Missouri, n noted scien-
fist died at Columbia, Mo. Olin
Warner, noted sculptor, died in New
York city; born 1914.
I90l--Destructive storm on the northern
coast of the gulf of Mexico; heavy
loss of life and damage to property
in New Orleans.
190i-Battle In the strait OF Korea be-
tween the Russian Vladlvostok
squadron end the Japanese; Rus
sian cruiser Rurik sunk.
AUGUST rs.
103S-st. stephen, king OF Hungary.
died.
15a9--Rohert Blake. famous English
admiral, born at Bridgewater; died
1867.
1769--Napoleon Bonaparte born at Ajao-
clio, Corsica: died 1921
17S6-Thomas de Quincy. opium cater
and author, born: died 1859.
1Sl4--Battlc OF Fort Eric.
1SS0--Adelaide Nelson, remarkably
beautiful actress. died in Paris;
born 1850.
1S95--Gcneral John d. Imbcden, IA
nous confederate cavalryman. died
at Abingdon, Va: born 1921. p. F.
Rothermel. painter of the Battle of
Gettysburg and other celebrated
pictures, died al Linfield, Pa.
1900-Peking entered by the allied
troops after a sharp battle Mt the
gates.
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