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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-10

for ransom she must remain a pris-
oner for two or three days. The very
thought was appalling. oh, the foul
ness of this den? Escape she would!
She rose from her recumbent posi-
ton and tiptoed to a small curtained
window. The boy who had decoyed her
was playing with the dogs; the man
and woman were talking and laughing
together. Then the man started away,
waving his hand in farewell. Hilda
| saw him disappear among the trees,
and her heart bounded. Woman to
woman!
I Il am young and strong" She grit
ted her teeth. II am an English
woman; l should be d match for any
two foreigners!"
She crept to the door with the in
tention of beating it with her hands,
but saw that the lock was of the finn
siest kind. She took up a small poker
and forced the bolt back. The door
was open! but the gypsy virago was
also upon her, gnashing her teeth and
screaming with fury. The dogs yelp-
e2 and snarled, and the boy added his
chorus to the pandemonium.
Hiida struck out al random with the
poker; then she heard the hoarse
voices Of men, and saw the CLEAN Of a
knife-blade in the hand of the gypsy
woman; she felt a murderous lunge at
her breast, and all became blank.
Exactly two minutes later Hflda
opened her eyes and gave a long, shud-
dering sigh. Her head was pillowed
upon somebody's arm, and she heard
somebody's voice.
"Oh, Charlie! Charlie!" she sobbed.
ITS all right, Hilda," Charlie said.
You are unhurt. There, you can rest
quietly while I deal with these mis-
He was holding a big re-
volver in his right hand. If either of
you move an eyelash III plug you
as sure as there's a heaven abovei"
I'VE amt moving" snarled the man.
And l want to let You know all about
it."
THAT harridan made an attempt
upon this lady's life. But for the
sachet the knife would have killed
her"
Look here, guv'nor," the man said
1oggedly, you've caught me fairly,
and I'm going to tell the truth. No
harm was meant the lady. and my
nissis lost her head. We were paid To
put up the bluff by a fellow named
Hyde He was coming at six o'clock
to rescue Miss Seaton."
There was dead silence. Hilda look
cd from one to the other, and Charlie
smiled grimly. Hilda stood
upright, the color leaping into her face.
Charlie" she whispered, take me
1ome. You understands"
Perfectly" His voice was vibrant
With JOY. Dear little sweetheart OF
he long ago!'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-10

He paced the verandah like a mar
distraught. The vicar saw from a dis
lance that something was wrong and
kept out of the way. His conscience
was busy, too
"Hilda,'' Donald Hyde said miser-
ably, "this is a thunderbolt from a
blue sky. Have you no sense of the
obligation into which you entered?"
Say at once that 1 am dishonor-
able!" she answered hotly. What
would you think if I told you after
marriage that I hated your
He shook his head bitterly.
There is some spell upon you, Hilda.
It's that wretched, foul-smelling
sachet. Send it back to Midwinter.
The man is mad, and capable of any
evil deed. Have nothing to do with his
Eastern magic
She laughed in his face.
81 shall wear it over my heart for
luck's sake, Donald. What harm can
the leaves of the champak flower do
me? And just think, the sachet once
belonged to a real Indian princess!"
The odor is hateful, stupefying!"
he said. She made gesture of dis
gust. Somehow 1 feel that that thing
is responsible for our unhappiness."
81 am not unhappy, Donald" said
Hilda serenely.
A week passed by. Charlie Midwin-
ter came to the vicarage no more.
Once had Hilda run almost into his
arms in the village postoffice, but he
only scowled and looked the other way
Runor had it that he was going
abroad again, and there was a pain
at her heart.
Mr.. Seaton had been in London for
some days, and was not expected home
until the end of the week. This was
and Hilda was strolling in
the woods, which spread for miles be-
yond the village. She remembered
Charlie Midwinters stories of pixies |
and COLLINS in the days Of long ago. !
And the mystery and the brooding |
silence of the trees, both great and |
small, appealed to her now. Oh, yes, !
she was quite decided. She could never |
marry Donald Hyde. The very idea |
of ii was terrible, and yet she had |
been willing enough until her woman's /
heart had been awakened. If she |
could meet Charlie Midwinter, and |
speak TO him, and tell him that she /
really was the same Hilda Seaton, and /
and
She started round with a little /
shrek. Somebody had touched her.
Then she laughed. 1t was only a |
small gypsy boy, and there was a smile |
In his cunning eyes.
Are you Miss seaton?" He was
painting. "Ive got a message from
your father, the clergyman"
What is it? Where is hep" Hilda's
eyes were dilating with apprehension.
He was coming home, miss. and got
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13

Georgia is . little mora than this State. Georgia now has. as we learn from tables Just published, total Of s,7e4 miles of railroad, while Aiabama hes 4.eOs miles or almost just oae-half that of Georeia. Concedfnx the haul of the two states Is about the same, operating expenses the same. which we do not. and which Governor Conner must do In order to stand an plea of consistent cduffy. any. business man sees the injustice and unfairness of compelling the railroads of Alahama those Of Georgia at the same price practically one-half Of the fierce. Ia roads roads possess Thaf considsration only tonches the minor half of the propositien. Every man must admit. States. that Alabama Is in absolute she now has to meet present denaands and carry on the pressing development of the State which is called for by her Where is.< the l wisdom. iastics and statesmanship, then, of policy whicn stops railroad construction in thc State and drives away capital tnas must be borrowed for extending ana carrying on the further bulidinE oI railroads to meet ugenf deulands. ana which is required t0 the amount oa equal to what Georgia now has in mileage. We fail to see 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
Wealth of Senators.

Nashville American.
 It is stated that through the failure of a local bank, Senator Bacon. of Georgia, who lives at Macon, will lose his entire fortune of s75.000A Senator Bacon is a Confederate veteran. and is 6S years old. He has been in the Sem ate since 1894, and his present term docs not expire until 1913. The New York Globe ironically remarks that surely there must be some mistake in the statement that there is United States Senator whose wealth IS only $75,000 It makes this comment : Much is heard of the millionaire Sen our noses--the implication being that there is no other kind. / When other topics fail the Washington space writ CT falls backfen the so-called Million who are not millionaires, not even rich are so little exploited. Yet Senator Bacon is far more typical of the senate of fact than is Senator Moneybags or fancy recent informal inquiry showed that there were about twenty five Senators practically dependent on their salaries, and about twenty-five more whose personal fortunes aver aged less than $100,000 each
 There are some very wealthy men in the Senate. There are more who are moderately wealthy. and there are others whose only income Is their sal aries. The South has only one million aire in the Senate. A few have snug little fortunes. Most of them are poor men. One got into trouble through his efforts to get rich. There is no objec- tion to 0 rich Senator. The trouble Is that a Senator's wealth may be more or less involved in interests that may be affected by legislation. A Senator now receives $7,500 year. or 45,Oo0 for a single term. He has a private secretary. who receives $1,sOO, and ne ia usually chairman of some commit tee for which he is provided with a clerk. He Is provided with handsome ly furnished rooms in the building siinnlied with an attendant The list of articles supplied free to Senators include many things that save hlm ex- pense. The position of United states ally those who hold 1t have to be prized away from it by death or the people or the courts before they let go'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
pERPLEx1Ne PROBLEMS.

If Solomon with all his wisdom were now a member of the United States Board of Appraisers he would find himself baffled and befuddled, espe- cially wTfpn it came to classifying some of the articles of women's adornment that are imported, and fixing the tariff on them. Among other articles Of this kind may be mentioned beads, neck Iaces, bracelets, fan chains, belt buckles. hat pins, decorated combs and probably other articles of more or less value. The New Bedford Standard says of the matter:
 The hoard had at one time held that hat nins with faceted heads were jew eirv. but manufacturing 1ewelers % uis- senting from the finding. the decision was changed and t t4eS fSS Seo,sipn WeJs pTofited the importer nothing. since they were rated as cut glass heads, cut for pur- poses of ornamentatlon' TOT Mnivh eo ner cent advalorem. had been proVldeq. On the other hand, side ana pack combs, made of cellulotd bone, sheIl, or other material, while not jewelry dacorated with precious metal or base metal plated with gold or silver. be- cause that was the handiwork of jew eIers. For the same reason, pins com nosed in part of imitation precious stones set in precious or plated metal caps. and belt buckles, the handiwork of Jewellers are chased as JeWelry. Cut amber bead necklaces are not iewelry. since amber Is not precious stone but let the amber beads be fas- tened together with precious metal screw swivels. the handiwork of the iev1eler and the necklace or bracelet or fan chain becomes immediately jew elry.
 This will show some of the problems the board has to deal with and to de- eide upon. If one should ask, What is jewelry? there would doubtless be a variety of replies, and the appraisers would be no better off than before. It would be both impossible and unfair to classify each article according to it's value and say that nothing is a jewel unless 1t is worth so many dol lars, and it would be equally unfair to judge according to the beauty or lack of beauty of any designated article. We doubt if the women who wear such things can really tell what is and is not iewelry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
Largely eratOriaI.

WHsUIlls IUH GLAI. -
 Water is enjoying a boom. The President is agitating Gas ever) for more water from the lakes to the gulf. Irrigation congresses and irrigation projects are called for more water. Georgia makes demand for water by prohibiting the sale of its usual sub stitutes Kentucky, which few seasons ago would not use water even as a chaser, asks for nothing but water in a hundred counties. It is/reported that Henry Watterson has signed the pledge and that the mint beds are growing up In weeds. Michigan wants to write into her constitution a prefer ence for water Many cities are plan ming to increase their supply of water. There is also talk of draining the ever glades and Wall street, but that is an other story. At any rate, there will have to be few floods to quench the rising thirst for water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13

his hearers some things they had lit- tie taste for. we suspect. He told them of their much talk in behalf of the negroes of the South and of the very small enrorN they made to help the negroes up there. His advice to them was that they should give the negroes good homes to live in and furnish them equal business opportunities. And" he continued significantly, when made this answer to group of dis tflaGuished New Workers a few years ago. felt very distinctly that 1t dam. pened their efforts"
 Of course it dampened their efforts; also. their enthusiasm. They do not want the negro and the race question dumped down at their own doors. A great majority of the people of the North and East dote on the negro in the abstract-and in the South. They can point out with fine words and touching unction what they look on as discrimination against the colored people down here, and deliver homilies and lectures on our duty and our fail ure to perform 1t. but when the same negroes go up there and try to estab- fish themsefves as citizens they get the marble heart and that is about all. And this is the way the Atlanta negro dealt out some facts to New Yorkers:
 Tn this immigration which city like New York would attract by justice there will be certain compensat tions. You will get the best of the negro. and not the worst, and it Is the worst class that your tenderloin regulations have in the past been encouraging. 4 liberal policy; on the other hand in home, school, work and culture will bring to New York far different class of negroes. More than that. if you are interested in the South and its problems. if you want to help settle them according to justice and decencY your first step should be to clear your own skirts. So long as you are unjust so long as I find difficulty In get ting a simple meal of victuals in New York. you can hardly cavil at At" lanta."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
THE raoHIi;rrror CONTEST.

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
In Pronnect.

A charming young lady went into the principal stationer's shop in a country town and asked to see some thin note paper. says Casseips Jour she hesitated for moment.
 "Do you make any reduction to clsr- gymen?" she asked softly.
 Certainly, madam" said the sta~ you a clergymans wife?"
 'N-no." said the young lady.
 "Ah, a clergyman's daughter. then, up the paper in a neat parcel.
 "N-no," was the lady's hesitatiug re- ply. Then she leaned across the eoun- ter and spoke in a confidential whis- per. But if nothing happens I shall be engaged to 0 theological student as soon as he. comes home from college this term '"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
True Rsa.on at Last.

True Reason at Last. Dothan Home Journal.
 There may be few more ortEsnsi Conner men without jobs and this extra call may be in their interest.
 They VIII Dc It, Pine Belt News.
 Wouldn't 1t be a huge joke if Guv- ernor Corners Legislature turned the trick and repealed some of the statutes now in force. and which were enacted into laws at the behest of his czarshfp at the regular session?
 Figarsng sn Expensea- Greene County Democrat
 / The Legislature of 1908 was more expensive than any that preceded It. costing $60 ,000 The Legislature of 1907 has already cost S102,166.S1, and we are to have another session of it.
 Takes It Out in Talk.
 As Governor Conner makes several trips week over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. why don't he refuse to pay the cents fare and call Milton's knucks direct? It is only natural for the Governor fears to tread.
 A.
 The Name is Misery. Florence Herald.
 The lid at Birmingham Ns so hot that it takes two sets of Aldermen. Mayer. hold 1t down. and even then 1t sizzles so that even the combined efforts of all these cannot keep U SO tight but what the steam will fre-' great Birmingham thy name is misery
 Cost of Extra Session. Marion Standard,
 The average cost of the se ,aion of ail Alabama Legislature Is s5o,0oo. The over $100. 900 according to the report of the State Auditor, and the Govern or says he is going to call the nody to. gether again and again and again. we don't mind the pinch so long as some of your overzealous supporters are catching it in the neck.
 One Appropriation Bill. Centreville Press. ary will indeed be an extraordinary ses- sion. Under the provision of the call they can very easily occupy at least thirty days should the solons pc go minded, as there are numerous provis- ions for new legislation. but thank the Lord. only one provision for Ryl appro- priation, though they may work Tn ap- under some other heao-
 The UnklndeSt Cut. Mobile Herald.
 1t is to laugh. says the Governor to commercial clubs with their petitions. YIt is to howl, think the people, who observe several distinguished Alabama politicians , exhorting at prohibition meetings. But the aforesaid d. A. p.'s take themselves seriously, as seriously, indeed, as the fellow who remarked: "It is no time for mirth or laughter In the cold Gray dawn of the morn
 ing after"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
The Extrn sensIon.

Atm0re spectrum.
 The Governor has called an extra session of his wreckers--the legisla- ture--to convene November the 7th, for the purpose of dealing withAt the rail- roads that are resisting the reform" laws that were enacted and aimed at them during the recent regular ses- sion. The conservative people of the State evidently dread an extra session of the legislature, fearing that with the encouragement and dominance of the radical Governor, the reforms in the legislature will go to extremes and do lot of mischief. A few weeks of diminishing bank accounts among the farmers would probably convince the Governor that he Is obstructing the state and playing bad politics. As this extra session is called to gratify the Governors own desires he might help defray the expenses out of that $780, OOO he received out of that big land deal. These sessions come high. The legislature of 1907 has already cost the taxpayers of the state $lo2. .166.S5 the costliest session the stae ever had
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
HOpeleHs.

Senator Dubois of Idoha is a bitter foe to Mormonism. In Aurora, Ill.,, he said recently:
 isMormonisin, with it's attendant poiygamy, Is, look at it as you will, a bad thing; as bad and hopeless as the ease of Jacob Smithers."
 Senator Dubois smiled
 "Jacob Smithers, criminal" he went on. "sat in his cell. making paper boxes, when a dear old lady looked through the peep-hole in the door i'm auisitively.
 "'You poor man said the old lady. I guess you'll be glad when your time is up, won't you? . wall, nom, not partickerIy,' Jacob Smithers answered. I'm in fur Iife.' "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
SUNDAY. OCTOBER Ia. 1907.

A contemporary calls attention to a new cause of complaint against aero- nautics. It seems that a baker in little German town had placed batch of fresh plum cakes on the roof of his house to cool and harden. We sup bose he placed them there to keep the pigs from getting them, but that isn't material The aggravating feature of Che affair was that a shower of sand came down and ruined all his cakes. 1t was not an atmospheric sand storm but a discharge of sand ballast from passing airship. and the poor baker had no remedy, for he couldn't arrest the offender or even get out an injunction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
To-day In History
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17io-Port Royal taken by Nicholson. and thereafter called Annapolis by the f744--Moliia PIfcler.s heroine of the battle of Monmouth, born. I77S-United States Navy 0riBlnated fine oonafructfora Of two cruisers.
 igs4--Ferdinand VII. King of spain, isi2--str Isaac Brock. who captured the battle of QueenstovFn, Canada. Born isi5-Murat, King of Naples, com demned by court martial and shot in d hail of the Castle. at sPiSzo.
 is45--AdmirAi Charles H. Stockton, o iss1Msir W. cubitt. inventor of the isSsMBattle of wyatts. Mississippi.
 IsS9-Boers invaded Natal and Cape
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
"This is My 47th Birthday''
Sir Hugh s1ontasu Allan.

Sir Hush Montagu Allan, head of the Allan Steamship Company. was born In Montreal, october IS, 1880. He is the second son of the late Sir Hugh Allan of RavenscrRg. Montreal. Tn 1893 ne Mackenzie, of Montreal. His education was obtained at Bishops College School, QueDsc, and in Paris. Sir Mon tagu is q prominent clubman, being q member of some of the leading clubs in Montreal, London and New York. The Steamship line of which he is the head Is a distinctively Canadian insti- tuition, and of such proportions and progressiveness that almost every res- ident of the Dominion takes n personal pride in the big trans Atlantic liners that comprise the fleet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
rx-aovernor 9eIks.

Tuscumbian -Alabamian Dispatch.
 Hon. w. D. JeIks ex-Governor of Ala banla, was ln this city short time Tuesday last It was the editors good pleasure to greet him. We have always had a high regard for this noble Chris tiaf, citizen of Alabama, who graced the Governors chair, not with flaring trunpets, but with that profound re- gard for all the people of Alabama and that quiet wise pllcting of the government that will make him go down in history as one of Alabama,s g purest and best men who was honored with the office of the chief executive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
New Penaion Law.

At the last term of the Legislature a law was passed providing that the State in quarterly installments. the first payment to be made on October 1st This was all very good and was but in It's practical workings the new law cuts them out of at least three quarters of one years pensiofl. Under the old law one years pension was due Sn October lst, and under the new law the soldiers only get three monthS
 pension. Something should be done to remedy this so that these old fellows
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13

Some of the German airship enthusi- asts are saying that all that is needed to make aerial navigation q complete success is to find some way to coun- teract the effect of contrary winds. If our observation has not been at fault that has always been the difficulty, and the only way we can see to overcome it is to find some method of regulating the winds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13

7 At the municipal elections in Con- necticut last Monday the Democrats seem to have surprised both them Selves and the Republicans. The two important cities of New Haven and Waterbury elected Democratic mayors, and the party made gains elsewhere. Connecticut Is really a Democratic State, and ought to vote that way all the time. when it has an opportunity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13

R Tn a town up in Maine there Is strike that is worth while. Twelve hundred persons struck against the meat trust and high prices and entered into a pledge not to eat any meat in ten days. Yet it is just possible that when the time expires they will be so hungry that the demand for meat will send prices higher than ever.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13

Senator Cullom told a reporter that Cannon will be nominated for Presi- dent-"if President Roosevelt. keeps out of the way" An, there's the rub. If anything short of divine power can keep Roosevelt out of the way we don't know what it is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
RalIroads In GeorEla and AIabsnaa.

Governor Conner, in his strenuous plea for giving Alabama the same pas senger and freight rates as Georgia, has overlooked, as we view U, one great fact However. we do not con cede Georgia had lower rates, for that State has been clamorinB for rates as cheap as Alabama. But we contend the two states do not stanu on an an respect and to- force the same Is sn injustice to Alabama. The area o9
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-13
Auausr EVACUATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees its advertisers fand makes 1t . part of the contract when requested) that it's daily eir- euiation is laryer than that of any morning new tper printed in Alabama--And that IFS Sunday edition has the largest circulation of any edition of sny newspaper printed m Alabama without exception.
 The figures for August. printed below. representing the actual net circulation. ell re- 1urna having been deducted.