The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-13

lard Ronaids take him for her second
 husband. Mrs. Ronalds' first husband
 was a grandson of the founder of the
 famous Loriliard family and it's for-
 tunes, and when she married Reslid.
 who wns then in his thirtieth year and the son of saloon-keeper on the
 Bowery. New York's first families, who
 had been closely associated with Mrs. Ronaids. simply stood aghast. Charles
 Franclyn Regiid was plain Charles
 Franklin Dilger, son of John Dilger,
 saloon-keeper: until the Legislature logalszed the more aristocratic sound- ing name that he had chosen. and tera reversed. Mrs. Ronalds died three years after her second marriage. leav- ing Reglid fortune of a million dol- lars. Since then he has spent his time at Monte Carlo, Bar Harbor or New Rochelle, where he lived when he died. Reglid devoted some of his time to backing theatrical ventures. as he was on the stage, playing small comedy parts. when he won the hand of Mrs. Ronalds.
 Phythagoras. the toad Methuselahm has been attracting crowds at the Bronx Zoo, where he is now on ex- hibition. He is a relic of the middle ages, and has been buried in limestone rock 800 feet down in a silver mine at Butte, Montana. for centuries. Scien- lists have taken a great deal of inter- est in this ancient toad, and they are agreed that he Is at least 1000 years old. Last week Phythagoras was given his first meal in ten centuries. The bill of fare was not as elaborate as might have been expected would have been offered to one who had lasted so long. It consisted of four flies and
 an earth wsrm. Phythagoras, how ever. had difficulty in getting hold of
 the insects. because his eyes have becn
 so long out of use that he can scarcely see. When he did manage to connect with a fly he swallowed 1t as though his throat was rusty from lack of prac- tice. The ancient toad is slowly re- covering his eyesight and the use of
 his limbs, and is gradually turning green, as he was a thousand years ago. Every girl to her own policeman is
 becoming the fad In New York, in the hope that all girls can go about the
 streets and be unmolested by men who
 would scrape acquaintance. A pretty
 stenographer. who comes from the l South, and has not been long in Man.
 haitian. was approached by man,
 while walking down Broadway the other evening shortly after dark. "Fine evening. isn't it?" said the
 stranger. but he got no further, for quick as a flash, the young woman | whipped her hand from the huff she carried and struck him full in the face. ] The fellows hat had fallen, but. leav- | ing it. he ran like a deer. A police man rushed to the young lady's assist
 ance, and to his surprise found that oh her right hand she wore a very
 thinly padded boxing glove. the sort of glove that saves the knuckles from be- | ing broken when a hard blow Is de- livered, The girl explained that she was obliged to adopt the boxing glove
 that she might be prepared to defend
 herself against the numerous insults | she received whenever she walked out at night unchaperoned. She expressed | the hope that other girls would follow
 her example of wearing boxing glove l on the right hand.A few days later another woman met with a similar in-
 suit, but chose aa her weapon of de-
 fence heavy shopping bag. with which she swung vigorously at the off, lending stranger. He too. managed to
 make his escape, but 1t is thought that | in the future the street "mashers" will
 avoid offering insults to young ladies
 who bear evidence of having any
 athletic ability. ..
 | 4A6 IuuCuSbdlhcQ~A00uL swamp AluE der mystery at Harrison. N. J.. recalls
 to some old-timers a remarkable tragedy of fifty years ago. which oc.
 cured in the same vicinity The vic- l tim was Mary Rogers. Q handsome girl. | who worked In a tobacco factory in l this city. The scene of the murd6.
 was sibyl Grove, near the Elysian Fields. in Hoboken. Tn those days the fields was @ resort similar to Coney We'll AH.aA .aA 1I- CT. The one hotel of the place, ''The Shades" a capacious colonial mansion, l is said to have been in its earlier days 1 the summer home of the first Astor. On the night of the crime three men were seen to carry a woman from
 "The Shades" over toward the cove. The next day there was much excite
 ment when 1t became known that Mary Rogers had been murdered. The
 revelation at the inquest disclosed a crime similar In many respects to the celebrated Bosschieter case in Pater-
 son. The police never caught the men
 responsible for the girls death.
 After repeated reqeusts the Depart
 ment of Health granted permission a few days ago to Mrs. Elizabeth Brown
 of Manhattan to have the body of her
 husband who died December 4, ex- AA ! might obtain a photograph of him. Mir Brown had never, been photo- gpaphed, and his sudden death left his wife without a picture of him Mrs. Brown believed that a photograph
 would be of great source of comfort to her, with the result that the Depart
 ment of Health finally permitted her
 to have the body disinterred. The
 cemetery authorities were notified, so that the coffin was. ready for the
 undertaken to open when Mrs. Brown Accompanied by a photographer ar rived. It is said that the photograph
 was a good likeness of the living man.
 The noted Rockefeller Bible Class.
 which under the able leadership of the
 oil. magnatets son attained such suc-
 cess. has been gradually losing mem-
 bers eyer since Mir, -Rockefeller's re-
 tirement from the leadership in Octo-
 ber. Every efforts has been made to
 hold the old members. but the attend
 ance has dropped to an average of
 sixty every Sunday instead of two
 hundred that came when MT. Rocke-
 feller led them. The class still meets
 in the Fifth iAvenue Baptist Church,
 but 1t Is no longer allowed to take up
 the whole church, but has been forced,
 owing to thegsmall attendance to meet
 in the gallery. Every effort Is being
 made to get MT. Rockefeller to take
 lively refused to entertain the propo-
 sition, owing to other demands on his
 time. At one time Governor Hughes
 was leader of the class.
 The Board of Education is looking