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The Washington times., 1908-06-07

As to the cereal-the name of patented
breakfast foods is legion. And the men
ton of any proprietary preparation is
sterniy forbidden in The Exchange. In
technical phrase, it would be "a free
adj" I must leave it 10 each house
mother TO substitute for cereal in the
menu the brand she prefers 70 put be
fore her brood 1t would hardly be
practicable for me 10 give prices that
would guide readers il all sections Of
our wide territory. In my own city, L
find a difference Of several cents per
pound in avenues one block apart and
even on different sides of the same
street.
The Washington times., 1908-06-07

FRIDAY.
BREAKFASF


Berries. cereal and cream. pOached
eggs o1 toast garHishCd with bacon. rice
mullins, toast. tea, and coffee
LUNCHEON.
Fried smelts. steWed potatoes, aspaTa-
gus a "a vinaigrette and lettuce "a left
over, crackers and cheese, cake and
Jam. cocoa.
DINNER.
Clam cEOWdoT, salmon steaks, mashed
DotatoeS- Spanish rice Tice-and-gTnen-
Deppersl crOquetes. queen Of puddings
(strawberry), black coffee.
The Washington times., 1908-06-07
MEALS
FOR A WEEK
SUNDAY.
Z BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST,
Grapefruit. cracked wheat and cream,
ham and eggs, popoFerss toast, tea and
coffee.
LUNCHEON.
CoIl cOrned beef, baked potatoes let
tuce and tomato salad, brown bread
and cream cheese sandwiches, raolshes,
cookies and canned fruit (hOme-made).
tea.
DINNER
Cream Of tomato soup, brolled saaui
mashed potatoes, green peas straw
berry shortcake ana cream, black COZ
fee.
The Washington times., 1908-06-07

Your nonpareil is, therefore. a his
torical relic
As I have had three other request
The Washington times., 1908-06-07

MASCULINE member of the EX-
change (and one who is Kindly
appreciative If our means ana
endsl is our first visitor today.
The Washington times., 1908-06-07

Can YOU ma room TOr a tiptop recipe
,r lemon nuddinug
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

to the Constitution. For truly in this house have the seeds of freedom from the cares of householding been sown. Although occupied by a peculiarly busy and energetic man. this house repre- sents about ali there Is of earthly par adise for tho lazy man.
 By way of beginning this story, just ask yourself this question. ye hard risers:--How would you like to retire at night knowing that you were safe from burgfars--even in West End Ave. nue: knowing that the house and room would be just comfortably warm when you threw the covers back; knowing that the tub would be filled with wa ter of just the right temperature; knowing that your coffee. eggs and toast would be waiting for yod when it2 And would you not liixe.it still bet ter if all this could be accomplished each morning merely by your pressing a button, and you knew that science had triumphed over the maid who had been at dance in Harlem until 3 o'clock on that particular morning? Of course you would. Do you remember when the newspapers first announced the construction of apartment houses in which the air was automatically heated or cooled. in which there were self winding clocks, automatic eievat- OTIS and dumb walters and other de- lights of the lazy man7 Recall the bangs of envy that stung you as you got up in your oid-fashioned house to put down the windows and build the fire7 No more cause for envy now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

boiled, but the automattic egg boiling system there developed e flaw. and 1t has been abandoned. The flaw consist cd in the varying strength of the cleo trte current by which the water was boiled. If 1t happened to be weak the eggs were under boiled; if very strong they were too hard. So it was decided to give to the boiling of the eggs the two minutes 1t took to draw on the coffee and get the butter and cream.
 It is not to be understood that noth- ing automatic has been going on be- this house arises. Neither is 1t to be beyond the control of the person for whose convenience they have been arr ranged. The whole scheme is timed the night before. works while you sleep and is entirely at your service in the morning.
 The chief function of the system dur ing the dark hours Is protection against burglars. The alarm consists of buzzer at the head of the bed and z series of tiny incandescent lights. Each window and door is equipped with a device that starts the alarm at the slightest tampering with them The, signal is so arranged by connection with the clock which times all the automatic operations in the house that between the time the faIhi- 'iy retfres and 6 o'clock, or any other desired hour In the morning. even servant may not enter the upper part of the house from the basement with out starting the burglar alarm unless
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

Science has reached down to t1p ser vile and slowly individual who is mas ter of his own house and. perforce, the first mate of the furnace. and has placed within his easy reach. comforts of which the dweller in the automatic and aristocratio> flat wots' not. But to spread the glad tidings:--
 How. the system Works.
 This is what happens in the house at No. 525 West End Avenue when Alden l.. McCurtry. its owner. awaixes In tho morning, an event, by the way. regulated by the bnzzlng of buzzer under his inflow at the time desired 4 during. the night for ventilation fall shut automatically and silently: the window shades go up as automatically. and as silently as the windows come down; the register sends worth gush of hot air;..f 1t has turned very cold in the night, cold enough to reduce the temperature of the house below the point you like it. the grate fire Is started automatically, and the water begins to run into the bathtub.. Open ing the door of the sleeping room. the rest of the house Is found to be warm ed to exactly the proper temperature. By the time one has made his way to the bathroom the tub is filled with wa- ter of the temperature one approves. Allowing, automatically. of course. for the bath such time as one choose, the percolator is found to have furnished a cup or cups of fragrant coffee and the toast is found to be Drowned to a turn. Formerly the eggs. were found to be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
LORD KELVIN AND REFLECTION.
How Great Scientist Fsusht Thsss Whe Disputed Faath.

The death of Lord Kelvin has brought into prominence the fact that religion has recovered it's prestige and influence among the hiGhiy educated classes In England
 writes the London correspondent of The New York Tribune. Thirty years ego ths most eminent scientific thinkers were az postics. at war with ali crceds ss relics of guperstition Darwin. TyndAli, Huxley and Spencer. with the subtlest inteiIscta of their time. did not conceal their pity and contempt for the childish beliefs of creduious humanity and were hailed as the svangeis of scientific .agnosticism and q new millenium of free.thinling. In an- other generation of scientific progreaa the prayer gauge. fhsr tiit over the Mosaic eos- mogony the ironical substitution of pair of chimpanxees for Adam and Eve and Spencer's deSpairing reeoil from the Un- knowsbls" have passed out of mind. and the most eminent thinkers have become r0serent investigators of the origin of fife. Lord Relvin's pre-eminence in British scs- ence has been unchallenged and he was . strenuous opponent Of agnostictsm, which seemed to him as indefensible as modern attacks upon the atomic theory. When the current generalization of an earlier genera tion that modern science neither Rffirms nor denies creative power in the origin of life was repeated during his closing years he dissented fro nit with as much emphasis he could command. His protest against Professor Henalow's. account of ''Prssent- Day RatIonalisE'' had behind 1t hls own authority as the greatest scientific mind. It was m uncompromising declaration that science affirms . creative and directive power in the universe and is compelled to accept 1t as an article of belief.
 Lord Kelvin. many-sided as were his act ivities as inventor. electrician and nathe- matician. and profound as was his faith that the world was on the verge of moment ous discoveries. was one of the most modest and unassuming of men. He had devot- ed an arduous lifetime to the study of heat, magnetism, tidal action and electric fly; yet he was constrained to confess that he knew as little in the end as at the beginning about the deepest mysteries of creation. With, face aglow with enthuaiasua he could forecast . coming era when the book ee nature would be opened and the secret motives and basic principles reveal cd and applied to the welfare of mankind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

process is begun. A contact on the clock starts the stove The same prfn- ciple applies to the small stove on
 which the toast Is made The difficulty
 in boiling eggs to a nicety srising
 from the varying strength of the elec-
 tric currents supplied to the ordinary
 residence has been explained, but this constitutes no drawback. for the eggs
 can be boiled in the time required te
 serve the coffee and toast.
 According to Mir. McMurtry.. there is
 no limit to the cooking or other opera tions that can be performed in the same
 way, it being merely a question of the
 number of contacts arranged for on the dial of. the clock. Nor is one large clock required. The ordinary alarm clock may be used with slight adapta- .tfon, one such clock being needed for
 each function or for each group of functions that are desired shall be per- formed at the same time. For instance, if it is desired to have the furnace started. the shades rolled up and the windows pulled down at the same time one clock will serve for those purposes. The wiring is easily hidden, the clock may be fixed in an unseen place and none of the devices ifs large enough to. be conspicuous in any room.
 2. Photograph Answcrs 'Phone.
 Other applications of simple mechan- fcal and electrical principles in com- mon use have been made in this West End residence for less serious purposes than the starting of fires on cold mornings. Largely for amusement q phonograph was connected with the telephone. and when the latter rang when the family was absent the phono- graph announced automatically that there was no one at home. and would not be until a given hour. While this was used merely for experimental pur- poses. 1t suggested practically possf- bilfties of a. telephonic-pho connection by which business man leaving his office could announce by phonograph to any one calling him over the telephone that he would not return until certain time and that meanwhile. if desired, ., he could be found at q certain place. The installation of the devices de- serb ed above in the West End avenue home of the designer of them marks another advancesin the science of au- tofnatic housekeeping. Already most l of the processes of washing, ironing 1 and dish washing and many of the pro- cesses of cooking are performed with | automatically, or partly so. | The fireless stove and the iceless re- l frigerator have come into every day | use. The electric heater is being de- | veioped rapidly and within. reasonable | limits of expense. The house telephone | system saves innumerable steps for | merfy necessary. It has. been demon- strated by MT. McMurtry that any | operation that does not re- l quire discretion may be performed as | by machinery as by hu- | man hands. It is the age of the push | button.
 But there is no button we can press to make the living.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

SLENDER Margaret KnolIy, now. if you please. The fascinating leading iady of the Bijou. now more fascinating than ever. astonished all her friends on Broadway. the other day by presenting to their admirlng gaze a syelt and wil- say fat, outlines with which she gaily sailed away to new striumphs and for eign shores last January. After a good deal of diplomatic cRoss~examtna- tion from interested fat acquaintances the secret was cautiously, whispered to a few dear friends. with the result that everybody knows it now. It was not exercise. nor fasting. nor aea air, nor worry about her new venture that had change in the charming Margaret; no. none ofA the4e. nothing but simple mixture which all good druggists are familiar with and can supply at amail cost to-wit: Ona-half ounce Marmola. one-halG ounce Fluid Extract Cascara Aromatic. and three and one-half ounces Qe Syrup Simpler. Grown folks need tsa.spoen,sEsl sfter meals slender Marearek. 'sft is simply won derfuL It takes on the fat quickly. as much as a pound a day, and keeps it off You can eat what you like, too. m that respect it 10 unlike anything of the kind I ever heard of and beaides it has another splendid feature--lt is entirely hRrmless and will not cause is fat and wants to get thinner as face powder. Tn order to get tho best results. however. you should buy fhe Marmola in the original package and mix it in with the other two tugredis snts altar you get homo"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
Drinking Men Not Wanted
The above sieh ls now seen n many

The above sign is now seen in many shops and ofices in this city. because drinking men are unreliable
 Competition is too keen and llfo is too strenuous for an employer to keen men on his pay roll whose nerves arc unsteady and whose brains gre nof clear.
 Every line of business in beniuninns to close ita doors to drinking Taan
 Drunkenness is a Giseaas ana llle most diseases its remedy Crrs inc is the reliable treatment and in sold under a positive Nuaranfee f6 ef feet a cure or your money wiil he re- funded 0fEins is in two forms; No which can Dc used without the pa- sisnt'a knowledge in tea, coffeA or food and No. Cor those who wish ee be cured.
 The guarantees applies tn both forms Mailed in plain BeaIed package on rec ceipt of SLIGO. Write for 1re6 booklet. mailed In plain, sealed envelope. Th& OrrIne Co. Washington D.. C.. or D. c Fowler.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
AUTOMATIC
 HOUSEKEEPER
ELECTRICAL DEVICE AUTOMATIC
 ALLY ATTENDS TO WANTS.
Controlled by clock 1t starts the Fur nace Fire and Regulates Damp- CTS for tie Heat That
 sn Required.
V Y. Herald.

". ". Herald.
 This is a story for patient and down. trodden man. As he ventures gingerly from his downy couch. with Medicine Hats choicest climatic offering swirl ing through the cracks. and falls sleep Iy down the basement stairs in his pa 5amas to stoke the treacherous fur mace let<him remember what he reads here and take hope. For here are more first aids to the indolent than ever were offered before in one lot.
 Briefly, this article might be styled "The Victory of the Push Button: or. Brfdget's Sad Ffnish.' It recounts the magnificent victory of mechanism over maid. and describes the joys of life in the age of automatic housekeeping.
 In West End Avenue-No. 325, to be exact-is a three story and basement residence which has as honest a title to a place in history as the building in which the Declaration of Independ- snce was signed orrthe room in which was drafted the thirteenth amendment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
aFfneIlr.s

New York Times.
 Tn his Grand Rapids speech Secrs- tary Taft asked the following question and answered it ox-hand in the ncga- tive:
 Finally. can there be any doubt where Abraham Lincoln would have stood in the issues which peculiarly distinguish the administration of rheo- dore Rooseveit7"
 Against Mir. Taft's .nnalIyH It Is per haps not impertineut 70 set "finaliy" of Abraham Lincoln himself:
 Finally. were President should desire the iegislation of the country to rest with Congress uninfluenced by the executive in it's origin or progress and undisturbed by the veto. except in very special or clear cases.''
 Possibly one finally Is as good as the othsr--or better than the other.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

let with ehIldiike simplicity he could <peak of his ewn prolonged efforts ks explain tbe mysteries of chemical affinity. electric and magnetic force and the relp.ions between ether and pondsrable matter as b1n1lfna failures With rsyersnt ave he could de- scribe the new attitude of science to rsliG- Of the intellectual movement or the age Life without the fmpuisss of creative mind--an orderly universe as the result of fortuitous combinations of matter and forcs --wers. in his estimation. nnscientific and unthinkabie theories. The highest tribute that can be paid to thiz nobis man of science is that he left behind hin the mistz of agnosticism prevailing during ths last generation. and. looking bravciy forward, reinforced religion with the hixhsst intsiii- gencs of the times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
Notice Flnal settIenaenl

@ontsomesy county.l Fab. 18th. fsea
 Nottce "a hereby given thAt chari4s c C Wfi8hts oeceagod. nas ghga day Nssa his account and vouchers fer final ah{tIs- 4nNAt or nl9 administration o7 aaia axtHtu. ana that tho 9kh day e March. 1eeA haa eeen apppintaa for said saktt4mgns
 q A 0AaTo1n --4A-s@ @a9Ee oR Rxp9Rfas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

The CemmlHsiemers of Agr1calsure and sueeessful farmers everywhere en- dorne oar acid phosphatem. and Day break Fertilizers. Marks a Gayle. tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
A Nice Bath Room Ous.

In your bath room, will give pleasure to all of your family.
 Drop by today and see our dis. play and note the reasonable prices. Estimates eheerfully fur. nished.
 IA. MURRAY & Co.. Phone 4S7. Plumbers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
Our Ready-To-Wear Depart
 lnent, A Store in Itself.

Larger, Better, and More Thoroughly Modern Than
 Ever. The stock rapidly nearing completion New Silk Suits, ranging from $16.50 to-. ..$75O0 The Merry Widow Taffeta Silk Dress - $225O A specially pretty Chiffon Panama Suit at <. $225O Invisible striped Suiting, all new shades . s225O The Mirage Silk Suit one of the prettiest creations of the season. Every style in our department exclusively confined to us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
PretIiest separate skirts Ever Shown
Here.

2. uSE6s
 Materials are Silk Wool.Rajah, Voiles and Pana- mas, in all shades, including the Blondine Copen- hagen-blues and champagne.
 Two specially attractive Skirts of navy and brown checks, with solid band trimmings.
 New Braided Lace Goats Colors, black, ecrue and white.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
30 pcs Imperial Long Cloth $I.5O pr.

This is quality of Long Cloth that has been on the market for years, consequently we'll known to all consumers quality always dependable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

Additional styles in Lace Waists this week. Lingerie Princess Dresses just in by express
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
White PIumetis.

An imported material in all white, specially new for dressy costumes and separate waists. A high-class nd dressy fabric, requiring very little trimming Width 40 in Prices range from soc to $1OO.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
Specials In White Goods and Linens.
 New-Port Suitings l5c Der ward.
7&s Dexter Ave.

A 34 in. natural linen finish fabric; comes in blues pink lavender three shades of brown and black specially nice material for separate skirts shirt waist suits and childrens wear.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-26
which / am credited.
Yours very truly,
BURNETT LEWIS.

Commencing on the above, the Vir-
ginian-Pilot says editorially:
Elsewhere in to-day's issue will be
found communication from Mr.. Bur-
nett Lewis, of Richmond, in wonder
fully good-tempered correction OF an
error which was published in the news
columns of the Virginian-Pilot some
months ago. The ascription to Mr.
Lewis of record which belonged to
another man was unintentional on the
part of the reporter, OF course. That
does not alter the fact that great inju y
might have been done man of less
established character; nor does il lessen
our regret at having, however innocent
ly, exposed to disagreeable comment
the name of one of Virginia's most re-
spected and respectable citizens. Such
amend as can nowabe offered we mo-
cheerfully make. The episode is not
altogether unpleasant which has evok-
ed such a display of generous spirit as
the letter of Mr.. Lewis voices.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-26
TWELVE BILLION COPIES.
ESTIMATED CIRCULATION OF ALL THE
NEWSPAPERS OF THE WORLD.

ESTIMATED CIRCULATION OF ALL THE
NEWSPAPERS OF THE WORLD,
1t is estimated that the annual ag-
gregation of the circulation of thenew
papers of the world is some 1900, ,0O0,-
600 copies. To grasp an idea OF what
these figures mean one should be told
that these papers would cover no fewer
than 10, $50 square miles of surface, that
they are printed on 7S1, ,25O tons OF pa
per and, further, that if the number
Q2,O00 O00, ,000) represented, instead OF
copies, seconds of time ii would take
more than 338 years for them to elapse'
In lieu of this arrangement we might
press and pile them vertically upward
to reach our highest mountains.
Topping all these and even the high
est Alps, the pile would reach the mag
nificent altitude of, in round numbers,
800 miles. Calculating that the aver
age man spends five minutes in the day
reading his paper, very low estimate,
we find that the people of the world
altogether annually consume in the
reading of their papers an amount OF
time equivalent to 100, 900 years.
per's Weekly.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-26
WORK WEAKENS THE KIDNEYS
DOAN,S KIDNEY PILLS HAVE DONE
GREAT SERVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO
WORK IN STAUNTON.

DOANS KIDNEY PILLS HAN DoN Il
GREAT SERVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO
WORK IN STAUNTON.
Most Staunton people work every day
in some strained, unnatural position
bending constantly over desk-ridlng
on jolting wagons or cars-doing labo-
rious housework lifting, reaching or
pulling, or trying the back in hun
dred and one other ways. All these
strains tend to wear, weaken and IN
jure the kidneys until they fall behind
in their work Of filtering the poisons
from the blood. Doan's Kidney Pills
cure sick kidneys, put new strength IN
bad backs
Thomas NJ. Richardson, living in
Cambell, near Luray, Va, says 81
have used Doan's Kidney Pills and
found that they act as represented. My
kidneys annoyed me great deal. Ihf
secretions were dark in color, painful IL
passage, and gave me great difficulty tt
fOnIrOl L WIS doiN y
move about on account of the sharl
twinges which caught me at every
movement. | doctored great deal ant
used many advertised remedies, but di'
not succeed in finding relief nntl
Doan's Kidney Pills were brought t
nv attention and | procured a box at
drug store. They cured me and hav
not suffered the slightest return OF tn
trouble since"
HOME PROoF-There is plenty OF lt
cal testimony like the above. Call a
B. F. Hughes drug store and ask |
see copies of statements of Staunto
: people who have used Doan's Kidne
Pills.
For sale by all dealers. Price % CT
4 Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo, New Yofl
!, sole agents for the United States.
: Remember the name-Doan's-ar
take no other.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-06-26
Bucklen's Arnica Salve WINS.

Tom Moore, of Rural Route l, Coch-
ran, Ga, writes: Il had bad sore
come on the instepof my foot and could
find nothing that would heal 1t until l
applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Less
than half OF 25c box won the day for
me by affecting perfect cure.' Sold
under guarantee at B. +. Hughes drug
store