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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06
NO LIMIT TO NAVY.
Germnny Goes Right Ahead Buhdine
 Ships.

ShAVSs
 1ondon Sept. 5-It can be stated on inc highest authority that there IS no truth in the current reports rna1 an agreement has been reached pe- tween Great Britain and Germany on the subject of the limitation or naVai armaments.
 This announcement will surprise no one who is acquainted with the Ger man attitude towards all sugsestions emanating from England, that hIlie should be put to the shipbuilding pro gram of the two nations. The view al- most universally held in Germany IS that such proposals are prompted sole Iy by A desire on the part or GreaI Britain to maintain the Kaiser's fleet permanently in its present position or inferioriry Coming as 1t did at time when the building of the Dreadnoughe was. supposed to have enormously in- creased Britain's naval preponderance, the demand that halt should De call ed in the building of warshtps was not likely to be regarded as a disinterested move on the part of Great Britain.
 Today any such overtureS on the part of England are even more open 10 sus- picion than they were at the time or The Hague Conference. Since then the Reichstag has adopted a naval pro- gram extending to 1911 which. unless 1t is met by enormous expenditure on England's part will greatly lessen the relative inferiority of the Kaiser's Navy. It is quite certain that under no circumstances would Germany con- sent to modify that program in Eng lands favor. and. therefore the revival of the discussion concerning the limtta- tion of programs will not only have no practical result, but is likely still fur ther to increase the suspicion and dis trust with which such proposals are regarded in Germany.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06
ControlIing submarine Minea.

In an illustrated article on submarine mines the September Popular Mechanics says:
 ''Eiectrical mines are classified as controllable and uncomfortable. Those of the former class may be rend- cred dangerous or inert at the will of an operator on the shore, and may be tested at any time. The noncontrol- 1able electrical mines are fired by means of a firing battery which Is thrown overheard after the planting vessel has drawn of to a safe distance. The mine is then to all intents and purpose a mechanical one, and the use of the electrical firing battery has re- suited solely from the danger incident to planting the latter.
 Tho two favored methods used for firing mechanical mines are as follows. A glass tube containing suIphuric acid is placed so that it will be broken by the jar when the mine Is struck and allow the acid to come in contact with potassium chlorate The heat of reac- tion causes the explosion of the charge The second method is an arrangement of pistol and ball so that the ball will be thrown against the pistol trigger when the mine Is struck and cause a shot to be fired Into the charge, ex- ploding 1t.
 The explosive used in submarine mines are black powder, dynamite and wet gun-cotton. Of these the last two are the most effective In selecting explosives the three greatest requir- ments are: Retention of normal strength under the conditions incident to the service to-wit: lapse of time. al- ternate freezing and thawing. occasion al wetting and even saturation with water; convenience in loading-involv- ing safety in transportation and han ding with ordinary roughness-a form which admits of ready insertion in a hole small enough to be rendered watertight, and high density in small bulk; and the greatest possible effect when fired under water in such en- velops as are suitable for submagine u1uGN1 ss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06

         
  
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06
Queer Wedding Emgy. 


 There Is curious custom still pre- valent in the Bellary district of India in connection with the wedding cere- monies among certain BPahmin fami- lies.
 Just prior to the close of the feast ing a hideous effigy of male figure, fantastically robed in rags, supposed to represent the bridegroom's father is carried along the streets in proces- sion. under the shade of sieve adorn- ed with tassels of onions and margoss leaves.
 Every few yards during the proces- sion the feet of the efflgy have to be revenently washed and its forehead decorated with a castle mark by its living spouse. the bridegroom's mother The bridegroom's other female rela- lives have several mock attentions paid to them by the women of the brides party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06
Temperance in Ireland.

The annual conference of the Ma tional Association of Official Temper ance Advocates. body which com prises fully 200 secretaries. lecturers. and agents. was held in Belfast last Saturday. under the Presidency of w. Wilkinson.
 A splendid reception was accorded the delegates by members of the lead ing temperance organizations in the city and by number of prominent churchmen and civic representatives. Rev. Dr.. MIReen, Moderator of the General Assembly. extended a cordial welcome on behalf of the church. He was happy to inform them, he remark ed, that temperance had greatly pro- gressed in Ireland. especially among the intelligent classes He thought the intelligent classes of the communi- ty were coming more and more to see the evil of even the moderate use of intoxicating drinks. He was happy also to inform the conference that the progress of temperance in the church with which he was connected was very considerable,
 The temperance cause always has strong supporters among the ministers or the Presbyterian Church in Ireland ever since one of their number, pr. John Edgar. became the father of the pledge movement in Ireland, and what was true of the Presbyterian Church he believed was also true of the other evangelical churches in the city. He hoped and believed the great temper ance measure at present before the House of Commons would became law, They were sorry that 1t did not apply to Ireland yet. Nevertheless they were strongly in it's favor. because if the principles which it contained were put on the statute book for England 1t coum not be long until they would be made to apply to Ireland.
 Referring to the principles of the bill he pointed out that if public houses were to be withdrawn and compensa- tion paid for this advantage it would be terrible thing if drinking clubs should be allowed to spring up where the public houses stood. The public houses was bad, but he would say the drinking club would be worse.
 One of the great things they were most anxious about in Ireland was when they got a temperance act to have 1t properly administered. The fact of the matter was that the aim of the law in regard to temperance was being paralyZed by those sitting on the bench. Friends of the trade were not ashamed to take their place there, while he thought those who held differ ent opinions had not the same courage to take their position on the bench and indicate what ought to be the law of the land on this question.
 Rev. J. D. Lamont. Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, also ad. dressed the delegates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06
LEPRECHAUN
 AWES IRISH Little Old Man in the
 Workhouse. BELIEVED TO BE A SPIRIT Temperance Conference is Held in
 Belfast. Speakers Are Optimistic Over The Future Traffic In strong Drink Land Troubles Bring About
 More Public Meetings.
BY TIMOTHY J. O'CoNNoRs.

Dublin. Sept, 5-There is great ex- citement fin County Westmeath.
 Safely lodged in Mullingar Work house is a little being whom the people of that district believe to be the leprechaun. the mannikin-enormousi rich--who, clad In the old-time lrisn cut of garb, with red swallow tailed coat adorned with tiny brass buttons, had from time immemorial gamboiled in the moonlight and lived in Ireland' glens and lonely places. Whether the little man has treasures Of gold ana silver-as the leprechaun Is believed 70 have-hidden in the earth, to which ne will lead his captors, remains to De seen.
 The spirit of good luck. hundreds of people have been searching for him. For more than two months strange stories have come from the Killough district about the appearance of the leprechaun. Frequent visions Of the little man were vouched for in the most emphatic manner by several school children some of whom, when coming along the road on occasions greatly surprised their elders by sud- denly shouting. Look at him" and pointing into a field or wood and fol- lowing the movements of something which the seniors could not see. It was two QOllC0uuon WhO Ao0hO . creature of dwarfish proportion in a wood near Mullingar and took him 10 the workhouse. There he eats greedi- ly, but his only reply to the observa- tions. addressed to him is something between growl and a squeal. The inmates regard him with interest min gled with awe.
 The other day the gates of the work house were surrounded with children cIamoring to see the leprechaun Many people of more mature age also called, but the officials would admit nc visitors. An exception was made however, in the case oI a representa- tive of the press.
 The little man was seated on a
 bench near fire. He was clad ir workhouse clothes. and beside him were two clay pipes and some tobacco in which he freely indulged
 "He took my preferred hand" writes l the correspondent. "and shook it light | ly between his thin fingers. He ap' pears between thirty and forty years of age. Continuous conversation wal impossible with him, as after a few
 words he broke into gibberish, ejacu'
 Iating the sounds, Me, me. me. On, on
 on. One minute his face was al
 smiles; the next his expression wal
 ludicrously solemn.
 Asked if he knew where the golt
 was hidden, he answered with tht i calculations above referred to. Hi!
 appearance was certainly not at al
 supernatural, and to the medical officer
 he seemed a little being not quite sount mentally.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06

into the larger amplitude of a Univer- sity. and high as has been the renown and wide the usefulness to which the college attained. so that all its sons and daughters are proud to be called its children. I trust that by our united efforts it may come to pass with us, as it did with a greater erection of ancient days, that the glory of the lat ter house should far excel the glory of the former. Be this, at all events. the effort. be this the heartfelt, fervent prayer of us all"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06
More Land Tro,,hIen-

An Athlone telegram reports that Major Dawson having refused to give a reduction of $1 in the pound to his tenants on Noughhaval, County Vest meath. they have decided to pay no more rents but to place them with a trustees and start defence fund.
 Mir. Bond. J. P, the agent, who has been vigorously boycotted, has inform- ed the tenants that he will immediately issue writs.
 Addressing meeting of the United Irish League which was held at Ros- bercon in connection with the grazing of untenanted lands in South Kilken- ny. MT. Feagher. M. P, said he had been instrumental through the medium of the Chief Secretary and the Estates | and the Estates Commissioners in hay ing several square miles of land in South Kilkenny divided up, and there were eight other estates in the north of the county ready.
 As he had good experience now in smashing the ranches he would tell them how to proceed. They should first wait on the Chief Secretary of the Estates Commission, and if nothing resulted they should then resort to oth- CT measures.
 He would take full responsibility for what he was going to say that day. It was only by means of the cattle driving that the attention of the Gov ernment was drawn to the ranching evil He advised that they in the South oc 4he county should Hollow up
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06
Speaks For Queens CoIIewe,

The Rev. pr. Hamilton, President of Queens College, Belfast. and Vice Chancellor of the new University. says:
 whatever have been the differences of opinion in our community on the University matter, there is none, I am persuaded. as to the supreme object at which we should all now aim in regard to the higher education of this part of Ireland. Now that Belfast is to be raised to the dignity and importance of a University city. with that University governed by ourselves and having all branches of learning, all classes and creeds. and all departments of civic life represented upon It's Senate, I trust we shall all be found working together as true-hearted Belfastmen and Ulster men should in the lofty and patriotic task committed to our trust by hts majesty and the High Court of Parlia- ment.
 "As Queen Victoria, of blessed memory, was the founder of Queens College it is fitting and pleasant that 1t should be by the hand of her Illus trious son that Queens College Bel fast. should be made to blossom out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06
Two Shooting Outrages.

Two shooting outrages are reported. At Boston North Clare the house of a man named Michael Geoghegan was fired into. Eight revolver shots were fired into the bedroom in which the inmates of the house were asleep. No one was struck by the bullets.
 Geoghegan hurried outside and fired three shots at the assailants. The outrage Is attributed to the fact that Geoghegan holds grazing farm. His house has been fired into on a previ- ous occasion.
 The other outrage was perpetrated in broad daylight at Rinneen seven miles from Ennis. Michael O'Connor. a farmer residing at Shanballysallagh was haymaking with his brother Ed ward, when about a dozen shots were fired at them. without, however, either of them being struck. Neither of the OConnors saw the men who fired the shots. The authorities are making in. quirieS into the affair.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-02
DeWITT'S KIDNEY AND BLADDER pLLSrFOR, bACkACHE $;;; ;;;;;; ; ;;;;;s $;
 
SOLD BY BUCKINGHAM PHARKACY.

like the, true gentleman he is.
 They are care free, light heart ed people, and this journeying at harvest time is holiday excursion to them. Horse races, peon games and other pleasures dear to the h. dian's heart are to be enjoyed be- tween spells of. hard but wealth yielding work when the destination is reached and camp pitched. Old ac- quaintances among those from other reservations will be renewed, and an old feud or two settled perhaps.
 On the road from the reservation to the valley are many Indian "ho- tels," with excellent accommodations for man and beast. To the white man these establishments would seem mean, but to the Indian they are the most ideal of hostelries. They consist of a spring of water, some shady trees. little dry fire wood and some grass in which to stake the ponies. Once in camp at the ranch upon which he has been engaged to work the same old round of picking. turning. sorting. stack ing and the rest of the various stag es of raisin making will be gone through with. and the pay resulting therefrom spent on provisions for the family. and lost In betting on the races or at the fascinating game of peon.-Los Angeles Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-02
Chapter IS

~ N the day following the
 expulsion of Prender- Iy& gast Harry woke rest SeNA less and unrefreshed.
 Fleeting sensations mocked him-a disturbing conviction that the struggling memory in some measure had succeeded in reasserting itself in the shadowy Kingdom of sleep Waking, the apparitions were fled again into their obscurity, leaving only the wraiths of recollection to startle and disquiet. A girls face lowered always before him-ruling his con- seiousness as it had ruled his sleeping thought --,. .-..
 He took down from it's shelf the bottle he had rescued from Prender- Gasts intention and emptied it of its gihtening grains-enough to replenish his depleted stock of provisions. He paused moment as he put on his hat smiling whimsically, a little sadly. He dreaded entering the town. But there could be no remedy in conceal. ment If he was to live and work there, appear he must on the streets sooner or later. Smoky Mountain must continue to think of him as it might. What he was from that time on was all that could count to him.
 If he had but known it there was good reason for hesitation today. Ear ly that morning an angry rumor had disturbed the town. The sluice of the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-02

He lifted the child from the saddle.
 responded he swerved it sharply in
 and, holding with one hand, leaned far out from the step and lifted the child from the saddle.
 The automobile halted again before the hotel amid hush. The men who little while before had been ripe for violence now stood in shamefaced si- lence It was Jessica who ran for ward and took the child. still sobbing a little, from Harry's hands. One long look passed between them-a look on her part brimming with a great gratitude for his lifting of her weight of dread and compunction and with something besides that mantled her cheeks with rich color She kissed the child and placed her in her fathers arms.
 Devlin's countenance broke up. He struggled to speak, but could not. and. burying his face in the child's dress and crying like baby. he crossed the street hastily to his own door.
 Harry stepped to the pavement with a dull kind of embarrassment at the manifold scrutiny. He had miscon- strued Jessica's flushing silence. and the inference stung. The fierce rest was gone. and the ranking barb of accusation smarted. He should apoIo- gize to the owner. he reflected satirical- ly, for helping himself to the automo- bile-he who stole gold dust. he at whose door the town laid its unferret- ad thieveries, he who was the scape- goat for the towns offenses.
 That owner, in very fact stood just then in the hotel doorway regarding him with interest. He was the sheriff of the county. He was about to step forward when an interruption occur red. A scufrle and a weak bark sound d, and lean brown streak shot across sae pavement
 "Rummyw cried Harry. .Rummyw.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-02

Through some chink of the dead wall In his brain the name slipped out, tiny atom of fiotsam retrieved from the wreck of memory, That was all. but to the animal which had just found It's lost master the word meant sublinra- ton of delight. the clearing of the pug. gle of nameiessness that had perplexed It's canine brain. The dogs heaven was reached.
 Down on his knees on the pavement went Harry. with his arms about the starved. palpitatlng little creature and his cheek against It's shaggy coat In another moment he had picked 1t up In his arms and was walking up the street. He went back to his cabin with a strange feeling of exaltation and dis appointment-exaltation at the recur. renee of something of his old adven- lures, disappointment at the flushed silence with which Jessica had re- ceived the child.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-02


 started to run across the street. But with cry of dismay, she turned back The horse had caught sight of the red automobile and, snortlng and wild eyed, had swung into the roadway.
 Its Devlin's kidw some one cried out, and Devlin, turning, went sudden. ly ashen. The baby was the one soft spot in his ruffianly heart. He sprang toward the animal, but the movement and the hands clutching at the bridle sent it to leapng terror. In another instant it had broken through the ring of bystanders and. frenzied at its free dom, dashed down the long, level street with the child clinging to the saddle pommel.
 It was all the work of a moment, one of panic and confusion, through which rang Jessica's scream of re- morse and fright Torpor held the crowd-all save one. whose action fol- lowed the scream as leap follows the spur. In a single step Harry gained the automobile. With an instantane- ous movement he pushed the lever down and jerked the throttle wide. The machine bounded into its pace, the people rolling back before it, and, gathering headway, darted after the runaway.
 The spectators stood staring. He'll never catch him." said Michael Hal loran, who had joined the crowd. "Fu- neral Follows only a mile away" With others he hurried to the hotel balcony, where he could watch the ex- citing race. Jessica stood stock still, as blanched as Devlin, wringing her hands.
 With the first bound of the car under him, as the crowd was snatched behind, a weird, exultant thrill shot through Harry's every nerve. Each bolt and bar he knew as one would tell his fin gers. Somewhere, at some time, he had known such flight-through mel low sunlight, with the air singing past. Where? When?
 Not for the fraction of a second, however, did his gaze waver. He knew that the fiat on which the town was built fell away in a hollow ravine to the southward-he could see it from the cabin doorway-a stretch of break neck road only mile ahead. Could the child hold on? Could he distance those frenZied hoots in time? The ar- row of the indicator stole forward on the dial.
 Far behind as the crowd watched cry rose from the hotel balcony. It was Barney McGinn. the freighter, with glass at his eye. Hes gain ing" he shouted. He has almost overtaken the horsev
 The horses first fury of speed was tiring. The steel steed was creeping closer. A thunder of hoofs in pursuit would have maddened the flying ami nal, but the gliding thing that was now so close to him came on with noiseless swiftness. Harry had re- served with the nicety of practiced hand last increment of speed. With the front wheels at the horses flank. he drew suddenly on this. As the car
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-02
INDIAN GRAPE PACKERS.
Come From Reservations to Help Gather Raisins in California.

Come From Reservations to HelI
 Gather Raisins in California.
 With the approach of the grape harvesting and raisin making sea- son the Indians from, the reserva. tions in the mountains back of San Diego begin to flock to the valleys where the vineyards lie. Among these the beautiful Fl Cajyon valley with its broad acres of vines at tracts many of the dusky people.
 Down the grades they comg pumping over rough places and rais- ing clouds of dust in their rickety old wagons and carriages. Horse back. burro back and on foot they pass by in large and small parties. The conveyances are usually rather dilapidated affairs, purchased from the rubbish heap of some rancher or second hand dealer and patched to- gether with balins wire, as is the harness. But sometimes a prosper place of his own. passes by, his wagon new and the squaws and chfl- dren comfortably. though very gaud- fly dressed.
 Old carriages which have evident ly seen better days are met with. the head of the family occupying the box and the women and children piled together with household ef- fleets, feed for the team and a few dogs. Frequently one sees a family of two, the squaw mounted on the onlv horso and huhbv "hoof1nx if" at the other end of the leading rope
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-02
THOSE SUDDEN TWINGES.

{ Pain is natures signal of distress, . warning that must not be ignored Those sharp twinges in the back, those stabilize pains that follow any sudden twist or turn, are simply signs of hidden danger in the kidneys. No trouble starts more easily, gains ground more rapidly, nor proves more often fatal than any disorder of the kidneys. All the outward ap- pearances of health may remain until . terrible disease had taken root. It Is best to learn the duties of the kidneys, to watch for early signs of trouble, and to correct any irregular ity before its serious stage begins.
 The blood goes to the kidneys in an 1ncessant stream, to be cleared of poi son and relieved of surplus water. This is passed off by the kidneys in the urine. It Is the retention of poi son in kidney trouble that breeds fatal disease.
 Don't wait. The moment you feel any uneasiness, lameness or pain in the back, the moment the urine shows irregularity, either in its ap- pearance. or in the quantity or num- Der of the passages, begin with Doan's s Kidney Pills. This remedy has been curing kidney troubles for seventy ax years. and never yet has failed