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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
sHANrUNG SILK EXPERIMENTS.
White Fiber Produced From Worms
 Fed na GAaA E@avaM

White Fiber Produced From Worms Fed oa Ook Leaves.
 The following information concern ing the discovery of a process for bleaching silk produced by worms fed on oak leaves is furnished by Consul Wilbur T. Gracey. of Tsingtau:
 The silk manufactured in Shantung is Of two qualities, white and pongee. The peculiar yellow-br color of pongee silk is due to the fact that the silkworms which produced 1t are-fed on oak leaves instead of mulberry leaves Numberless experiments have been made endeavoring to make the silk woven by the worms fed on oak leaves as good white as that produced by the mulherry-fed worms, but 1t has remained for German experts to work out the process.
 After the failure of British com pauy some five years ago which had made extensive and continued experf- ments with solution of soda, a Ger man Chinese company erected a silk filature at Tsangkow, about ten miles from Tsingtau with the purpose of continuing the experiments. which. 1t is understood. have now resulted. through German scientists, in produc- ing the finest silk made in the pro- vince of Shantung. It is similar in quality to Japanese silk and the ven- tures as far as thet product is con cerned. is a pronounced success.
 It is impossible for the company to secure sufficient number of laborers who will remain long enough to learn the business and then continue in the service, and it has not yet been able to produce to the full extent of the factory. notwlthstandins that shantung is the most densely populated province fin China--thousands of whom are emigrating annually to Siberia and other countries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28

presiding officer addressing him fn words of welcome. There he was kept two hours and a half. and in that time he signed 2s0 autograph albums.
 In London the popular favor took an- other form As the theatres were run ming nightly. most of the actors were excluded from seeing him act. where upon 451 of them sent him q petition setting forth this misfortune. and beg ging him to have q pcrfcrmance for their benefit at an hour in which they could be present. Saivini consented with the greatets pleasure. and in the overflowing house which came to see him 500 of the best places were oeeu- pied by the English actors.
 The secret of Salvinfs robust old age lies in the exercise which he has always taken to keep himself supple and strong. He was and is a fencer of the first order. and in his numer- ous stage duels his great difficulty was not to protect himself, but Co avoid killing his adversary One evening Adelaide Ristori was taken iil. and salvini picked her up like baby and carried her home through the streets. without showing the least strain. and Mime. Ristorf was not a featherweight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
shelter of Bird and Rsa.s.

RGdESons WGSAiHs
 The natural heat Of a mans blood is ss.4. That of Q bird average sabout TOT. which Is the temperature of the domestic fowl.
 For this reason many people sup pose that birds do not suffer from the cold of winter, being also pro- tected by their thick coat of feathers. But they do. Birds and all the wood land folk feel cold. and a hard frost causes severe suffering.
 Birds are quite clever about seek ing shelter from the bite of a frosty night, Fun bat fowIing net across the side of a hayrick. You will be amazed at the extraordinary number and variety of small birds which come futtering out as soon as the lantern light strikes upon the rick side.
 Sparrows huddle together in tightly packed masses, With them 1t Is any port in a storm or frost. and seven were once found. all in a feathery heap. dead in a hole in the brickv ork behind greenhouse furnace. Sa some way fumes had leaked through the interstices of the masonry from the chimney behind and suffocated the whote lot.
 Thick ivy is favorite roasting place In cold weather. Of course, there are always plenty of birds who spend the night fin ivy. but in a heavy frost the number doubles or trebles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
DRAINAGE AND coon ROADS.
Delegates From Five States Gather al
 Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn. July 27.-Delegates from i've States are represented in the Mississippi Valley Drainage and Good Roads Association which convened at the Business Mems Club today. The convention will be in session only one day
 Between 200 and 300 delegates were present when the convention was calI- ed to order by President Killough of Arkansas. The States represented in the Association are: Tennessee, Mis- sissippi. Missouri, Louisiana and Ar kansas. Kentucky was also invited to send delegates as this State was con- sidered in the Mississippi Valley with much overffowed land to be reclaimed by drainage and much work can be done in the way of good roads. At the last annual meeting of the Association the good roads feature was side-track- ed for the drainage question, but 1t Is not believed that such will be the case at this meeting. The address of well come was delivered by Mayor Malone, with a response by President Killough.
 A number of Congressman are pres ent as delegates from the five States and are taking an active part in the proceedings of the convention. Ad- dresses were made by prominent men relating to drainage and good roads.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
A New Rrnna

The capital of the nationa nowadays IS given over to the summer widower that not altogether inconsolabde stay-behind, who has magnanimously sent wife and progeny in quest of cool ing streams, while he tolls in solitude to pay the price. Not that the an- nual bereavement of the summer wif- over hasn't its compensations. You just watch him.
 Statistics are said to show that Washington has a larger out of town summer population than any city in the country. The census shriveIs enor- mously in August, especially when ai- most every government clerk among the thousands here. who can possibly arrange 1t. takes his thirty days fur tough. generously allowed by his Uncle Sam. with full pay.
 Yet the town is sylvan paradise--- the shdiest city in the world, with 100000 trees and verdant front yards on every street that all belong to Che government. There is a band concert every evening In some one of the um- brageous parks federally provided--the Marine Band three times a week. And at theatres where summer shows akill persist small boys in buttons pass around ice cream between the acts. So the capital struggles to give a pretty correct imitation of summer resort despite the mercury.
 The broad. granolithic sidewalk be- fore the White House. and the State Department is utilized at even-fall quite nonchalantly as an impromptu skating rink. Scores of merry boys and girls on rollers keep the fair sec- tion in wilirr, al fresco.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
NOW THE REVOLVING HOUSE.
New York Times.

New York Times.
 A quarter of century ago one of the popular farce. We, Us Co.," was founded on what the authors consid- cred wildly fantastic idea, a revolv- ing summer hotel. Every guest could have room with a southerly ex. posture. 4 few years later a scientific person, withoua 8 suspicion of hu- nor, published the plans of just such a building. a home on a pivot, the chambers of which could be moved to face in any direction at the will of the owner. The development of cleo tricity as 6 motive power has en- couraged a New YorKer to build just such a house out Willet's Point way, at the entrance to Long Island Sound, and an architect of this city is now at work on the plans Thus the wild fantasy of twenty five years ago, when the faceurs could think of no means of turning their imaginary house except by windlass and mule power. becomes a practical fact.
 But there is going to be trouble with the water supply and the drain age. To fit the house with plumbing and heating apparatus will tax the ingenuity of sanitary engineers. There will be some trouble about going down cellar to get a scuttle of coal. Doubtless science will solve these dif- ficult problems
 The house will revolve on a pivot, and electricity will do the work. The owner will press a button. and change his view or catch the breezes at will. But is he a hermit? If not, what about the tastes and fancies of the other occupants of the house7 If his mother-in- Jaw comes to stay he must be careful about turning her windows away from the sound view and breezes.
 Noiseless ball bearings. a system of signals to annouce the turnig of the mansion, are quite understandable. But the daring New Yorker is laying up for himself a lot of social and do- mestic trouble. Every inmate of that house will want 10 control the turn ing. Has he thought of the cook The bewilderment- of second-story men will be the only real advantages the house will possess. We prophecy that after a year of playing with his new toy the owner will try to sell 1t. and be glad to return to an old-fashioned. stationary residence with all It's dis comforts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
The Reffer Wnr-


 had gone to the postofice in a Nav Jersey village to mall a letter. and fallen into condensation with the Post master. From the fact of his being postmaster I took 1t that he was a present administration man, but as we talked he let drop something that made me doubt. I therefore summed up the nerve to ask him which candidate he intended to support. For answer he took my arm and walked me a quarter of a mile away and halting on a bridge over creek he whispered:
 "sir. don't say that I haven't got any opinions"
 'No?"
 And they are strong opinions" And believe they are the opinions of a man that loves his country" 'T am glad to hear that. I have aI- ways believed that country should come before party"
 But sir. I am postmaster of this town"
 "Yes?"
 The salary of my ohice is s2s year and of course, there's the prestige. am looked up to as a Federal onice- holder"
 That's true"
 And I need the money. and want the prestige, and so I'm going to say to you"
 Yes" I replied, as he hung on to the sentenc.
 T am going to say to you, sir, that where I am to be found in this strug- gle for liberty"
 Yes, yes"
 You can go and soak your head In a bran mash and then figure it out with piece of chalk on e barn doOrr'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
Big I.rIce for sIefeorfte .
Tacoma Special to Seattle Post-Inteil
 Hanrar

Tacoma Special to Seattle Post-Inteili-
 gencer.
 The largest price ever paid for me- teorlte will be given for the one found last fall by H. G. Herold. of this city. who while cruising off the timber lands In Whateom County, located what is declared to be the largest meteorite on record. After great deal of corre- spondence with a number of museums, Mir Herold has finally practically made bargain with one in New York City and, while the price Is not revealed, MT. Heroid states 1t Is over 12.000. which was paid for the next largest meteor found
 Mr. Herolds meteor is ten feet in diameter and fourteen feet in length. It Is located in the forests in the foot hills in the eastern portion of What com County. The second meteorIte fin point of size. Mir. Herold says, is ap- proximately ten feet in diameter and is oval shaped. It is now on exhibi- tion in the New York Museum of Nat ural History. How the New York Mu- scum people are to get his meteorite out of the woods is a problem. Mir Herold believes those attempting to handle 1t will have to wait until snow covers the ground and then place 1t on enormous sklds. made from trees. and slide 1t out over a road previously cut. It Is not far. Mfr. Herold says, from a railroad. and the grade to the railroad Is all down ward.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
A HOt BInut Dgiudlrected.

Springneld Republican
 Hammer the enemy until he quits'' is a fiery message for the man from Oyster Bay to project into the languid life of this midsummer. Are we seek ing a row? The speech at Newport illustrates the burning energy which the President has been storing up during these weeks when the people of the nation have busted thefnselves with nominating candidates for the Presi- dency. What a restless spirit this is what a lover of fight for fights sake! He might just as well have named Japan as the nation with whom we have got to fight, as Hobson did. II is easy to understand how many we'll balanced minds will rejoice that with the coming of next March Theodore Roosevelt Is. to step down from the White House into the ranks of ordinary eitiYenship. The fever and fret of his
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
He Was Excused.

After the fat man had struggled and damned and twisted past the woman on the end seat of the simmer car and sat down with a bang it was seen that his face was red and his feelings were hrt. He held on to himself for e block, and then said:
 Madam, when I started to board this car 1t was under the impression that you were a lady.
 "Yes. sir" she replied.
 'I believe that you would move along and give me room"
 "Yes, sir"
 T believed that you, as lady, would much prefer moving along to having me climb over your feet in the way I was compelled to-
 ''Yes. sir"
 'sBut. madam. you did not move-not an inch"
 NO. sir, didn't"
 "On the contrary. you sat tight. You even grasped the stanchion in your hand. as if to prevent me from busting you"
 'fYes. sir"
 Then, madam-then, in considera- tion of the above incontestabie and incontrovertible facts, I am obliged to observe that to the best of my knowI- edge and belief you are no lady"
 NO, sir" was the sweet reply.
 'If you had been, you would have hiAehed along"
 "Yes, sir. Yes, sir. If had been a lady, l should have hitched along Into
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
AN AGREED DECREE
BUT JUDGE HOLDS TT UP ITEM
 POHARILY.
The Decree is To Settle Litigation in- voIving Kirby Lumber Company,
 Houston oil Company And
 Maryland Trust Company.

Houston, Texas, July 27--An agreed decree in the litigation involving the Kirby Lumber Company. the Houston oil Company and the Maryland Trust Company, was presented to Judge Wal ter D. Burns in the Federal Court here today. but Is held up by the court pending a closer study of the agree ment. Judge Burns refusing approval to all the items agreed on in the mat ter of payments until there Is more understanding on his part.
 The decree provides the payment of three and a half million dollars in pay ment of a controversy of long standing which originated with the sale of a vast tract of timber lands and in con nection with which there has been much litigation. This decree provides for 8 complete reorganization of the Houston Oil Company and that the tim Der certificates now outstanding and held by the Maryland Trust Company as trustee. shall be considered a first lien. the general creditors being given timber certificates secured by a second lein on the property.
 The Kirby Lumber Company is to pay sixty-four eightieths of the original contract, which is based on eight billion feet of lumber. For pay ment of the general creditors of the Kirby Lumber Company. provision is made for the Issuance of certificates se- cured by lien on all property except that covered by trust in favor of the Mary land Trust Company trustee. Judge Burns approved an agreed judgment in the three cases of John H. Kirby against Patrick Calhoun ct al. Patrick Calhoun against John H. Kirby and the Houston oil Company and John H. Kir- by against Patrick Calhoun ct al. which have been connected. This judgment provides that Patrick Cal houn is entitled to 4.250 shares of the common stock of the Kirby Lumber Company, now held by Kirby, and r. 500 shares of the common stock of the Kirby Lumber Company, now with the Continental Trust Company; that John H. Kirby Is entitled to 33.25A6 shares of the common stock of the Houston oil Company; that Patrick Calhoun is to pay John H. Kirby the sum of $52,- 167.63 with interest at six per cent from September 25, 1903
 Another judgment approved by Judge Burns is in the case of Allan McLAne, receiver of the Maryland Trust Com pany against the Houston oil Com pany in favor of receiver McLane for $376,00O, and represented by notes and interest on the same amounting to si3S,00O, this Judgment to bear interest at six per cent from February 1, 1908.
 This was an agreed judgment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
Mary Historic Spot.
twest Chester (Pr.) Special to PhiIa-
 delphia Record.)

.
 delphia Record.)
 Among the most interesting events in Chester county for some years were the exercises held on the spacious and beautiful lawn at the country home of William M Hayes. near Embreeville, in connection with the fag-raising and the formal dedication of marker at Point Lookout, by Chester County Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the dedication of a marker at the famous "Star-gazers' Stone" by the Chester County Historical Society.
 The Stargazers' Stone was erected on the lands of the Harlan family (which had been purchased from the Penn tracO by the noted English surveyors. Charles Mason and Jere Dixon, in I764. in the process of locating the boundary line that bears their name, between Pennsylvania and Maryland. They re- mained encamped on the Harlan farm near this historic stone for about ten weeks, engaged in various astronomical observations and calculations. Here they determined the force of srayfta- tfon by means Of an astronomical clock and observed an eclipse of the moon. etc. and 1t was from these Continued gazfngs at the stars, no doubt. that the stone received its popular name Stargazerss Stone. After comnIetinr their survey of the boundary line. the Mason and Dixon line, they returned to this stone and measured thence n ie- gree of latitude southward. This ia the only time. 1t is recorded. that such A measure was ever actually run m the surface of the earth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
TOYS or MILLIoNAIRns.
That is Captain BaIdwin's View of
 Afrskips.

That Is Captain Haidwfn's View 0k
 Airskips.
 washington, July 27.-"The toys of miilionaires."
 That's what Captain Thomas s. Baldwin. the famous aeronaut says about airships. His remark was called forth by the visit to Washington to- day of August Post. representing the Aero Club of America, who Is here in an effort to arrange competitive flight between Captain Baldwin in his dirigible balloon and Henri Farman. the daring Frenchman, in his aero- plane.
 It was the desire of the Aero Club of America which has contract with Farman for flights in various cities throughout the country to have Bald win bring his machine to New York immediately for the joint flight and return later to Fort Myer to make tests before the army board Tor the final acceptance of his airship. This has been found impracticable. however. on account Of the time limit in which Baldwin must make the tests.
 In the event that Captain Baldwin fulfills all the requirements of his contract with the government the ma chine will become the property of the United States army. It would then ,. mission of Gen. James Allen. chief signal officer. to take the diriglbie to New York for the competitive flight. This probably would be difficult to ob- tain and the Aero Club may determine to bring Henri Farman to Washington to compete with Baldwin before his machine Is finally accepted by the army. Mfr, Post of the Aero Club to- day discussed the various phases Of the proposition with General Allen. Capt. Baldwin and Lieut.. Lahn. but no decvision was reached.
 "Aeronautics Is for the most part in the experimental stage" said Cap tain Baldwin tonight: "and man who is deeply interested in its prob lems Is very apt to get visionary in his ideas, but I think that contest such as the Aero Club of America is endeavoring to arrange will be of inc estimabIe value in aiding the ad- yancement of the science"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28

him say. T am is.' man is as old as he thinks he is or as young Why. I heard of young lady of 70, who had been in an Insane asylum since she was 25 or so. / After all those years she looked as young as ever: not a wrinkle on the fair skin of her face. q fine coI- or. sparkling eyes. not a streak of gray in her hair. What was the reason {? when she was very young lady the young man she was to marry died from an accident and the tragedy upset her mind. After that she was not con- scious of time: she did not know what 1t meant to grow old; therefore she was not old. She was over 70. but she was as young as ever"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST.
Passing of the Aborfgines of Arizona
 and Mex Mexico.

Outer's Book for July.
 There are now in New Mexico about 5000 Indians. We have reduced" their oumber 25 per cent. within It, tie more than half a century. Our "civiIizing" influences seem to be more destructive, proportionately, than the guns and torches and slave-drivers whips of the Spaniards. There are twenty schools in New Mexico, with an average attendance of seventy-flve pupils. About one-third of this mum Der attend the reservation schols. The others prefer the private or pay schools.
 At the time the American conquest there were about e0.000 Indians in the "arid valley of Arizona, more than half that number being Apaches. Now there are only about 15,000, the Apaches being reduced to about 5000. The Apaches refuse to be civilized the remembrance of the frequent Apache wars" of the past generation still rankles in the revengeful breasts of the remnant of this once powerful tribe. Tourists get glimpse Of the descendants of these once noble red men" at the railway stations in Ari- zon, New Mexico and California. At the hot town of Yuma about 1000 friendly Indians live on the banks of the river, and subsist by selling LElukeLS 10 LFAVSAeEb. 4nG HuVHSJ ID spent mostly for ''hrewater." These vagabonds are known as Yuma In- dians." having lost not only their pos- sessions, but their tribal name. They are the lowest of their race. and are not a pure type. The same may be said of those at Tucson, and at other points along the railroad.
 At AibuQuerQue. Sante Fe and at other points in New Mexico, a mild type of the Pueblo Indian Is seen, with his baskets. blankets and trinkets. which he offers to sell to his white brother. Some of them cling to their native dress. but it does not seem to fit them any better than their new civilization. A sadder type still Is seen.~at the railway stations in the Mojave desert. and at the mining camps in northeastern Arizona and Southern California. They have reached the lofest stage in human degradation and have combined all the vices of civilization with the loss of their manhood. It requires only a short mental calculation to estimate the date of the extinction of the red men of the Southwest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-28
A Visit ef Csrsmouy.


 A laudable ambition and the con- sciousness of ability and desire to sreve his country faithfully may moye a statesman of even the keenest sense of personal pride to submit to certain humiliations. They are a part of the game. he feels; campaign expedients as dlsagreeabIy necessary for him as for his agents the greasing of some sordid palms just before election may be Politics is a series of compromises. and perhaps 1t is futile and priggtsh to take too lofty an attitude with regard to it's unpleasant developments.
 If we do not misread the character of the Republican candidate for Pres ident, he Is as sensitive. as proud. as independent as if he had never been in tssis masque of politics. If he has made 6 pilgrimage. it is because, in spite of argument to the contrary. st has been deemed imperative ana iB- escapable.