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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-01
The Briquetting of Cool
 Is Being Investigated

greatest importance. The faat that the briQuets give more power than the coal means that a vessel carrying 1000 tons of briquets will be capable of steam ing a farther distance than one with 2.0O0 tons of raw coal. Tn time of war, this would be very desirable, especially if the fleet were in foreign waters, far Ifrcnscoaling stations. t3
 To the railroads, the briQuetB. 1t ia seid, will undoubtedly prove valuable fuel because of the hotter fire they make and the Iessening of the smoke: In a number of the road tests. the en- zines using briquettes carried heavy trains much faster than with the coal% They showed their ability in q num-. be of instances in making up lost time. which would have been impossible with the raw coal, according to the state- ments of the men who operated the onN zines.
 A report on the results of these tests has just been made to the Geological Survey by Professor W. F. M. Goss. con~ sulting Engineer in charge of locono- tive tests. He sees many advantages to the railroads in the use Of briquefs. "In locomotive service,"N says Mir. Qosss ..the Constitution of briquets for coal has resulted in marked increase in eiI& cfency in an increase in boiler capac- ity and in a decrease in the product ion of smoke. It has been especially noted that careful firing of briqucts at terIninals is effective in diminishing the amount Of smoke produced"
 The teetg' as a whole indicate that many low grade coals. now considered Iuseless. may make an admirable fuel and thus add to the supply or the coun- try which is being used at rapid rats'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-01

cry item of cost of production. no mat ter how small, was charged up. The total cost of this hay--mowing, hauling to barn. curing and baling < was $151.30; hauling to railroad station, five and one-half miles, S144:. total cost of production and marketing of seventy two tons grown on fifteen acres. e2a5.sN 1t was sold for st3i per, tQnfuliy s2 less than the average. 0f the last five years--the seyenty~two tons bringing in. gross ss3e and $e40.7o net. This farming firm has sold of alfalfa dli- ring the last i've year more than SS,000 worth each year, and counting the cost of preparation of the land. cost of seed ing, of barns, fencing, ditchinR and all sorts of permanent Improvements, invaS dent to the cultivation and harvesting of this crop, their books show net profit of not less than N0 per cent, or e2,OO0, a year, and it ts safe to caicu- late. that now that they have paid for permanent improvements, such as new barns, fencing and ditching. out of their profits, they will net at least 9S,- GOO a year hereafter. But this was the result of careful, painstaking prepara- tion of land and subsequent good man. agement all along the fine. without which there is no money in alfalfa in Alabama. On a nearby farm, on iden- tfcally the, same kind of land as that on which the McCains are growing ai- faIfa so proftably, not only was there no profit, but the result of several years of misdirected effokt in this di- rection was the loss of several thou sand dollars. The man Who made this failure in alfalfa lived in town, and left all the detafl5 of the work to hired negroes.
 "Near Montgomery is farm bought few years ago by a man from Mis- souri, who succeeded in making enough clear profit through diversified, farm ing: raising mainly corn oats and al- falfa, with some cotton, to pay for that farm within four years. and it's cost was S25 an acre. and there were 500 acres of 1t. On the other hand, sever- al farms equally as good have during the last few years, prosperous as those years have beens passed out of their owners hands under forced sale
 through bad management. And thus
 this whole question of successfully
 meeting the difaculties that will be- caused by the boll-weevn becomes a
 matter of management. Some farmers will make as much cotton per acre as the present general average. and wilL. 1 in addition, through diversifcation of crops, largely increAse their inc0mes' over and above what is now possible
 to make. under the all-cotton system.%
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-01

Washington, D. CTJan. 31-(Special.) Millions of tons of coal may be saved to the country through the investiga- tions of the Pathological Branch of the United States Geological Survey in- to the briquetting of coal.
 For several years this branch of the government has been conducting se- -ries of experiments in the hope of stop ping the tremendous waste in the use of fuels, and one of these was the ma king of briquets out of slack or waste coal The fine coal. which has not near ly the value of the lump coal, because of the difficulty in burning it, Is mixed with or 6 per cent of water gas pitch and pressed into cakes or bricks by powerful machinery.
 Several hundred tons Of these bri- quets were made at the fuel testing plant at St. Louis. Mo. and later at Norfolk. Va. This prepared fuel was used in a number of tests by the Lake Shore, the Michigan Central, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, the Chesa- peake and Ohio, and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroads, and in every instance the briquets furnished more power with less weight of fuel than the run-of- mine coal from the same mines. They further showed less smoke than the coal and indicated that their proper use at terminals might do away with I large part of the smoke nuisance from the railroads in the big cities of the country.
 F Tn cooperation with ethe Navy De. partment, a series of tests were made on the torpedo boat Riddle, off Hampton Roads and the briquets weight fol weight with the coal, succeeded h generating much more power. but there was very little difference in ths amount of smoke.
 20 the Nayxs these tests are Of tn'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-01
ATE RAILROAD TICKETS.

Queer Conduct Causes sfFanger's AF-
 rest In New Orleans. --
 New orleans, Jan. 31.--Efforts are being made by the local police to es- tablish the identity of weli-dfessed stranger who Is being held here at the house of detention.
 The prison surgeon declares that the man Is suffering from temporary mental alteration and this declaration Ia somewhat borne out by the strang- CTS eating a railroad ticket to Balti- more and then starting to devour his hat He arrived here last night on the Southern Pacific Sunset Express and was to have left for Baltimore on the New York Limited. but his queer conduct caused his arrest. Letters found in his clothes were addressed to James Cocks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-01

 weathsr-beafen yessel. on credit. With this as accommodation for goid-seekers. they piyed the coast, making trips to the town. And with this trade, togeth- CT with lucky strike" the German. who hit Alaska broke, became wealthy man.
 MT. Mc0oueh left Alaska in 1901, and settled in Seattle. when that town of Washington had just begun to open as the central point of trafiio between the States and isolated Alaska. And now. to his mind, Seattle possesses possibiii- ties far greater thaH does Alaska It. self.
 All of the bullion from Alaska comes through Seattle, and a government mint Is installed there. All of the traftic With Alaska must pass through the Wash ington town, and an enormous trade with Japan and China goes to ana ITO in Seattle harbnr.
 Great Freight ships.
 There is little, written of the, Tar Northwest of the United States yet, says Mir. McGonghs and yet 1t is worthy of a Kipling. There Is much more oc- curing about the Pacific than the far off Southerners conceive. For instance, he points, with alK the talk and the news of the Lusitania and the other great Atlantic greyhounds, there is little or nothing or the great steamers of the Pacific. And yet he declares, there afe. running out or the harbor of Seattle, the greatest freight-carrying ships of the world, merchant ships as large as the Lusi- tania, and much more stable and com modious. He points to the Minnesota, A merchant steamer of thousands or tons capacity, as an example,
 That the entire country will soon realize the greatness of the West and of Seattle. says MT. MeGough, will come when the crowds gather at the Lewis and Clark Centennial, to be held at Seattle during this spring. The great exposition is almost ready for the pub lic, and preparations are being made in the Washington town to welcome all the world. The climate. he says, Is ex- cellcnt, an ideal summer resort the State makes and with a winter tem- perature that. contrary to belief, rare- iy. goes below. twenty degrees. and which has never passed three degrees for years.
 Seattle is cosmopolitan town. says Nr. McCough, with it's 150,00e and rap- idly growing population comprising men and women from every State, and almost from every nation. There are many Alabamians there.
 Japanese and Chinese make up large portion of the population, and there is little of the discord between the white and yellow races there, as Is found in Caiifornia. according to MT. A6cCouEii.
 Altogether, the yisitoE who has wIu- inely become an expatriate for the love and the lure of the West. is full, brim futi, of Seattle. He will remain In Montgomery for few days. with his sister. Mrs. Baarcl1e. on Summit Ave nue, and with his brother, T. D. Me- Cough, on Burton Avenue. During the week he will leave for Arnerietis, Ga. his birthplace, and in few weeks ne will hie him hack to Seattle, the land in the making rapidly growing, pro ductiye of fortunes. and full of promise
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-01

Every day there are people who ex- press approval of this Company's sys- tenn of retaining representatives to as- sist patrons in meeting their lighting, fuel and power requirements.
 Gas and Electricity are now applied to over one thousand distinct uses; uses to which they are applied to better ad- vantage than could be any other pro- duct at any price.
 We do not desire to sell our products where they will not yield an advantage by their use. We demand good ser- vice from others and as eagerly desire to render good service.
 Along with an increase of plant capacity and expansion of lines and mains, comes an additional force of company representatives, They are permanent residents of Montgomery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-01
Our Representatives

and not of the ay-by-night class, neither are they employed by metal-6xture .promoters.-sLight, fuel and power is to them a life work and they could not afford to offer you a proposition now that would cause you dissatisfaction later on.
 There is no single type of lamp, fix ture, or appliance that meets all re- quirements, but this company through its representatives can be reIiedu upon to bring you at all times, the best equip ment that will secure for your indiUd- ual or specific needs the best service.
 The services of our representatives are yours. If your light fuel or power results are not up to the standard, pr, It you think we can serve you In any way, whether you are patron of this Com pany or not, call for our representative.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-01
MEMORIAL. SERVICES.
Eulsgfes are Delivered on Life of Rep
 resentatfve Powers.

resentative Powers.
 washington, Jan. S1.--The House of Representatives. convened in special session today for the purpose of hear ing sulogies on the life, character and public services of the late Represent alive Llewellyn Powers, of the Fourth Maine Congressional District, who died on July 2S. of last year.
 Those in addition to the Speaker, who delivered addresses In eulogy of the late Maine Representative. were Representatives Guernsey (Me.), who succeeded Mir. Powers; Gaines (Tenn.). Stanley (Ky.) and Lloyd (Mo.l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-01

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-01

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 in jug, exprees paid.
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Evening star., 1909-06-06
BLUE AND GRAY TO
PLAY BASKET BALL

That basket ball Is not to be entirely
dropped at Georgetown became more evil
dent than ever during the past week,
when Capt James Collif1ower started the
organizing of a law school association
TO take charge of the sport. The society
is. of course, still In the embryo state.
but the fact that active preparation for
next years campaign has begun proves
conclusively that the team which has
done SO much good work In the past
Will again be seen in action.
The students Of the law school have
become very enthusiastic over the prof.
ect, and have already carried the matter
before the dean of the faculty. whose
permission must be obtained before the
name of the school can be used In this
matter there has been consderab BILE dis
cuSsion as to whether the auint shall be
representative Of the law school or OF
the university. While il is likely that
the team will be almost entirely com
posed of law students, yet II is argued
that it would have far better standing
II 1t was called the varsity. This would.
however, make members of the whole
school eligible, and the law students say
that If they are to support team ii
should be theirs alone.
Prof. Joyce of Ryan gymnas sium has al
ready consented TO coach the men. so
that no difficulties will he met with in
this direction. The contests will prob
ably come off in Odd Fellows Hall.
where they were held during the past
winter. and practice work will be done
either in Ryan gymnasium or Carroll In
Evening star., 1909-06-06
ittcrding, Cogan, Callahan and Manager
tuart. Numerals were awarded to Du-

Sttcrding, Cogan, Callahan and Manager
Stuart. Numerals were awarded to Du-
gan. OConOr, Wymard, Feenan and AS
sistant Manager Brown.
Following rime-honored custom sweat
ers with the base ball C. were given to
those lucky enough to wind their letter
This year the style was a blue coat sweat
er with gray letter. SWeat ters were also
given t. the members Of last falls foot
ball eleven. the time for awarding same
having been delayed until the financial de-
ficit was cleared away.
For the first time In the history of the
present association numerals were award
ed freshman team for competing with
a irst-year team from another school
The members of the 1912 crew were the
ones to receive this unique distinction. the
crew numerals having been given to Capt
Cunniff Daley Stohlman. Crosby. Wy
men II. Eager. J Eager, Mccormack
and DeCourCy.
As the awarding OF insignia practically
winds up the years work. 1t Is not likely
that the council will meet again until next
fall. unless 1t is decided to award nu
mcrals to the freshman base ball team.
which won the annual intercasS series
II .S believed that this will be done some
classes for the summer holidays next Fri
day morning.
The makeup "f the reorganized execu-
tive council follows: Frank Carlin presi-
dent: Daniel McCann. secretary; Edward
carr. trea sIrer. Daniel Murray. manager
Of foot ball. Joseph McNulty. manager of
field and track William Byrnes mana ger
Of crew; Harry Brown, manager of base
bal
Evening star., 1909-06-06

guests were in despair and in consequence
the boat drifted around all night until
o'clock the next morning when the police
boat, hearing their cries. took them In
tow and brought them up into George
town harbor. The relatives and friends
of the stranded crew were much concern
ed, and many We're the telephone calls
sent out by worried mothers. sisters and
sweethearts over the absence of their
loved ones. 1t was a great trip never
theless and outside of the absence of
food and drink the experience was novel
and exciting. and it is said that Bob Slo-
cum is preparing the log to read at the
next smoker or when Capt. Richardson
makes up his mind when he is going to
christen the craft
The Potomac Boat Club at meeting
Thursday night decided to take steps
at once for the purpose of entering
crews at the coming regattas. The finan
ces of the club at present will not al
low the club to shoulder any additional
expenses, as money is needed to linuidate
the debt on their new clubhouse. SO it
was decided to give an excursion at an
early day In order to meet rowing ex-
penses. The meeting was largely at
tended and enough tickets were pledged
to pay all expenses and have a surplus
besides, so the rest of the membership
will pledge enough to make the going
on easy street The regattas in view are
the People the National and the Mid
die States next September.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
OLYMPIC GAMES.
Little Attention Being Paid to Next
Springs Big Event.

NEW YORK, June 5.-There is very lit
tie talk in international athletic circles
just now about the Athenian Olympic
games next spring at Athens and the out
look is that if there are to be Americans
at the meet they or their clubs iii have
70 hear the expenses. No move has been
made by the Olympic committee here to
get up a team, and this is not to be Won
dered al when it Is remembered that they
had hard job 70 collect the money for
the trip to England last year and to
Greece in 1905. To resume the game of
money gathering SO soon is not pleasant
10 think about. and at the best it is but a
thankless undertaking. Then again there
will he the regular Olympic fixture in 1912
at Stockholm, and no doubt America will
have a team there and its organization
and preparation will be plenty of work for
those Interested for the next three years
Coupled with coming so near last years
big trip there is another item of obiec-
ton 10 the Grecian trip. and that is the
extra expense There is a difference of
about $2G0 less in sending him to Athens
In 1905 there was an expense of about
SIG for thirty-four men. Over fifty
men could be taken to Stockholm for that
amount. In discussing the probability of
a trip to Athens next April a member OF
the Olympic committee said:
1T Is strange that there isn't a word
from the JTTeekS ABOUT tnolT games next
spring. About year ago they made
formal announcement OF the meet and
with practically the same program as that
of 1905. but nothing has been done since
about the celebration. l don't know but
the plan has been abandoned. or that they
may want to leave America out of 1t, fear
ing We would win all the prizes, as We did
three years ago. Again. maybe the bit OF
tiff between England and America has
frightened the Greeks. and sooner than
have a repetition of the trouble they gave
up the idea of the games. While favor
Athens as the real location of the games,
am not in favor of big teams too often
The parent bodies of sport here cannot
stand the expense of teams abroad and
the moneyed men get tired Of being asked
too often for subscriptions. Once every
four years is often enough to face the
task of collecting about $4,000
In my opinion the only place for Olym-
pic meet is Athens, and why the Greeks
ever let the fixture get away from them
can't understand. Had the Olympic
been made permanent thing in the sta
dunn every four years nobody could OBJ
ject to travel to IT, for there you had the
great event OF athletics on its original
foothold and with the very atmosphere
laden with history. sentiment and pa
triotism. OF course the international
Olympic committee had control of the fix
rure. but if the Greeks after the first re-
vival in 1896 had demanded that every
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Sunday School League Notes.
Brace up, Langdon.
Keep your lamps we'll posted on tina,

Brace up, Langdon.
Keep your lamps we'll posted on that
Georgetown bunch.
Manager Valaer Of st. Paul has a bat
ting average Of 800 for eight games.
Archie Smith has demonstrated In his
past few games that he Is all there as
a first baseman.
Peck leads in the stolen base column
with forty-eight. Bethany ranks sec
ond. having six less.
Has Monk Walters lost his batting eye
This feet-footed right fielder succeeded
iu getting but one hit in his last two
games.
But one shut-out score has been made
this season. The Ninth Streeters have
that honor. They defeated the Suburban
ties by a score of IA to o.
To date Billy Maceron is our leading
run-getter He has crossed the pan
fifteen times. He also leads In the stolen
base column, with nine.
Two unassisted double plays were pull
ed off in the recent Hamline-Ninth CON
test Quantrele OF Ninth and Lynham
Of Hamline were the performers.
Rain interfered with six games in the
opening month. Langdon has had three
of these dates, ST. Paul. Peck. Ninth
and Hamline each two, and Bethany one.
In the Ninth-Hamline contest few
day ago. which which went eight in
nings. Miles and Long Tom Quantrelle
made all the putouts for the Ninth
team. Each had twelve.
Dutch Stuckert continues tn smash
the ball hard. In his last two games
out of seven trips to the pate he ripped
off four singles. He also stole many
bases.
Bowden Duryee of ST. Johns Col
lege base ball team has signed up with
Hamline. He might strengthen the Meth
odists considerably around short or sec
ond. as the team Is weak at each posi-
tion.
Quantrelle is putting up first class
article of ball for Ninth. Besides making
an assist and twenty-one putoutS in his
last three games In a classy manner. he
laced out four doubles and a single.
And now comes big Joe Turner. He is
on Manager Stokes list and will be out
with the Baptists next week. If Joe re
tains his last years batting eye, we can
look forth to more two-baggers and
triples. Maybe.
Geibel and Menefee are playing great
ball for their respective teams. Hamline
and Bethany. They are considered by
many as two of Washingtons best back
stops Both are good batters, heady ball
players and are thoroughly acquainted
with the game.
Melville Dodd Of Bethany surprised the
attendance and probably himself when he
laced out a double and single out of
three trips In Wednesdays contest
against Peck. After the game Harry
stated that from now on his stickwork
would he the talk Of the league
SeehoFn has been transferred from
Ninth to Bethany. He has twirled but
Evening star., 1909-06-06
To Dedicate Pirates New Home.

P1TTSBURG. June 5-Accordng to the
most recent announcement the new ST.
OCOO00 home Of the Pirates will be dedi-
Gated July o. when Independence day will
be celebrated. On that date Cincinnati is
scheduled to play in the morning and
afternoon In the Smoky city. The grand
stand is S96 feet long ano % feet deep. Ii
In three tiers the two upper ones being
reached by elevators. while at all the en-
frances and exits there are inclines in
stead of steps. The base is a great CON
crete amphitheater beginning few
feet above the level of the diamond and
stretching along the first and third base
sides, with twenty-aight rows OF opera
seats. The seating capac city of the grand
stand Is 2OOOO and the bleachers 1O,UO.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Quaintest Oath in Use.

From the Los Angeles Herald.
What is regarded as the quaintest oath
still in use is that taken by the high court
judges In the Isle of Man, the terms of
which are as follows: by this book and
the contents thereof, and by the wonder
ful works that God hath mira culously
wrought in the heaven above and the
earth beneath in six days and six nights
do swear that l will, without respect OF
favor or friendship. loss or gain, con-
sanguinity or affinity, envy or malice. eX-
ecute the laws Of this isle justly. between
party and party, as indifferenty as the
herring backbone doth lie in the midst OF
the fish. SO help me God and the contents
Of this book"
Evening star., 1909-06-06
GEORGETOWN BOYS
GIVEN THEIR REWARD

Tie new executive council of the
Georgetown University Athletic Associa
ton organized yesterday afternoon and
took over the reins of power from the re-
firing directors. The meeting was called
by President-elect Carl!n and was attend
ed by all the new as we'll as some of the
old officers. After the usual exchange of
courtesies the new members proceeded TO
business and soon had all the affairs of
the closing season disposed of.
The base ball team came in for it's share
of attention, "Gs'' and numerals being
awarded the different members of the
squad The varsity letter was reawarded
to Captains Cantwell and Schlaf1y. Cap
tain-elect Mcdonald Simon. Devine and
Maycck- Those who We're .honored for the
first time are Eckenrode, Baizer, Murphy