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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
The Dramatic But Useless
 Duel of Johnston and Hust on

1 Huston can put Q pistol nall Into . dollar thrown into the air. General
 Johnston is inviting murder" "Sirr'
 "Yes, sir. I mean what I say But he | Is splendid shot with rife. and shall advise him to use that weapon" "The rifle is not allowed by the code. Colonel Moorehouse."
 T believe you, are right" responded | the colonel; but 1t is unfortunate that he only brace of dueling pistols in camp Is owned by General Huston" So the duel was on. At the first fire the ball from Johnston's weapon cut a
 twig from . tree. which fell at Huston's feet, while the ball from Huston's pis- tol went through the lapel of his op-
 ponent's coat. Huston picked up the twig and said: "That was a capital shot general" "So was this" serenely re- sponded Johnston, running his thumb through the hole in his coat, much bet ter than mine. I apprehend." "You shall have another chance, then. general"
 "AIi right. my friend: if 1t is strictly agreeable to you. Gentlemen, load again"
 The principals again fired, Illusions missile going no one knew where anu Johnston's hitting the ground a few feet in front of his antagonist and scat tering some dirt on the clothes of the latter. At the third shot Johnston's missed, and the flint of Huston's pistol failed to strike fire fn consequence of the weakness of the spring. at which Huston sat down at the root of a tree and braced the spring with a wedge. They then fired again and Johnston was shot through the hip and fell as If dead But he at once raised himself on his elbow and said: 'Gentlemen. I had no grievance against General Huston whatever and I call upon you all to bear witness that this meeting has been conducted according to the laws of honor"
 afterward Huston said to General John H. King. U. s. A.. who commanded the regulars in the Atlanta campaign and who lately died in Washington of pneumonia: There are two kinds of towards in this world--the brave coward is one of them. Tn our duel In 1sss Albert Sidney Johnston was one. and so was I knew that he had put
 upon me no wrong. and that out of
 respect for me he had assumed conn
 mand of the army with reluctance. I
 had no more right to challenge him
 to mortal combat than have to chal- lenge you. It was a shameful piece of business. and wouldn't do it again under any circumstances. When hate myself. for the general was an expert with the rifle. but didn't know duelinR pistol from a sailors knot I owned the only dueling pistols in camp, and could hit the ace of dia- monds at dueling distance at the drop Of a handkerchief And I kept set- ting him up until I hit him. Why that one act blackened all the good ones of my life. But I couldn't chal- lenge Congress: and President Hous- ton, although a duelist, was too far above me in rank. We'll, thank God, I didn't kill him. And. mark my word. Lieutenant King some day, if occasion requires 1t. Albert Sidney Johnston will display gallantry that may possibly carry him suddenly to his grave"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
HER BABY BOY | ] MASS0F ERUPTION
PimpIy Rash Spread Until Head, Face and Body were Covered with Eczema = Hands Bandaged to Keep from Scratching Was a Fearful Sight and Defed Cure.
CUTlCURA MADE SKIN
 CLEAR AND HEAL THY

My baby's eczema came on when hs was three months old, like rash on his face and then spread over his head. Then there began to form q lot of small pimples over his head from which q watery substance came out and formed regular mass of crust all over his head, face and body. I had to tie wooden cloths on his hands to keep him from scratching himsef. He was fearful sight to look at. I went to a drug store and tried some of their remedies for eczema but they did not do him any good. then called in one of our leading physicians and he tried several kinds of medicine and gave ma prescriptions, but they only made him worse.
 At this stage lady friend of mine came in and advised me to try the Cuti- cura Remedies. That afternoon sent for Q oake of Cuticura Soap, a box of Cati- cura Ointment and one vial of Cuticura Pills, and in less than week could sec c vast improvement in him. I washed him all over every morning with the Cuticura Soap and gave him an appli- cation of the Cuticura Ointment after his bath. kept on using the Cuticura Remedies until he was completely cured. They left his skin clear and healthy and always have kept the Cuticura Reme- dies in the house ever since. highly recommend Cuticura to all persons ssif- fering from eczema. Mrs. Kate Broug- ham, 200 Dewey s.. Bennington, Vt.s Dec. s, 1908 and Jan. IT. 1909.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
YOUNG OFFICER sMUGcLED
 FOR RUSSIAN PRINCESS

St. Petersburg. Sept IA smuggling adventure affecting a lady in the high est rank of Russian society occupies much attention in the Russian Press. Recently young Count in the Diplo- matic service was sent to Paris on an official errand. On his return q large trunk among his luggage arous- ed the suspicious of the frontier Gus toms inspector at WirbaIlen. It was sealed with the stamp of the Russian Embassy in Paris. and the young nohleman declared that it contained official documents for the Foreign of- fice. However, as it's weight was only one-fourth of what it should be had it contained papers. the inspector detained 1t. pending instructions from the Government. The Count went on to St. Petersburg and returned the fol- lowing day with a written order from the First division of the Foreign office to give up the trunk unopened
 Unfortunately, by the same train a manservant arrived from the house. hold of well-known Princess, whose husband was absent in attendance on the Czar, who told several of the Customs officials that his mistress would show her gratitude if the trunk were given up. The chief in- spector thereupon ordered it to be opened in the Counts presence. It was found to contain six beautiful dresses and four of the fashionable Parisian hats. The obliging, but un- fortunate. young diplomatist has now to face a fine of $1,Oo0 for smuggling and false certification and attend an inquiry by the Treasury as to the use made of the Russian Embassy seals in Paris. The First Division of the Foreign Office here is also implicated for having sought to force the Cus- toms Department to deliver up the trunkful of contraband.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
streeta are Home to Hlm

But he never does give notice. Lone liness Is a fine preservative. The chain of daily habit forges a wonderful ar- mour against disease. He misses his married friends from the club and he learns that they are ill He meets them after many months. shattered and al- tered. Then he misses them again and he knows that they are dead
 But he never falls to appear each morning in the street which leads from his front door. He would hate 1t if it were otherwise. for the streets are home to him as his chambers never can be. If he is kept away from them by an insignificant cold or . touch of rheumatism he gets nostalgta--that poignant hunger for the society of hu- man beings.
 And all the time his rooms deride him.
 He gets visitors. Oh. yes. he gets visitors Children come there, smash his glasses, hide in his cupb cards, and go way. Youth with all it's charm and all it's -mindedness, tafries with him for a minute, then goes upon it's jeurney--to conquer or to be con- qtersd-- who can teliT--but. at any rate to live.
 He alone does not live. He makes no life No shuttle of his helps weave the fabric of the world. He does not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

Army and Navy Journal.
 One of the very ablest of Southern soldiers was Albert Sidney Johnston. whose death at Shiloh was such a ser ious blow to the Confectionery. He was graduated from West Point in 1928. resigned in 1884, and was soon in com mand of the Army of Texas. under Houston. returning to the army In 1853. after serving in the Mexican War as colonel of a Texas regiment. Major Ben c. Truman, who will be remember ed as an officer on the stan of Presi- dent Andrew Johnson, tells story or an experience of General Johnston dur ing the period of his service in Texas. Major Truman says:
 ''Oue of the bravest men that ever lived was Felix Huston. of Texas, who in 1S3s commanded the army in the field of the Lone Star State. Probably his nearest counterpart since was Cen- eral Joe Hooker. Huston was as orator. icaliy magnetic and impassioned as Patrick Henry. E. D. Baker. or Thomas Starr King. as intrepid as Custer, Sherf- dan or Fitzpatrick, and as fond of wine and women as Luther Magruder, or Van Dorn And while he was truly a tac- tician. discipline with this roilicking Hotspur was lost or an unknown art
 Huston was relieved of the command of the Texan Army by Johnston. who had been appointed against his protest. Although the two men we're excellent friends and had no quarrel whatever. as Huston could not challenge the Presf- dent of the Texas Republic he decided to call out Johnston. Exhibiting every evidence of real or seeming friendsnip' all of which was cordially and cour- teousiy accepted, Huston invited John- ston and his stan to supper which was as fine as could be given. and wines. cigars, mirth and melody made the time pass merrtly until the so-called witching hour. when Johnston and his stan took their leave. In exactly twen- ty minutes afterward, however Major Izzard, of Hustons staff, called at Johnston's quarters and presented the following note:
 "General Huston has the honor to present his compliments to General Johnston, and begs to assure him that there Is no man in the Republic Of Texas under whom he would be more proud to serve; but that the President and Congress had put upon him an in- suit; and he could not demand that satisfaction Of the President and Con eress as he would wish, he had the honor to request that General John ston as their representative would state when 1t would be convenient Tor him to meet General Huston on the field of honor. and Major Izzard Is au- thorized to return with . reply"
 Though he knew that there was ab- soiutely no occasion for the duel. the requirements of polished barbarism or the fear of being posted" compelled Johnston, and he replied as follows:
 "General Johnston reciprocates the sentiments so kindly expressed by Gen. erai Huston, and begs to Inform him through Colonel Moorehouse that it will afford the general commanding pleasure to meet General Huston on the west bank of La Baoa on the following morning at a point to be determined by their respective friends.'
 "This is an outrage" said Colonei Moorehouse to Major Izzard
 "I know it." responded the latter.
 General Johnston never pulled hair trigger in his life, while General
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
shacleIton write. a Book.

London, Sept 4,--Lieut, shackleton. relieved by the Government grant of S10O, 900 of all anxiety regarding the financing of his South Pole expedition has buried himself at the charming vicarage at Hinton Charter-house, between Frome and Bath, the resi- dence of his brother-in-law. It will he published on November II simultane- ouslv in England by Mir. Heinemann, fin America by Messrs. Lippincott and in foreign countries in nine different languages.
 Lieut.. Shackleton as exercise in the midst of his literary work flies a large kite. He finds digging also useful to keep himself in form.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

cumstances meant "a thousand dollars a day--and expenses"
 So far the town house, which is oe- cupied from September to about June, Its site alone cost half a million, and more than two millions went into the building and its contents. Yet 1t Is only one of the residences of the wo- man with a million year for house. keeping. Tn the summer a special train takes the family with It's servants and horses and carriages to Newport, the most expensive living place in the world Mrs. Croesus has a cottage" there. IL is really a summer palace by the sea. and cost nearly q million dol lars. although 1t Is only used for about six weeks in the year.
 Tn the autumn they are transported to the Adirondacks, where lodge and an estate of 250 acres is hired for a month at a rental of ss.5oo. The en- tire party. including the servants, are fitted out with new hunting costumes. and the mistress has special furniture and expensive provisions sent for the use of her guests. The total bill for the months outing wiii not be less than s3o.o0o.
 There Is just time, before the New York season reopens for a trip to Flu rope. and week. or so later finds them installed at the Ritz. in Paris, where new gowns are ordered. There is much entertaining. parties. fetes and auto tours, and in six weeks. including her dressmaker's and milliner's bill, Mrs. Croesus spends S50,000.
 Shopping in Paris is one of the joys of her wonderfully full life of pleasure. The gowns and dresses ready for her inspection will set the fashion stand- ard in America later on. The taiIors and milliners knowing this have prepared Tor the event of her coming. Her fg- ure has been studied by the dress making artists that the new apparel may be made to supplement artisticalIy her peculiar style of beauty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
SIEGE OF A HOUSE.
An Insane Man stood on Police F

An Insane Man stood on Police Force.
 Dublin. Sept. IA remarkable siege of a house-recalling that at St. Blazey, Cornwall. some months ago. in which a Royal Irish Constabulary man is the central figure. has taken place at Tullow, County Carlow. The man. whose name Is Scale. apparently became insane for his wife was heard screaming for help and when a neigh boF endeavored to enter the house Scale fired at him with Q double-bar- relied gun. Fortunately he was not hit and as he retreated a second shot also missed him. Police sergeant Morris and others then came on the scene, and fruitless efforts were made to get the constable to surrender. AL though a large body of police was subsequently, requisitioned. Scale stub- bornly stood the siege for several hours. Ultimately a priest persuaded the man to lay down his gun and he was then overpowered by the police.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

even exist. He merely sits in his dress ing gown and reads the police news. congratuiating himself on his little West End backwater. which he knows he hates. dreading bank holiday and Christmas as he would the plague.
 So life continues year in and year out until one fine morning. if he is lucky the servant finds him dressed and dead upon the floor of his sitting room, lying where he fell when he got home from the club, and before he could go to bed. And his acquaint- ances say: Well, he won't be miss e.I"
 And no one misses him. t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
ruItOn,n Monopoly.

Ii is not generally known that when Fulton began steam navigation on the Hudson he enjoyed a monopoly. Ful- ton and his principal packer. Chancel- for Livingston. had obtained an enact- ment from the Legislature giving them exclusive right to the navigation of all State for 2 term of twenty years, the easy conditions being that they should produce a boat of not less than twenty tons that should move with or against inc current of the river at Q rate of not less than four mics an hour. As inc Clermont, on her first voyage, coV- cred nearly i've miles an hour. eemplii- ance with this condition was not dltii . lacked in the courts In 1920. The suit was carried to the United States Su- preme Court where Chief Justice Mar nopoly was unconstitutional.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

courses. The butler communicates with the chef by electric signal. Not more than eighty-nye minutes elapse from the seating of the guests until the la dies leave. for dinners are much short CT now than they used to be. and the number of courses is limited. Exclud- ing wines, the cost of the dinner is SIS a head, and at this price Mrs. Croesus can provide a repast that would have sent Lucullus and his fastidious table companions into raptures.
 A great part of the household sup piles come from the family's own farm in the country, including milk from Jersey cows of registered lineage, and eggs laid by pedigreed hens. The cook ing plant of the Croesus mansion is similar to that of hotel. and attached to 1t is a refrigerating room lined with compartments chilled with ice from above. There is a cold room" for the manufacturs of ices and pastry, and a spacious wine closet connects py an elevator with the wine cellar.
 The kitchen 10 walled with white porcelain tiles and lighted by electric ity. The range Is thirty feet long. ana a miniature railroad carries the coal ashes out of the houAe. The chef. q year, is absolute autocrat of the culi- nary department. and has under him a skilled pastry cook aAd a number of women assistants.
 The daily functions of rich woman's house In New York--dinners, suppers, balls, ct al.--are managed by a corps of perfectly trained and highly paid human machines. The real head of the domestic force Is the housekeeper. who receives from $1.000 to. $i.5oo a year. The head butler Is also a person of con- siderable importance. He must have the oysters ready to serve Tn silver plates ar the proper moment, and the temperature of the wines and salads are his constant care. His salary is Sl,00o
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
PIMPLEs CURED

"I oongratulate Cuticura upon my speedy recovery from pimpies which covered my face. used 'Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvsnt for ten days and my face cleared and am perfectlY well. | had tried doctors for several months but got no results. Wm. '. Eadlisg, 1874 Susquehanne Ave-. Fhila- delphia, Pa. May l, lsOs."
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
Owners Dispersed Over World.
Au Chnpxea But Chambers

And some of them who leave the hat boxes while they themselves are yet boys come back as middle-aged men to claim their property. twenty years oStsri ana whole life time has hap pened between. Parents are dead elderly friends who maybe took an in- terest in them have retired Into asy-- iums. The restaurants where they had their farewell dinner the night before they sailed has disappeared.
 Theatres have sprung up Of which they do not know the name. All the world ia talking of actresses Of whom thev have never heard, while no one ha. ever heard of the actresses whom they remember. The girls who captt- vated them at the dances week h"- fore they went away are comfortable matrons now and V
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
Get Big Men Behind You

The only way to get their maximum service is to have them work in corps. That is how our big men work.
 A splendid example of what such men can do is this agency itself-the largest of its kind in existence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
s2,000 for Maid.

anne relies upon her tactful French maid, who must be ready at moments notice to produce any one of fifty cos- tunes. Her remuneration Is $2,000 a year with numerous gifts. But her knowledge of the art of dress and the science of the toilet must be profound. for Mrs. Croesus's position as mem Der of the inner circle vf the Four Hun dred demands that she must be beautis full.
 And this brings me to the lovely dresses of woman with a million a year. Here Is conservative estimate of her wardrohe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

scott-The difference between poo, man and a millionaire---
 Mott--Yes, I know all about ft. One worries over his next meal and the other over his last .--Pittsburg Gazette Times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

These men are at your service, if you have a line which offers them a chance.
 They are willing to prove by test campaign that they can outsel any other men in the field.
 They can do it every time, in every salable line. For they combine their abilities. And this is the ablest corps of advertising men in America.
 We shall ask no contract, no commitment, no statement of what you will spend. All will depend on results.
 We offer you this service-the service of big men-for the usual agents commission; for the price of the commonplace.
 Our plea is this: Whatever is worth doing is worth doing we'll
 These are days of giants combats in the advertising field. The man who strikes with puny stroke does himself an injustice.
 If you believe in big men, and want to know how to prove our powers, ask us to state the way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

How do you tell bad eggsT queried the young housewife.
 T never told any" replied the grocer, hut if I had anything to tell q bad egg "a rather break t gently Spare Moments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
BIDS WANTED.

Sealed bids will be received by the City Treasurer of Mont tsomery. Alabama, for the purchase of SI2,b00.00 Baby Bonds more % iess issued for the improvement Of the Roadway of Clayton Street, between Hpl~ are in denomination of Sl0000 each. tntar@ est at per cent4 and one-twenkfeka of the principal payable annually such September sth, 1909, and each bid ahaii hos Accompanied by certified check for x160s The Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
 ROBERT TAFT,
 City Treasurer, Montgomery. Ala. --tu-Aun
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

But they come back to the rooms they slept in their Last night in town; and in those nothing fs aitered-- ntether carpet nor wall paper. nar bedstead nor that inevitable three legged table in the middle of the room -, star -,.,o 4sah,,s-,. ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

That was the doctrine of Andrew Carnegie. And that is the secret of every great business success.
 If you have big possibilities, get big men to fulfill them.
 Get them in every department But, above all, get big men in advertising--in selling your goods to the millions.
 The big men are the profit makers in all lines of salesmanship.
 You know that is true of your road men. who meet but few of your customers. Then how true must 1t be of your salesmen-in-print?
 Why does one article dominate field, and an equal one remain unknown?
 Why does one advertiser win enormous suc- cess, and another in the same line utterly fail7
 Nine times in ten the reason lies solely with the salesmen-in- print
 One employs capacity, one incapacityI One fights with cannons, the other with arrows. And the curious fact is that both pay the same price. Successful advertising isn't an easy matter. The men who can do it are exceedingly rare, and they command the rare mans pay. The only way to get them is to make busi- ness of getting them-to seek and sift and develop That is our business, and it has been for 36 years.