| Show ave WEEKLY y i arak A M A i DEATH OP OF VETERAN vetran li commodore montgomery jex ex erste passer awl wy y at chicago cago commodore josepo EJ montgomery ot of the old confederate navy died at the home of ails 1 sop montgomery eket beet chicago at the age 0 at 85 yeara he ile as burled buried at new albany id 0 la the family vault hie his turere at alx teen eara ago the commodore Is survived by his eon son dr james jamen montgomery a daughter mrs cat M white and six grandchildren commodore montgomery as horn bom in carrollton ky eighty five years ago after receiving his early aduca tion ho he showed a fondness for naulga tion and tho the earlier years ot of his life were spent in thia this pursuit on the ohio and mississippi rivers in 1861 he offered his hi ber services vices to jefferson davis of whom he was a warm per bonal friend and he entered the sery ice under the command a 0 gen leoni leont das polk owing to his perfect knowledge of the country he lie waa was placed at the head of a band of scouts and gained his first marked distinction at the battle of belmont where he attempted to capture gen grant the latter escaped but wilhoit it his horse because of his bravery shown in this fight montgomery was commissioned by jefferson dala to construct a fleet for the protect protection lail of at the mississippi river he lie fought as commodore ot at the fleet in engagements at fort ril 11 low new orleans and memphis after the last named battle he went bent to mont gomery and superintended the construction st of the gunboat rushville ville and took it down the alabama river to morup where he sank seven of admiral federal boats on mines laid in mobile day after this ho he made an attempt to crosa overland to texas but was taken by tie northern troops at the conclusion ot at the war he waa was pardoned by president jahnson Joh jh neon WILL ESTABLISH NAVAL SCHOOL rear admiral taylor to select site on the great lakes rear admiral taylor who Is at the head of the commission to investigate the shores sharps of the giedt lakes to select the best site for a naval school and training station Is chief of the bureau of navigation and one of the scholarly men in the navy prior to taking charge of the bureau of navigation ho he was the moving spirit at the naval school at newport he lie Is what might be called the chief of staff of Z lit the secretary of tha the navy and has full charge of the personnel of the navy he was in command of the battleship inglina in the battle with the it fleet at santiago when taking medicine to prepare the mouth for a nause ous medicine chew a piece of orange peel or take a really lilting tilting pinch of cayenne r tins tais will prepare the mouth for nearly anything as you can well imagine under its influence almost any horrid draught becomes almost tasteless particularly it swallowed quickly a stargle drop of essential oil of almonds will give an agreeable taste even to fully one ounce of castor oil without in the slightest degree affecting its medicinal action say says the washington star Sona turea of boer leaders Lea dr the apace agreement between the L bluh blu isih h and doer leaders la Is type written and la Is probably tho the first in strument ment of the kind lind louis louls dotha botha a signature la is described as being la a fine clerkly hand the others are all somewhat rougher and Dela reys la Is stated to be tho the roughest of at all by tho the way var I 1 ie e splits hia his name up in thre syllables thus de la key rey vialle hile bis his redoubtable col colle leamie neue of the a free pree state signs himself christian de vet V et also with a email small I 1 d hore horses hate hats in denver de A deliver deaver milliner has ivr a beott oft spot in her hart heart for horses on at incent trip to new york she mado made a note of the horses hate hats which had not yet penetrated beyond the mississippi As a result she took home hate hats for horses and when tho the first hot day struck do doer adser er eho she advertised that cho sho would give them away to the first conurs comers As a cons the vest west ern era horse to 6 probably prepared to rise up lip and anti call that p milliner williner blessed home week in new now england ex gov rollins of new hampshire president of the old home week as of at that state has issued hia his call to the absent rons eons and daughters of the granite state 0 a como come homo home and kieft celebrate for a wiek lek in au gust guat this which was started by Vt ollins Is 1 now in its fourth year and shows no signs of falling into disfavor since it was started vermont maine abal io and mas alasci A churetta chu setta have taken up the idea missed a golden opportunity mr air F W Saiz mann who died ro bently at Bloem fontein aged 82 waa was fond of telling tho the story of how ho he failed to become a when ho he was surveying land W de beers the ovner of tro tto farm arm which ie is now the sito site of the famous diamond fields in a fit of di abair offered to sell mr air Saiz mann his waterless bar reu ran tract in exchange for a alett Cut L mr Saiz mann refused to buy caused panic in portugal news has been recel received Ned of at an eat ex phenomenon recently observable at bedross Pe dross near oporto portugal the sound of a explosion was heard BLI a flame colored column of was swept across the town by a furious cy cecline cline which re up trees by the roots the non lasted two minutes causing a great panic among the inhabitants collar collars of anglish statesmen the marquis of salisbury wears the biggest collar in parliament it Is exactly 19 inches in circumference the biggest collar collur in the house of at commons encircles the neck of at sir william harcourt Hir court and Is 18 inches around the highest collar over ever worn in pa diament waa as that which graced the neck of bobby spencer it was IV inches in depth illiteracy mong immigrants the inin arriving now have a low 10 rate of illiteracy last car 62 per cent of the adult syrians who landed sanded at the port of new york could neither read nor write the rate of illiteracy among south rn italians was 55 per cent and nd among the greek immigrants 21 31 per cent among the pol lah ish immigrants it was aas 31 puzzle pula for the foreigner one may sympathize with a french men met who puta puts faith in any rule as to the pronunciation at 0 ough aa as it Is 1 found in the english language the plural of potato may have no ter bors fur for him but let det him to pro bounce this sentence A rough coated dough faced ploughman strode couching coughing and hiccoughing thought fully through the streets of scarborough the foreigner who could take that fence would deserve immediate nationalization as ho he alighted uncle hezekiah Heze klah on an golf 1 I dont see why they call golf a royal and ancient game remarked the cohoes philosopher drenching a protuberant nail nall on tho the poat post office allice veranda with a well ell aimed expectoration alo j 1 I noi no er or heard tell of it till two months ago an my folks hez lies lived right in this here county ter sixty years an aa as fer for its bein beta royal it aint played in no court liko like tennis I 1 dont see where thet cornea comes in an if it it Is its agin th institution and the nag flag judge pleasant for in rugland r and franco arc are being made in covering co ering the roada roads with a thin layer of tar tur to allay iho the dual dust and kill MII disease germs it Is alit the tar sinks into the earth and seems to absorb tho the dust created by horses hoofs and wagons the oiling of the roadbeds for the name same purpose has boon been practiced bv by railroads in country for some time and ex peri ments in its use on highways haqq hav been quite extensive who got the money A man having liming had a sum of money left him at the death of his father went to sea his solicitor who had bad the matter in hand to arrange the final settlement tle bill of coats costs having been presented to him ahn man glanced over the figures and thinking th the charges were excessively heavy turned to his legal advise in astonish mout my father lei lett I 1 hia his money to me not to youl you he exclaimed M mourned arned by ten 0 ten widows all near relative relatives mourned over the gravo grave of leonard 0 neighbour who aa an burled buried at call cali ton fon N J a few day days ago the deceased was tho the youngest of a family of ten ton children five boye boys aud and five girls all tho the boys are dead but tho the ah Aters are now living and all are widows the widows of hia his brot br othera herc are also living an aa Is hie his own widow Fashio fashionable noble women athletic some 0 of tho the fashionable women of at larchmont the resort cloae close to new york have started tho the fad tola this year of riding astride the number of women at this resort who ride horseback sail yacht and bandle fast F to mobIles Is larger than over ever befort when they aie ase not enjoying 1 out of door sports they arc aro playing g ping pang or bridge whist one gould arbitration in a telegram to the editor of tho the richmond Illch mond va evening news frank J gould who Is supposed to be the ruling dielt in the street railway or gant gandillon gan dallon of hat that city has given his emphatic approval app rosal of the arbitration system for the settlement of pending disputes between tt U a employed and too lao management of the company |
