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...Demonstration All Week of Nemo Corsets...
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The New Flatting
Front Nemo Corset.
Demonstration all this of the new Flat-ning Front.
This model marks an epoch in corset-making. It has
made a hit wherever shown. As the name implies, its
feature is the flat front. Made for tailored suit wear—
and all occasions save evening wear. It flatens the ab
domen—and makes possible a snug, tight-fitting tailored
coat. It’s shape is graceful and becoming. If yours is
a poor figure it will do much to change it into a graceful
one. Come and see it demonstrated.
See article elsewhere in paper about Flat-ning the Front.
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TRe Nemo Corsets.
There are good corsets a-plenty, but only one best—the Nemo. This statement is easy to make, but hard to
prove. Yet we make it carefully, and after critical comparison of the Nemo with other leading corsets of the world,
and the claim is endorsed by hundreds of Birmingham women. Three-fourths of a Nemo Corset is made by hand,
of the finest materials, gored at every possible point, bias cut and filled with the best quality of whalebone.
It is graceful, stylish and thoroughly comfortable. Fits perfectly, yet yields so readily that freedom of move
ment is not interfered with. It is a corset for siendor women, a corset for stout women, a corset for every woman
who wants a stylish figure. You will like the Nemo the moment you put it on—you will like it better after you wear
it. Your dressmaker will be delighted, because it will enable her to make you perfect-titting gowns.
TRe Nemo System.
Two years ago a new era in corset-making was begun. The old time conventional model was displaced by those
built on hygienic and artistic lines. They swept out of sight the old established shapes. The demand since has been for
corsets for the individual figure. The Nemo system meets this condition admirably. The variety is so extensive that
there is a style for every figure. Your particular form demands a particular corset and the Nemo system supplies it.
The Nemos are specialty corsets—they comprehend the corset situation of the day. The difference in the models arc
not merely in the names. Each style is separate and distinct—as the illustrations above plainly show.
The Saks stock includes the whole variety of Nemos. We have doubled the number of niodels since last year, be
cause of the wonderfully increasing favor of these excellent corsets. We are now ready to remedy your corset troubles.
Come to the demonstration this week. Miss S. E. Conklin, expert corsetiere and fitter, will be at your service.
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BY W. TAYLOR.
There lives near Plantorsville, in this
county, a prominent citizen of wide and
varied experience, in a well preserved life
of three score and six years. He has long
been a factor in local politics, whose in
fluence was anxiously sought by aspiring
candidates. For many years as justice of
the peace he administered the laws of
Alabama to litigant neighbors. He is a
nfan of affairs and for a time efficiently
served his people as county commissioner.
And other places of honor and profit he
could have had for the asking. His hon
ored father was an Episcopal minister,
and an educator of the highest standing,
lie was a gentleman of the old school,
noted for courtly amenities, with which he
successfully impressed his sons. This cit
izen, with such lineage, is widely known
as Richard E. Cook, always at the service
of his friends and the public interest. As
a soldier he was known as Dick Cook.
Beginning Service.
Dick Cook began service as a Confed
erate soldier by enlistment in Company
E, Tenth Alabama regiment. The field of
operation of this regiment was with the
Army of Northern Virginia. Cook was
always in place in the discharge of his
duty as a soldier, on the march or in bat
tle. When idle in camp he spent much of
his time clerking for Sutler Sam Hunt.
He was tactful, resourceful, and had the
faculty of providing for himself and
friends, but not always in strict compli
ance with army discipline. With these
qualities he was well fitted to play the
role which awaited him at Petersburg, the
facts of which are given by James B. Mc
Millan of the Washington Artillery, who
witnessed part of the transaction.
Tragic Event.
Among the most tragic events of the
war between the states was the explosion
of the mine at Petersburg, its capture by
the Federals and its immediate recapture
by the Confederates on the morning of
July 30, 1864. It will be recalled that at
an early hour on that eventful day the
Federals exploded the mine, and by the
immediate charge of negro troops, led by
white officers, succeeded in capturing the
Confederate position at this point. The
recapture of the crater, as the mine was
now called, was speedily accomplished by
a desperate charge of Confederates, in
which Wrilcox’s old brigade bore a most
conspicuous part. And prominent in this
bloody conflict was the Tenth Alabama,
Cook's regiment.
With the large number of negro troops
captured were a dozen or more white offi
cers, ranking from colonel down to lieu
tenant. Sergeant Cook, having an anxious
care for the safety of these unprotected
officers, speedily assembled and double
quicked them to a point of safety, where
he commanded a halt and ordered all to
lie down and rest.
Once hiB captives were in the recumbent
position, the sergeant's alert eye was
quick to scan the foot-gear of the re
spective officers, mentally noting the size
most likely to accord with his own foot.
A decision and choice were instantly
made.
A Fair Exchange.
A stout German captain wore a pair of
splendid new boots with tops reaching the
knees. With great coolness and urbanity
of manner Sergeant Cook ordered the of
ficer to haul off his boots, which he did
with much sour expression. And it was
with an expression suggesting disgust
that marked the face of the Federal
when he pulled on the old, dirty and well
worn boots of Cook, forced on him in the
exchange.
But never forgetful of the amenities, the
sergeant turned apologetically to the col
onel. a small man. while the captain was
hauling off his boots for the exchange,
and said: “Colonel, I beg pardon, I am
surpassed by none in my respect for rank,
and should not have passed you so un
ceremoniously, had I not seen the size of
your boot was quite too small for me.”
For Cook was of large frame.
A fine gold w'atch and attractive chain
worn by the colonel had attracted the at
tention of Cook, who in good faith and
kindness told him that he could not reach
the rear with them, especially in sight.
The sergeant, therefore, generously pro
posed to take watch and chain and return
them on reaching the rear. The colonel
was suspicious and replied: “Well, ser
geant. I might have complied with your
offer had I not witnessed the boot trade.”
Lost the Watch.
The suspiciousness of the colonel cost
him the watch and chain. With his pris
oners Cook soon resumed the march to a
given point in the rear. On the march they
were met by a number of desperate and
fearless stragglers, one of whom discover
ing the watch and chain worn by the j
colonel, snatched it away. The colonel ap
pealed to the sergeant for the restoration
of the articles. With the bold and au
thoritative manner of the soldier In the
rightful discharge of his duty, Sergeant
Cook peremtorily ordered the return of
the property to the prisoner. But the
straggler, shameless, as ho was reckless
and defiant, leveled his gun and fiercely
said: “Get about your business, sergeant,
or I'll blow the top of your head off.'’
And the sergeant “got.” lie instantly re
sumed march, and that was the last
known of the colonel's watch.
This Incident is the more remarkable
since It occurred under the very shadow
of one of the most tragic and thrilling
conflicts of the Confederate war. The
boot swap was not a robbery, nor could
it have been considered a fair exchange.
Richard E. Cook. Esq., with his children
and grand children around him, In this
year of grace 1903. would spurn such a
transaction. But Dick Cook, with his
surroundings in the year of our ord 1804,
doubtless appeased his conscience under
the ruling of the questionable maxim,
“necessity knows no law.”
The Old Familiar Charms.
Prom the Clinton Courant.
For we all know that the same blue
ocean still surges above us and the samo
kaleidoscopic variety of clouds flit across
the heaven’s arch, the same sun jour
neys from the Orient to the Occident of
our vision now as the olden time, the
birds sing the same tunes on the same
key as did their feathered ancestors, the
verdure of field and forest remains un
changed, the streams and brooks course
their way through equally attractive
landscapes, and the man In the moon as
graciously smiles down upon the hills
and vales as he did In the years of yore.
The supernal charms of that landscape
which we, whose youthful home was in
the country, so thoroughly enjoyed, and j
the apparent loss in scenic attractions as
the years go by, have a ready and satis
factory explanation.
Those mountains of cloud which we
vainly attempted to fathom and measure
—that dazzling sun which daily toured
the sky, spanning long days of innocent
pleasure—the birds which favored us
with hallelujah chorus as a sunrise ac
companiment—the stream on which wo
sailed and on which we sported—the
brook in which we constructed dam, dike
and reservoir, with no damage to tho
marginal owners—and the moonlight eve
nings when all the world was hushed to
peace—these several attractions all came
to us as our introduction to a world of
many and varied beauties, making an in
effaceable impression upon the then un
sullied tablets of our memory; then wo
were new to tho world and the world
was new to us. In later years, while sim
ilar experiences gain from us but slight
permanent notice, remaining as a partial
blur on the memory, those early first
impressions are retained in their origin
al distinctiveness, and come hack to us
at our bidding in the revival of the long
ago which comes with the return of home
week; and so we again see our early
home, meet the friends of other years
and once more hear familiar voices which
have long been silent, but are not for
gotten.
“Lest We Forget."
From the New York World.
In all the world the most miserable
spot at the present moment is Mace
donia, whose people are fighting, not
for power, not for independence, not
for commercial advantage, but for tho
elementary rights to life and home and
the honor of their women. In the
course of the ages many nations have
had their periods of Insolent prosper
ity and power. Even we, who stand
confidently at tho summit now. may
find it profitable, “lest wo forget,” to
look at Imperial Maeedon, whoso king
once wept because there were no more
worlds to conquer.
When tho phalanx ploughed through
the helpless hordes of tho barbarians
of Asia it would have seemed to tho
soldiers of Alexander a wild prediction
that the time could over come when
Asia would have her revenge and the
barbarian would be lord of Maeedon.
But the revenge has been even moro
complete than that, for the people of
Alexander have not only fallen from
power—they have ceaBed to exist.
Macedonia has become a geographical
expression. The Bulgarians who now
call themselves Macedonians are
themselves descendants of barbarous
Invaders from Asia. The Servians and
Roumanians who share the country
are Aryan invaders from the north.
Possibly there may be a trace of the
old Macedonian blood among the
Greeks of the coast, but that is all.
And still the wheel of fortune turns.
The Turkish oppressor is having his
day, hut it is manifestly nearing its
end. Soon the dominion of the sultan
will join that, of Alexander in the
cemetery of dead empires and a new
power will take its place—for how
long?
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Sunday in London. *
From the Yorkshire Post.
What used to be called the English
Sunday certainly exists no longer In
London. Sunday Is the open air day of tho
workers, the social day of tho great mid
dle class. It Is not yet tho continental
Sunday.
“Chesty”
From the New York Evening World.
Hero Is “chesty," slang word, word of
the streets, expressive and useful, given
a place in the newest dictionary. So the
dictionary's press agon# Informs us. point
ing with pride to its presence there as
evidence of modern methods in lexico
graphy.
Jn Dr. Johnson's day the province of a
dictionary-maker was too keep out as
many words as possible, Barlow called
“clever" a "vulgar" word, and advised
ids readers that it should never make its
way Into hooks." Johnson called “fun"
a “low" word. Quantity, not quality,
is now the idea with the dictionary edi
tor, and it is the right idea. It is the
people who makes the words, not the dic
tionaries.
hi all nations there has existed sido by
side with the written language a spoken
"no not countenanced by the literary, but
far more fruitful in word Invention. Max
Muller said that for one “literary" word
popular speech could provide a dozen of
similar meaning. The "vulgar" words arc
Just as likely to live ns the blue-blooded.
In Rome, in Cicero’s day, the nobles
trailed a horse equus, from which we de
rive equine. The common people called it
cahallus, from which comes cavalier.
There is a democracy to language whlcti
makes light of the rules of speech laid
down by purists.
"Chesty" is popularly regarded as a
Devery invention. It was merely "ap
propriated" by the ex-best, having been
in general uso years before his time.
Words that seem to be new-born into
publicity, like “chesty," have had a slow
maturing process. The best Dryden was
credited with originating half a hundred
words:; Trench found most of them in
old English writers, many In Chaucer.
KING--THE RULER OF LOW PRICES!
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SHOES
We have just received a big lot of the
famous Strahbeck Shoes for ladies. Will
have them ready for your inspection at
once. Please call and take a look at them,
Patent kid, plain kid, both as pretty as a
peach. You just ought to see them.
Men’s Shoes
Our Shoes for Men are the kind that
always last longer and fit, too, our $3.50
shoe is as good as anybody’s $5.00 shoe.
TAILORING
If you gentlemen who like to dress
well would come to us we can help you
out of trouble. Our woolens are of the
very latest designs and patterns. Our
cutter is recognized as being the best in
the city, our reason for saying this is
that they all want him. When he makes
you a suit it has to fit or you don’t get it.
CLOTHING
For men is what we have. We have the
best line of these goods than can be had
any place else. If you want a good fit in
a ready made suit we have it, but if you
want just any old kind go elsewhere.
Below we quote a few specials: At
$10.00 we can give you a fancy Worsted,
blue, blue black or grey. At $15.00 we
can give you blue and black unfinished
Worsted, Cheviots or Serge. At $20.00
we can give you a suit that looks as well
as a tailor made suit, in all new colors
and patterns.
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