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Stumped His Toe.

Tuscaloosa Gazette.
 A Georgia farmer stumped his toe two years ago and died from the ef- fleets of 1t the past week. The same man might have been punctured with shot and gotten well without any seri- ous after results.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

The case of the man Nordstrom. who was recently hanged at Seattle. affords one of the most noted cases of the laws delay that we remember to have seen any account of in this country. He was originally tried and convicted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Victor H. Hanson, Manager Of Advef- tising. Foreign and Local.

The Advertiser will be found on rele in the following cities at the places named! BIRMINGHAM-Morr Hotel. Union De
 pot Diningroom. Parkef's Drus stofe MOBILE-A. A Hall. Battle House. 6ELMA-HoteI Albert.
 ATLANTA-Kimball House News stand NEW YORK-Brentano's. Union square. BUFFALO-Al a b . m Exhipat. fan-
 American Exposition. WASHINGTON-Met Hotel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

Some of our contemporaries are actu- ally trying to keep up with the polit- ical gymnastics Of General James B. Weave. but they'll never do it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
wEDNEsDAY, AUGUST as, 1901.

Quays recent Pc ms ylvania Conven- tion made a lick at the press ot the State, but that is all right. The press has had unnumbered licks al Quay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
ADVISOR.

The Advisor accepts the American Newspaper Directory as the standard in newspaper ratings. The obstacles which obstruct its efforts to get true and re-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
SAPOLIO,
PABST.

Newspaper Directory continues iD .he future as it has during the past twenty years do not think I shall live iong enough to see any other directory take it's place. There will, however, be the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

w. A. Scott Circulation Manager ot The Montgomery Advertiser. being dcly sworn, says: The foregoing statement or sf Iulv. 1901. is true and correct, and complied after all returns from newsboya.. news agents and leftover copies have been deducted. : < ". A.IsEOI .s,. VI" ""' F. W. JACKSON. f
 N F.. Ex-o J. P. |
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

enormously optimistic about circula- -tions. The American Newspaper Direc- tory may occasionally err on the other side. but that makes 1t all the safer For the Advertiser.
 My advertising experience began in 1885. and one of the first things did was to buy a copy of the American News paper Directory.
 For sixteen. years Rowell's The Many a publisher is ready to prove by other directories that ''Rowelrs is wrong" but few indeed can be induced to prove it by opening their ctrculation books to, the advertiser.
 Among publishers who are not willing that their real circrlations be known 1t is the best hated book in print. The
 CHARLES AUSTIN BATES. New York. June A. 1901.
 VERMONT.
 The American Newspaper Directory stands. as 1t has always stood, the frst and best of newspaper directortes-the only one which cannot be ignored. the only one which every advertiser must have. No other can take its place; no other Is needed-JOSEPH AULD. in the Burlington (vt.) News of July 3. 1885,
 sAPoLIo.
 A growing need created it-the adver- tising agency system. One of the ear1- est and most successful workers. Geo. P. Powell, is still in the field. He origi- mated methods. Others followed. A first early step in advance was his pup lication of list of all the papers-the American Newspaper Directory: He has never ceased to love 1t. and labor for it. Soon. out of the gross stupidity Of imitation. it became a rule that every agency down to those of Oshkosh or Oklahoma must issue its own directory. An awful waste, for not more than one out of ten was worth shelf room. If the National Association of Advertising Agents could agree long enough to buy MT. RowelI6 Directory, publish 1t of ficially and drop all the others, it would accomplish something.
 ARTEMUS WARD.
 Adv. Mgr. for Sapolio. In Fame, March. 1901.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
American Newspaper Directory
liable information are m1ny.

liable tnformstio. are many :. The directory question is one which interests every publisher in the coun- try-nay. the entire world. But in the United States directories are becoming altogether too numerous In tnis, as with other books of reference, 1t is nec- essary t. have one which may De rened or as beirg an authority on the matter of newspaper circulations. There can be nc quest about the .act that at this time. ss for many years past, the American Newspaper Directory IS that authority The Advisor is not pafd to make this announcement. It makes the statement in the interests of advertisers and publishers because 1t Is true one thing the advertiser Is almost cock-sure of when he refers to the Amesicsh a,n lation figures he sees therein are not overstated to any great extent. In most directories they are. Only the pupnsner himself is to be blamed for not secur- ing a proper rating in that publication. and every advertiser of consequence knows 1t. Thus the publisher wao re- fuses to furnish a statement places him self under a reasonable suspicion.-Tne Advisor for June.
 New York, June. 1901.
 SOUTHERN.
 We subscribe to and pay cash for the American Newspaper Directory. ana find it of great value In our advertising department We have 6.S92 miles of rail- way, extending from Washington. D. C., all over the South. and in advertising this system we use more than 1000 pub lications. and in selecting this list we find that we get correct idea of circu. lation from this Directory that cannot he obtained from any other similar pub lication. We receive other newspaper directories gratis; but the fact that we pay cash for this one in addition shows that we cannot place the same depen- dence upon the free list.
 We thoroughly appreciate the 'atth- ful manner in which the Directory Is composed. JOS. H. HANNES,
 Adv. Dept SoIthn-n Ky. Washington, D. C., Sept. 13. 1900.
 I am looking forward to receiving the new edition with a great deal of antict- patton as, although the American News paper Directory seemed to have reached a high state of perfection several years ago. there Is always something new and of value in each succeeding edition. It is regarded as the standard authority with the Southern Railway.
 s. H. HARDWICK.
 Gen: Passenger Agent. Washington, D. C., Mey 2l. 1901.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

usual crop of directories, just as every other good thing is initiated Your long years of experience in dealing with eyasive circulation reports have most valuation upon such statements. Ad- vertisers have come to know that the Powell estimates are nearer the proper figure than can otherwise be obtained. therefore indispensable In every we'll regulated advertising department. Lines are being more tightly drawn every day; 1t is difficult to collect for twenty thou sand when you print only eight. 1T the advertiser were buying barley he would not accept three pecks for a bushel. all though the quality might at all times DO open for discussion.
 The American Newspaper Directory is the guide and companion Of tie adver- all concerned to help perfect it. support 1t and hurrah for 1t.
 J. R. Kathrens. Adv. Mgr.
 Milwaukee. Wis. June !, l90l.
 CHICAGO.
 Messre. Geo. P. Powell & Co.'S An1eri- can Newspaper Directory has long since earned the reputation of being the best of its character. It contains the result of patient, expensive and systematic eI- fort to secure all attainable intormation of interest concerning American news papers. The work has been honestly done. This will not be questioned by any unprejudieed examiner. The most important question is circulation. Tn attempting to give this information the editor of the Directory encounters nis most difficult work. It is the aim ana necessity of the Directory to give the truth. The American Newspaper Di, rectory Is today the dependence ana guide, in a greater or leas degree. or every large advertiser in the country.-- Chicago Gll) Daily News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
uE GOT THE MONEY.

From the London Answers: A Hen
ley man has son, aged 6, who re-
Gently clamored for money. after the
manner of small boys.
What do you want to do with it?"
asked his father.
"oh, nothing!" responded the boy
indefinitely.
"You have plenty Of spending money.
and buy you everything you need or
ought to want. Unless there is some
special reason, 1 can't let you have
it. There isn't any reason, is there?"
"Not exactly; but | want it. You
know how it is, papa; you were lit
tie boy once"
This appeal failed to move the pa
ter's heart. so the youthful diplomat
said:
Papa. suppose was to meet high
waynan in lonely street late at
night"
Yes, my son.
and suppose he should pull out a
pistol and say, Little boy, your money
or your life!' what could 1 do?"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
washlnxtDn.s False Teeth.

The Baltimore Dental College, the
oldest dental college in the world, has
in it's possession one Of the most in.
teresting relics of George Washington.
This relic is set of artificial teeth.
made by DR.. Greenwood, dentist. who
was also an officer in the Continental
army. The teeth were worn for some
time by Gen. Washington. DR.. Green
wood afterward made the general q
second set. which he wore until his
death, which was buried with him.
The first set was afterward presented
to the dental college by DR.. Greens
wood. AS much as $4,000 has been Of
fered for this set of teeth, but the fac
ulty Of the college refused the offer.
The teeth were exhibited at the,
Worlds Fair in 1893 and attracted.
much observation-disclosures Sun.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
SCOTCH WIT.

From Spare Moments A drunken
Irishman was once, lodged in the cell
of Scotch country police station.
when he made tremendous noise by
kicking the cell door with his heavy
hob-nailed boots.
The constable who had charge OF the
police station, going to the cell door.
opened it little and said
"Man, We MIGHT pit aft yer butts, an
I'll gle them a bit rub, so that yell be
respectable when We come up afore the
baiIis the morn"
The prisoner. flattered at the re-
quest. at once complied, and saw his
mistake only when the constable shut
the door upon him. saying coolly
"Ye can kick ava. moo. my man, as
lang as ye like"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
lll1 nsE Ej E; - 1i7zn{on
~ 1EEfS yAyEH,y1pR

the struggle, and you'd give him
enough to set him on his feet. or, at
least to make him comfortable in his
last hours, and then you'd stand back
and smile and seem to enjoy yourself
seeing the joy you had given to others.
Sometimes you would fairly yell with,
delight at the good things you had
done, and one OF these outbursts SEEM
ed SO real that it actually woke a
up"
Great heavens!" the troubled ma
nate exclaimed; that wasn't drea
Your mother had an uncle that vi
insane. I've always been afraid
might crop out again. and now myl
worst fears are realized. Here -Hklp!
Help!"-Record Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
JACK WAS A1wAys rnEn.

From the London Tit-Bits: day
or so ago sailor entered we'll
known bank in Hull. Having got fair
ly inside he hailed the clerk with:
What cheer, matey? How's your
business doing, hey?"
The clerk, who was all things to
all men, replied blandly that business
was not so brisk. but doubtless would
improve. and asked the briny one
what he could do for him.
Out came a check from the tar's
pocket, "Pay to bearer $780," and he
handed it to the clerk with chuckle.
That's the fruits of being a steady
young man. an there's more where
that come from, for I've had several
years. cruising round Chiny, and not
for nothing"
After scanning the check the clerk
asked the usual inquiry: "How will
you have it. sir?"
The salt hesitated a moment, then
leaned over the counter and said in a
hoarse whisper: well, matey, don't
want to be hard on yer. Gimme ten
pun now, and I'll take the rest a pun
week"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Smithers: That's an athletic look.
ing chap. Walks like long distance
pedestrian. Wonder if he is?
Sneerly: No, he's long distance
fighter.
SYMPATHY misunderstood.

From the Boston Advertiser was
walking in the direction of certain
hospital the other morning when no.
ticed little girl some five or six years
old toddling along at my heels. When
ever l stopped. she stopped and wait
ed for me until started on again.
well. Bess," queried. She looked
coyly down at pair of ragged shoes,
What do you want? A cent?" I
ventured.
She shook her head. 81 wants to
foller yer to der hospital"
All right. Come along" answer
ed. But what are you afraid OFF,"
I'm a-scared to go alone. So fol-
lers some one"
Scared of what?"
DER Salvation Armory." she an
swered.
"Dey ketches yer and brings yer In
ter der armory house, an den dey says
Yer my chile an so I'm scared"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
did any one ever read his play?"
20 yes. indeed. He made his wife
read It.,
! CLEAR CASE AGAINST THE no

\ CLEAR CASE AGAINST THE Roy.
II had funny dream last night"
said the young man to his father.
whose income was $4,000 an hour
st seemed that you had decided not
to build libraries or universities that
would serve to perpetuate your mem
DRY, but instead, had made up your
mind to withdraw from business-to
just pull out with your 100000, 900,
and let somebody else have the same
kind of a chance that you had when
you started, and the richest man in the
country was worth only about 5000, 900.
Then, after throwing off all these
cares You got to filling your pockets
with money and going around hunting
for people who really needed lift, and
every little while 1T seemed that you
would run across somebody who was
just about to be compelled to give up
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30

ton, indeed! The remarkable thing
about 1t all is that men who, like Mr..
Watterson, recognize the change,
should attempt to defend it or should
counsel democrats to accept it as final,
The question that must occur to every
reader is: Is this change necessaryP
And If not necessary, why should it be
submitted to as a matter of destiny?
Is freedom only a toy common, and in
dependence noisy drum? Is there no
other future for baby Jonathan than
the career of a fortunate gambler? Is
it not possible to conceive of repub-
Tic developing and expanding without
the abandonment of ideals or princi
pies?
This doctrine, that virtue aud NOR.
ality are good enough for child but
out of place in man is a monstrous
one, and one unworthy of the great
brain and big heart of the man who
seems to have fallen into the advocacy
of it. 1t is impossible to exaggerate
the demoralizing influence of such a
doctrine; it paralyzes all attempts to
instruct or restrain youth. When you
say to young man that nation when
full grown must throw off restraint,
| ignore well-settled principles, and
plunge into the exciting but uncertain
career of gamester, you cannot blame
him if he tells you that the same doc
trine applied to him would lead him to
discard all the good advice given him in
his boyhood.
The imperialistic doctrine lays the
axe at the root of the tree and attacks
every vital tenet of our government and
of our religion, and we already begin
to see the evil effect of it. The en-
bezzelment at Havana and the crooked
ness at Manila are only illustrations
of what may be expected undera colon
ial system. If this nation adopts the
principle that helpless races can be ex-
plotted because we are strong, carpet
bag officials will not be slow to adopt
the same principle and appropriate
everything within their reach. Mr..
| Watterson knows something of the
corruption that developed under the
carpet-bag reign which followed the
civil war, and ought to be able to make
some estimate of the NAL feasance and
I nis-feasance which can be expected
when this nation denies self-evident
truths and encourages infdelity tc
moral precepts
| AS an individual can better afford to
.etain his character rather than grow
rich by dishonorable means, so the
democratic party can better afford to
appeal to the conscience of the people,
even though it remains out of power,
than to enjoy power at the expense Of
its principles. "What shall it profit a
man if he gain the whole world and
lose his own soul?" What shall it pro-
fit the democratic party if it gain power
and lose the spirit that has made it in
destructible? What shall it profit a
nation if it's flag floats over every sea
and its garrisons terrify every land if,
in the language of Lincoln, it loses
'tthe spirit which prizes liberty as the
heritage of all people in all lands ev-
erywhere2"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
RErnIBUrIoN on rnE spor.

AETNlBUTION ON THE SPOT.
The noise MADE by the burglar Ill the
Ferguson pantry, slight as it was, dis
turbed the light sleeper in the bedroom
not far away and the midnight marau-
der was surprised moment later to
find himself covered with big reEolv-
er in the hands of determined look
ing man in long, white robe.
II hain't done nothin' but eat a few
cold victuals, mister" stammered the
burglar.
Il see," sternly replied George Fer
guson. "You have been eating the re-
mains of a strawberry shortcake my
wife made for my dinner last night.
Do you know what I'm going to do
with you?"
Turn me over to the police, l
s'pose," gasped the helpless thief.
Worse than that" said Ferguson,
with a ferocious grin Pm going to
make you eat quart of health food.
It's new kind my wife heard of and
fixed up for us yesterday, and it's
pretty dry eating. but you'll eat every
particle of it or I'll bore six holes
through you. There it is, in that big
bowl. Turn yourself loose on it,"
With grim determination the indig-
nant householder stood over him till
1t was finished, after which he picked
up the luckless scoundrel, who had
fallen exhausted to the floor, and
threw him out of the open pantry
window.
ut may kill him." soliloquized Mr..
Ferguson somewhat remorsefully as he
crawled back into bed without disturb
Ing the rest of the family, "but man
who breaks into another mans house
takes his life in his hand anyway
Chicago Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30

a respectable neighborhood would be
shy of putting on its district council in
this oountry-ehat is to say, there is
nothing to distinguish him from an
uncultivated, slightly brutal, ignor-
antly forcible and hard-head vulgarian.
Self-conidence and energy rule him, as
they should rule politician; but,
knowing all the world of business, he
can think of nothing higher. No ira
dition makes him bow to men whose
institutions are of more practical value
than the whole of his experience or
teaches him to recognize that the gov
eminent of a nation is field for quail
tiles of sympathy and imagination and
sane idealism. :"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
skin In Throwing or Mall BAGS.


The busiest clerk in any crew or car
is the one who is detailed to receive
and throw off the sacks and pouches.
To lift heavy mail sack and throw it
from car moving at the rate of a
mile a minute is matter Of good tar
get shooting. Looks easy enough,
commented one of the veteran clerks at
heletter case, "and it does seem as If
a man could be able to hit a station
platform without much difficulty; but
you see that station is passed and gone
in about one second. Then, the sue
ton Of train running at this speed
is something terrific, and until the
knack Of throwing a pouch is learned
man liable to feed the wheels with
few letters. Saturday Evening
Post.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
LITTLE LAUGHS.

Neighbour saw the doctor at
door this morning. Is any one 81
Nellie Gagged 5)-"Yes'm. Papa's|
the explanatory rheumatism" NJ
bor-"Oh, no. You mean intiamm;
rheumatism" Nellie-"Well, any
he just hollers all the time"
Pm very much afraid I'll ]
meet sen in heaven, Johnny" sal
Sunday school teacher to a misd
GUS pupi! why" exclaimed the
corrlgib'c youth, what have you
doing now??"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Oatmeal Cruel.

Mix two tablespoonfuls of fine oa4-
meal with pinch Of salt and little
cold milk. When quite smooth pour
into It half a pint more. Put It in a
milk saucepan over the Are and stir
all the time. After 1t comes to the
boiling point stir in hnothsv quarter
Of a pint of cold mill and iii for 4
quarter of an hour. Il likedN Aeten.
with sugar and small pinciA Ncin-
namon. Some prefer to use AT! -
made in this way the cruel Is del
cious. and is a soothing remedy for
bad cold.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
popu,nt,onof London and England.

London's population is now about
4,536,034, an increase of some 30S,717
in the last ten years. Notwithstanding
this, there are now 500 fewer births
daily in the United Kingdom than
twenty years ago. The decline Of the
birth rate is menace that is causing
thoughtful Englishmen more concern
than the loss of trade and revenue. 1t
may appear incredible, but 1t is per-
fectly true, that births in England are
falling off at the rate of about a mill
lion in five years.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Lincoln,s Gettysburr speech.


AS the survivors of the Mexican, civ
il and other wars prepare for the SOL
emn services of Memorial day they will
find both pleasure and profit in re-
reading Lincoln's Gettysburg speech.
To the veteran it is an expression Of
lofty patriotism, to the student of ora
tory it is model of brevity, beauty,
simplicity and strength, and to all it is
an inspirations:
"Fourscore and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth upon this CONT
nent new nation, conceived in liberty
and dedicated to the proposition that
all men are created equal. Now we
are engaged in great civil war, test
ing whether that nation, or any nation
SO conceived and so dedicated, can long
endure. We are met on great battle
field of that war. We have come to
dedicate a portion of that field as a
final resting-place for those who here
gave their lives that that nation might
live. 1t is altogether fitting and pro-
per that we should do this. But in a
larger sense we cannot dedicate, we
cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow
this ground. The brave men, living
and dead, who struggled here, have
consecrated it far above our power to
add or detract. The world will little
note, nor long remember, what we
say here, but it can never forget what
they did here. 1t is for us, the living,
rather to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far SO nobly adj
vanced. 1t is rather for us to be here
dedicated to the great task remaining
before US, that from these honored
dead we take increased devotion to
that cause for which they gave the last
full measure of devotion; that we here
highly resolve that these dead shall
not have died in vain; that this nation,
under God, shall have new birth OF
freedom, and that government of the
people, by the people, and for the PEG
pie, shall not perish from the earth"
At no time within the past quartz,
of a century has there been more neces
ity than there is now for the lovers OF
liberty to exert themselves to preserve
''a government of the people, by the
people and for the people,"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
WHY THE ENGL1suMAN D1DN,r.

Pretty Angelina Swizzleblossom b;
fallen from her wheel and sprained b
wrist, and Augustus Bloomengardd
her manly escort, was kneeling by b
side endeavoring to bind handke
chief about the disabled me
Rubber neck, rubber neck" yeI
nearby newsboy to a passing
man, who turned to look back q
pathetic scene. "But her neck
hurt, don't you know" replied TIL
tonished Augustus, and the new
went and pounded his head again
lamp post.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
AT CHICAGO.

First Attendant: Well. that's the
most discouraging thing I've heard yet.
Second Attendant: What's that!
First Attendant: Here's man from
Jersey City who says he'd rather be
home.