davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
Only Think of It.

The Montgomery Advertiser says pay joke" Think of 25 cents a pound for bacon now in Montgomery. the center of one of the finest agricultural countries in the South, where, in 1863. Gen, James II Wilson fed his soldiers and hundreds of prisoners on Alabama bacon without stint, as our old friend Isaac $. Barr often relate when in a reminiscent mood and detailing how he fought, blcd det and was captured for his country; an such bacon! Why. its savor is never ap. proached by the creosoted hog meat sold today. Removing the corn bins and meal houses to t'other side of the Mssissipp and turing the large fertile fields int, cotton patches has given the Western hos and corn raisers a source of wealth that should have been utilized al home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
Birmingham, Sept. 27, 1902.
Canebrake Irrigation.

Editor The Advertiser:
 l made reference yesterday to the sue cess of the late Dr. Withers of Greene County in using artesian well water for power for large mills.
 Irrigation of Canebrake lands. in the western counties of Alabama, is an agri- cultural problem of the deepest interest. Those lands are notable in their endu- rance of drought with comparative i'm punty but a suficiency of moisture even there is some times wanting-disastrous ly wanting in 1902.
 It is said the average cost of an arte- sian well in the Canebrake is $50. That sum, therefore is the first item of cost of irrgatng say 600 acres of land for ever. There is much more work to do of course, than the boring of the well, but it is work tfat may be done on a cotton plantation without a fixed cost and need not he considered Tn the main proposi- tion There would he outlay for pipe. etc
 An overflow well that runs only ten gallons a minute would fill reservoir cut in the rock. 100 feet long. by twenty wide. by ten deep. in one day The res ervoir would hold, say. l50,ooo gallons enough for thirty acres of cotton. or corn or grass at 5000 gallons to the acre.
 The wep, located in the centre of 600
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1, 1902.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- Rain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole neld of newspaperdom which csnes under its notice. and one of these signs is the mystic symbol tel denoting s'ssldsn." Which stands for high quality. and Ss thus explained;
 Advertisers value this paper more for the class and quality of its circulation than for the mere number of copies printed"
 Such papers are credited with a sngis sym hol; but thers Is a higher grade. according to this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALIFY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL [ col to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol [09I and Is the only paper so distinguished in this section of the Geuth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
DO WE EAT coRN-coBsp

That large establishment in Indiana which is engaged in grinding corn-cobs is becoming a subject of considerable in- terest just now. The cobs are finely ground and the product is sold as "Co- l rona," but what is Corona used for? is the question. It is freely charged that portion of it goes into the popular shredded wheat biscuits, and another l statement is to the effect that the vari- | ous brands of prepared foods put up in fancy boxes and sold at fancy prices are partly composed of the new product. Corn-cobs may be good and wholesome food, for anything we know to the con | trary. but we should prefer to know if
 that is what we are eating when induls- ing in a bowl of prepared food" and ! whether it is going to cause any incon- venience to our internal mechanism.
 The trend of human thought and hu- l man effort nowadays is 70 utilize every thing that can De used for human food The multiplication of the human species | is continually threatening to reach a
 point where the earth will not provide sustenance. That point has not yet been
 reached, but is continually anticipated
 by economists. Almost every day we
 hear of something new In the way of foodstuffs, and it is a certain fact that we do not always know just what we are eating. If it is healthful and strengthening our ignorance of Its com- position is not a serious objection.
 The quantity of corn cobs annually grown in the United States is enormous, as every one knows Heretofore there has been no special use for them, except as fuel to a limited extent, but it seems that they are finding a place in human economy. We are assured that this one plant in Indiana uses about one thousand there are already one or two other mills in operation. The manufacturers refuse to give any information about their busi- ness. They will not tell what the stuff is used for or to whom it principally goes. It is graded and sacked, and as Corona 1t goes out from the mills, and that is all that is known about it. It is not reasonable to suppose that this secret can be preserved indefinitely. If the pro- duct is salable the demand for it will naturally grow, and other mills will be established in all sections of the country.
 Then we shall know all about it.
 But why all this secrecy if it is a good thing. If it can be used for food for
 man or beast, and if 1t is wholesome and nutritious there can certainly be no
 harm in letting the world know it. Food
 stuffs are high and likely to remain so,
 and any really good addition to the stock
 kept dark and getting itself smuggled
 into the public under false pretenses
 And that brings>u us back to the original query: Do We eat corn-cobs?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
TRAINING THE BOYS.

A writer in The New York Commercial, MAo Is the father of a boy F years old, asks the editor to give him some advice in selecting a career for his son. He says the boy appears to have a leaning Towards mechanics, and especially elec- tric engineering, and he had thought of sending him to some one of the many educated. But he is told by parents who have more experience and older boys that a youth of F is too young to show Eis real inclinations with sufficient cer- tainty to authorize putting him to any particular career for which as a boy he may show some talent
 The doubts which assail this parent are such as trouble the minds of thousands of other parents. and the remedy we see for it Is the addition of technical ed ucational department or branch to our public schools. If each boy could have Ehe opportunity of adding some indus krial and mechanical experiments to his other studies he would in all probability show very conclusively by the time he had finished his literary education whether he had special taste and talent for some branch of mechanics or of en- xineering, and for which he would be fit- Ged.
 Of course, if a man decides to educate his son for a lawyer, doctor or a preacher, or any other of the learned pro- fessions, that ends it for him and the boy must be taught and trained as the father decides, but there is little doubt shat many mistakes are made in this matter. A first class educated mechanic or engineer stands a better chance in the battle of life than poor lawyer or doc tor who is forced to adopt profession distasteful and uncongenial and for which he has no natural fitness. The ad- dition of industrial training to boys schools might and would result in dl- minIshing the number of misfit citizens.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
Lohn Thomas Turnipseed.

The Troy Messenger of Monday con- tains notice of the death of former citizen of Montgomery County, John Thomas Turnipseed. He was born In South Carolina. April $. 1s27 and died Sep tember 27 1902 He came with his par ents to Alabama when but six months old to a farm in Montgomery County. He lived there many years and was well known throughout the County. He was a good Confederate soldier. member of the NJ. E. Church and member of Troy Lodge of Masons. He celebrated his gold en wedding last December and his wife and four sons and foar daughters sur YlVe him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
NEW YORK CITY IN CONGRESS
Still to be Represented by Nonenti- ties and Ridiculous Spread-eagles.


 New York World Ond. Dem.)
 The showing made by The World yes terday of the utter and belittling made quacy of this city's representation III Congress was still further strengthened by the Republican nominations in four ol the Brooklyn districts on the same day The candidates named were Charles T. Dunwell. William T. Schnitzpan, Henry A. Hanbury and Henry Bristow. the two latter being the present Representatlves It is stated quite as matter of course that they were selected by Lieutenant Governor Woodruff" None of these men is known outside his district None is above the grade of a respectable alder man.
 In Manhattan the Democratic candi- dates will soon be named by the new dummy boss, Charles F. Murphy; He qualified himself for the responsibility Of selecting the Representatives in Congress of the metropolis of the nation-how? By driving a horse car, keeping saloon and graduating into politics and off1ce-hold- ing under another leader of the same class-Richard Croker
 So that when the voters Of New fork go to the polls in November to choose their Representatives in Congress. charg- ed not only with the responsiDliity or passing upon national questions Of the highest importance, but with the defence and promotion of the commercial and financial interests of this great city. they will simply have an option between the candidates selected by Bosses Mclaughlin and Woodruff in Brooklyn, and Bosses Murphy and Platt in Manhattan.
 Thus the prospect is that we shall have in the next Congress q continuation of representation by nonentities like Storm, Hanbury, Wilson and Lindsay, ridiculous d-ea gles like Sulzer, do-nothings like Belmont, and worthless money-bags like Ruppert.
 This result of sordid boss rule and un- questioned machine organizationr- Is the more lamentable when we s~ecall the names of New Yorks Representative in Congress in former years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

other than by so gradual. almost imper- ceItible decay of the bodily powers that the man simply drops hia head gently upon his breast as the angel of sleep IS married to the angel of death. That 's, the man of harmonious body and mind. who has lived wisely should die of no particular disease. He should slowly flicker out like a splendid fire whose backlog Is burned out, whose fuel Is not repienished and whose glowing coas go out slowly one by one until all Is ashes where once the flames of youth filled the world with warmth and light as they shot up aspiringly to the sky.
 Reading these lines one is naturally reminded of those beautiful lines in Bry- ants .Thanatopsis. beginning: So live that when thy summons comes to join. etc, than which the old poet hardly wrote anything more beautiful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

acres, would fill twenty reservoirs every twenty days and cotton or corn need not be irrigated to the extent of 5000 gallons of water per acre oftener than once in twenty days in that soil The portable pump lifts the water to the ditch.
 Irrigation of the arid lands of the West calls for 100000 gallons per acre four times in the season. But that quantity of water covers the whole earth for twelve hours. several inches deep and the arid land having moisture from no other source. drinks up the water turned on from the ditch rapidly.
 Graded ditches and graded cotton rows with sewer pipe to carry the water across storm water ditches. will flood cotton rows an inch deep. That Is enough for the cotton on the soil indicated.
 The cash outlay is once. The well. the pipe and the reservoirs are everlasting.
 Syphax.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
Cream Color'll Do.

New York Times.
 A nephew of Colonel Lanham of Texas tells the following story of negro bap- tizing in Texas:
 An old negro. preaher did the honors and the candidate for baptism was coal victim far out into the stream. where she could be thoroughly immersed. and at the suspicious moment he cried in 8 loud voice:
 Be stiddv. sister. be stiddy. and you'll cum up whitah den snowi'
 "Oh, parson," she exclaimed. dat s askiQ' too much. cream color'u do!'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

The platform adopted hp the Colorado Democrats must make Senator Teller feel somewhat like a dunce. It says of him: we recognize Senator Henry M. Teller as one of the greatest living statesmen. He gave Cuba her freedom, and compell- ed the nation to redeem it's sacred prom ises. His public record is an example for mankind for all time No greater extravaganza was possible. The Cobra do Democrats reach the extreme limit. Huntsville Mercury.
 The Colorado Democrats beyond ques- ton piled commendation pretty heav- fly on Senator Teller, but he Is about the strongest man intellectually in the State and he IS entitled to the credit of 'Cu- ba's freedom" whatever that may stand for. It was his resolution wN!eh committed this government to Cuban in dependence and but for that in all pTo5- ability Cuba would now be part of the United States just as Porto Rico is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

We have never fallen into the habit of calling The Advertiser bv its pet nama Grandma" but We begin to see where it is falling into its dotage and if it does not soon renew its youth we will feel constrained to admit its appropriate applicaton.-Mobile Item.
 Don't strain your sympathy over any hoped for decadence in The Advertiser It has sufficient vitality to stand at the head of the Alabama press in point of ex- cellence. influence and prosperity and is not in the slightest degree affected by what envious contempoi aries may think or say of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
Her Reasons.

My dear" said the gentleman with gold-rmmed glasses, "Can you recitc Mary Had Little Lamb?' "
 No" answered the little girl who also wore gold-rimmed glasses. ''The poem has little or no literary value and its spirit is contrary to our modern institu- tious. Sisce the organization of the meat trust Mary would be lucky to gft chop without assuming proprietorship of the entire animal"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
The "Stars Fell' in 1893.

Alexander City, Sept. %, 1902. Editor The Advertiser:
 see in your paper of Sept. 27th, an article from Selma. which speaks of a man of Woodlawn Beat of Dallas County, by the name of F. P. Cothran and his recollection of what was termed the failing of the stars" He puts the date 1886, which Is a mistake of three years. that I am certain of. The date was November, 1885, 1 was in my twelfth year. I merely want to correct mis- take and further reference to statistics will show I am right in the date;
 William M. Jackson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

The Richmond Times has a lady cor respondent who wants to know what to do with cow that won't let her milk down. Why don't she try pulling it Is to sell the COW.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

The Chattanooga Ti:a@s takes issue with us on our proposition that negroes are more easily panic-strcken in crowd ed houses than are white people It in- stances an occurrence in Richmond theatre in 1861 where the cry of fire pre- cipitated a stampede in which more than one hundred lives were lost although the crowd was not more than half as larss as the one in the Birmingham church. We still think onr opinion was correct, but it may not be. and we should like to see some statistics on the subject, if any aso to be had.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

Answering the question, "What has be come of the Belgian hare?" The Wash ington Post declares that he has been ex- terminated or driven out by the plebeiar anything by the operation?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

The claim of The Washington Post that putting Billy Mason out of the Repub- vacuum is denied by The Kansas City Journal which says that the vacuum is there even with Mason in it. But who ever heard of a noisy vacuum?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

One pr. Aprogle, who is championine the bee-sting cure for rheumatism, eau tions those who want to test the remedy not to allow too many to sting in the same place. The caution is unnecessary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

If woman marries twice and her hus- bands both die, she is the widow of whichever Is a soldier. Anybody ought to knows that much.-Cumberland (MdI Courier.
 Of course anybody knows that much so far as the pension office is concerned. but is 1t sound law or good morals?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
TEE ADVERTISERS TELE-
 PHONES.
August Circulation Facts.

With newspapers. with all other mes oi | trade. August is regarded as the duitest or ths dali Summer months In face Of this lac, The Advertisers circulation for the mohth oi hugust, just passed not only maintained aE previous high water marks, but made gfatn! Ing gains. Each month of the past year ma mas keen a substantial increase in The Adver- hssr's subscription output and all indications point ts the l2. 900 mark for the daan1y anu l6, 600 for the Sunday by January, lsoS'
 HAre the August figures:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
Cured of Asthma
After Years of Terrible Suffering

Mary Josephine Bezy, Floyd Knob, Ind, writes: After suffering untold agonies for 32 years from Asthma, was cured by Schiffmann's Asthma Cure. fused to be so bad thatI could not move without help, but lean now do all my own work" Another writes: My little boy7 years old has been sufferer for several years, some- times so bad off thatwe could not hold him in bed, expecting any moment for him to breathe his last. Doctors did him no good and we had almost given up in despair, when through accident we heard of Schiff- mann's Asthma Cure, tried 1t and it almost instantly relieved him." Mrs. D. c. Harris, Elbow P. O., Va.
 Sold by all druggists at soc and $LoO.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

In order that the element of danger may he increased and the game rendered moro exciting it Is rumored that the public is to be treated this fall to the move spectacle of football played 1n auto mobiles.-Judge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

The Indiana man who sent bullet through his brain because of a severe and continuous toothache adopted strenu- ous remedy, but it was doubtless effect i've. And if there is any one thing that could make a man willing to quit the game of living it is a fully developed toothache. We've had 'em.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

That staid, solid and practical politi- cal newspaper can sometimes become po- etic is evident from the following, which is the closing paragraph of an editorial in The Portland oregonian on the subject of old age:
 No man who lives rightly ought to die
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

It Is strongly hinted that what Roose- welt was going to say, and what Secre- tary Root is saying for him are quite diff ferent, and that a split may be the re- suit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

The worst Hardship connected with the Presidents sore shin, as he probably views it, is that he didn't get to say all he had in him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

Reading of recent political events in New York 1t seems to us very much as if Tom Cat Platt. as they call him. had gone out of the bossing business
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

He-"You say you spent your summer over on the Sound?' She-"Yes; and I was W. engaged to three different men while there.' oh. yes; l read about the sham engagements over there this sum- Iner " onkers Statesman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

We Chicagoans," boasted the Windy City man, have plenty of opportunities to see life, l tell you" That's so," re piled the visiting Gothamite, with all these fast trains it doesn't take you long to get to New York. k."-Philadelphia Press.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

One of the oldest clergymen in England is an earl-the venerable Earl of De- von. He is one of the few members of the House of Lords who was born before Waterloo became a name in history, and he has lived in four regimes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

She-"Im so glad we're engaged H' -"But you knew all the time that loved you, didn't you? She-"Yes. de T 1 knew it, but you didn't. .''-BrooklyI Life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

An amateur sportsman had mistaken a calf for a deer, and the calf was breath ing its last ''T-Tel mOrther, gasped the dying martyr, addressing the sympathetic t-that l died game. ."-Chlcago Daily News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
A LITTLE FUN NOW AND THEN
Bright Paragraphs to Relieve the
 Seriousness of Life.

Do you believe that the rain falls alike on the just and unjust?" Not a bi of it. The unjust have the umbrellas. - Detroit Free Press.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Some Interesting Notes About Those
 Prominent in the Public Eye.

Marshall Field of Chicago is heading a movement to colonize the numberless abandoned farms of New England with farmers and mechanics from the old world. Several railroads are also 1n- terested in the project.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

"Pspa," began the young hopeful, where does the sea go?" Tt doesn't go anywhere my son." responded irritated Guestions?" "Wen. if it doesn't go any where, why do they say sailors follow inc sca' ?,-Philadelphia Record.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

First Cloud-"Why do you look so sor rowful!' Second Cloud-"I- was just re hccting on the sad fact that when n gone I'll not be mist. Town and Coun try.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

Miss Kate Livingstone, cousin of the famous Dr. Livingstone. has now com pleted her 107th year. She is living at Finnish, Isle of Mul, with Mrs. Fletcher, proprietress of Glen Aros, Mul, where she was long a privileged domestic. Miss Livingstone is now very feeble.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

RHEUMATISM |CATARRH Cured by Botanle8 Blood Balm B.B.B. A Fair oRer-Money Back if it Fails to Cure-Sample of B. B. B. Free. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B) kills the causes the awful agonies of rheumatism and foul catarrh, thus making a perfect. lasting and w ssa ,ss .m. sa ing sweat that accompanies many forms of rheumatism and catarrh.
 Have You Rheumatism With
 pains in the bones, aches in any of the joints, the excruciatins pains in shoulder blade and back. especially after slight exercise? Arc of the body to another? Have you iumbsso, schtic rheumatism or neuralgia? Then B' B. B: will cure you, no matter who or what the swellinEs graduay gradual disappear. the linbs, B. B. B. .makecs the blood pure and rich, and iotane % Flood ' Balm ts b has cursa rs sGl msn1 thousands of the worst cases heard of and the cures are permanent CTutchss have shoulder,blades or legs have promptly regainsd their old vigor and strength.
 If You Haye Cataryh
 The poison in the blood produces bad, of- fensive, fetid breath bad teeth and sickness of the stomAach in some cases vomiting up of the nose. alterations of the m mucous @ msm mem. stomach. ta nose bleeding heaaaohes T Bsd hear. sn. bsoo n s fn dows spee p dns hot eyes. loy-sphrited etc. Botanic Bieod Balm tB. B. B.) fos-ces its way through ssery blood vessel ana v9n ,, sxpsIng all catarrhal poison every symptom and thus makes q perfect cure of the wolyt. most deep-seated. long-standing where the patient had tried everything in vain. and had thou ght themselves incurable. Try B. B. B.. it tmay be the very remedy your system needs
 B. B. B. a Great Blood Builder.
 In addition 3B4 B. B. is a splendid tonic. It invigorates the old. improves your digestion and cures dyspaosia. It makes new. rich blood, strengthens weak kidneys.
 Botanic Blood Balm B. B. B.)Is Composed of puse botanic ingredients. Thor for home cure $ ample of B. B. B. free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co, Ss Mitchell Street Atlanta, q a. Describe trouble and spe cial free medicaA advice also sent ip sealed letter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-01

What is the trouble between your wife and mine"' asked the first mosquito, oh" wearily answered the second. You ought to know these women. They had most and the latest style of germs. - Baltimore American.