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Smyrna times., 1902-10-08
NIAGARA FALLS.
Low RATE VIA PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD.

Low RATE EXCURSIONS VIA PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will run its remaining popular ten-day
excursions to Niagara Falls from Bal
timore, Philadelphia and Washington
on September and 1S, and October 2
and 16.
The excursions from Philadelphia
will be run by two routes. Those on
September and 1S, and October 16,
going via Harrisburg and the pictur-
esque valley of the Susquehanna,
special train leaving Philadelphia at
$40 a. m, excursion of October run
ming via Trenton, Manunka Chunk,
and the Delaware Valley, leaving Phil
adelphia on special train at a. M
Excursion tickets, good for return
passage on any regular train, exclusive
of limited express trains, within ten
days, will be sold at $1,000 from
Philadelphia and all other points on
the Delaware Division; $11.25 from
Atlantic City; 5000 from Lancaster;
and at proportionate rates from other
points, including Trenton, Borden
town, Mt. Holly, Cape May, Salem,
Wilmington, West Chester, Reading,
and principal intermediate stations.
A stop-Over will be made at Buffalo
within the limit of ticket returning.
The special trains of Pullman par
lor cars and day coaches will be run
with each excursion running through
to Niagara Falls. An extra charge
will be made for parlor-car seats.
An experienced tourist agent and
chaperon will accompany each excur-
sion.
Side-trip tickets to Toronto and re-
turn will be sold from Niagara Falls
at rate of $1.O0, atfording an oppor-
tunity to visit the Toronto Fair to be
held September 1 to 13.
For descriptive pamphlet, time of
connecting trains, and further infor-
nation apply to nearest ticket agent,
or address Geo. w. Boyd, Assistant
General Passenger Agent, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1902-10-08

If it must be a choice between the
regulated canteen, where no liquor
stronger than wine or beer is sold, and
such dives as Gen. Funston describes,
with their accompaniments of bad
whiskey, gin aud lewd women, who
can hesitate which to select.
Smyrna times., 1902-10-08

The Czar has added to the war en-
gines of his army a feet of '1and-
cruisers" These are armor-clad
automobiles. capable of terrific speed
and almost shot proof.
Smyrna times., 1902-10-08
Recovered speach and Hearing.

MEssRs. FLY Bros. Il commenced using
your Cream Balm about two years ago for
catarrh My voice was somewhat thick and
my hearing was dull. My hearing has been
fully restored and my speech has become
quite clear. am a teacher in our town.
L. G. Brown, Granger, o.
The Balm does not irritate or cause sneez-
ing. Sold by druggist at so cts. or mailed
by Ely Brothers, Sc Warren St, New York.
Smyrna times., 1902-10-08

Children chase butterflies and build
sand houses and thereby develop
strength. to do a life work. AS we
grow older we are prone to indulge in
chasing the rainbow and building
castles in the air. Aud this inclination
is not all bad as some stern moralists
tell us Even though we never catch
the rainbow, even though our castles
fail to find a foundation, we are up
lifted and strengthened for our real
work in life. Man is a working ami
NAL, but his best work is done with
his eyes beholding the rainbow and
his hope moulding the clouds of sun
set into ethereal palaces.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

power since France. equally light-heart- ed, set out on her military promenade to cross the Rhine, and found the song in her heart turned to tears by the steel of Prussian and Saxon and Bavarian. It recalled once more Metternich's con temptuous remark: Italy Is but a geo. graphical expression" On paper Italy has a great navy: and she was one of the first of the great powers to go in for heavy guns. The hundred-ton guns of the Italia and the Lepanto were for many years famous. and in the navy lists made Italy appear as leading all the world. But these great guns have been declared by the experts to be of little value; and 1t is a very grave question whether the Italian navy is much more to be relied upon than the Italian army. There Is. of course. no comparison between the Spanish and the Italian navies; but our recent little affair with Spain showed that the Latins have not improved as sailors. and that the engine room. the vi- tals of the ship. Is the weakest part of their organization. Still the Italian navy may be as valuable as the French, who knows?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23
AUSTRALIAN FARMING.
Reasons Why the Planter and ora-
 zier Are Poor.

Australia. apart from tho tropical area ,s nsturallv divided Into three divisions --the coast. the tablelands. and the west ern district and the value Of eacn ois- trict is solely a. matter of rainfall ine coast has a rainfall of about Al lncnes' the taIbleland co lntry about B incnes' while out in the West the rainfall de-
 .aas. ;n nronortion to the distance fir pm .ha ocean til west of the Darling there la a lot of country with an average ram talI of less than 10 inches. and Tn some narts of Australia the rainfall Is onV inches. And yet into all this western country money has been poured ike wa. ter in the vain hope of doing sometnins with if. In the words of starveo-oul 9razier:' Tt is a great question whether the western districts of Australia shoulo he regarded as an asset or laoilty'
 The settlement of Australia was' uh- fortunately, not a gradual mauer; the sattlers did not have to make their own ca,oital. and spread out slowly, making tbair way on their own resources. The country was settled ,on the most up-to- date methods, inasmuch as there was un- limited capital to finance the settlers Land was scrambled for in the districts where the rainfall was sure ana Ts value was calculated not on wha tcouIo he produced by 1t. but on what 1t could pc sold for in future years. and on what couId he borrowed on it in the mean time. By inconceivable folly all the good farming land belonging to the Crown was thrown open for purchase at nxeu nrice of 1 pound sterling an acre. The result was that the good land went up in nrice by leaps and bounds. till the value of farming land in a good district-or. rather not the value, but the price-ls as htsh as similar land in England farm in1 districts. This false idea of value Is a sad handicap in everything The whole country suffers from overcapitalization. The gold mines are overcapitaHzed-a mine that would pay dividends on small canital is put on the market as worth millions and never earns its sharehoid- ers a decent return for their money; the fermar has to pay so much for his land that he can never keep down the inter est on his mortgage; and the grazier whc has been forced to secure" his lanc hv nurchase has had to spend a pound ar acre in cash and & pound an acre In i'm movements for land that needs two acrei to feed a sheep, so that he Is paying in terest on four pounds to maintain on sheep, and a sheep will not earn in terest on four pounds at present prices
 The Western graZiers of Australia hay | immersed themselves in debt, and nov that the drought Is on the land thei prospects are bad indeed.
 drought is a thing happily unknow
 to English readers. The big stations ou
 in the West mostly depend on artiici; | supplies for their water ,as the few ns
 tural watercourses and creeks usual
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

directly with the Ameer was parried by Lord Cranoorne with the rejolnder that the nature of the intended innovation should be stated with greater detail.
 Notwithstanding the outward show of respect for existing treaty stipulations on the part of Russia. the Ameer was meanwhile being approached by the agents of the Czar, with proposition similar in tenor to that submitted to the British authorities. The outcome must have been rather disconcerting to the Muscovite statesmen unless they be proof against disconcernment. as many people believe they are In the hurbar at which the Russian communication was read one of the Afghan chiefs suggested that the bearer thereof be whipped. and the de- cision finally reached was-that all future messages from Russia must be addressed to the Ameer in care of the viceroy of India.
 The contretemps show that Habib Ul-- lah keeps in touch with the outer world and has probably heard of the situation fin Manchuria, where. urder pretext of Keeping open a Russian highway to Port
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

There are two preachers In Carters- vile, Ga., who are brothers. They bear the name of Jones. and are widely known One is Sam Jones, the Methodist evan gelist and lecturer, and the other Is Joe J. Jones, the Baptist evangelist. Both of these men have tasted the dregs Of dissipation, says The Atlanta Journal.
 The Jones family came from Chambers County, Ala, the father of the boys being Capt. John J. Jones. Major w. F. Siator was teaching school over there, ana was attracted by the brightness or sam then A younester of z. Even at that early age he was gifted with ''gab." and loved to stand up and speak before large au- diences. Major Slator wrote for Sam speech that he delighted to say, and II always brought down the house sam was always full of life and mischief. ana even in his boyhood desptsed ouii ume.
 After his father moved to Cartersville Sam secured possession of an oid mule and wagon. The animal bore the name of Dave, and Sam. who has always been attracted by things pertaining to the railroads, trained him to go on and stop and blow like a locomotive. One long blow meant stop; two short blows go on.
 
 trained to perfection, and sometimes. with a wagon load of boys, Sam could be seen speeding through the town, old Dave on e dead run. Suddenly "Hoo-oo-o' would sound out and throwing himself on his haunches the mule would stop stock still, and the boys would tumble headfong out of the wagon.
 When he was IS years old sam went of to school, and on his return had con tracted the fatal habit of drink. There could be no half way doing with such man as Sam Jones, and he went to his very limit, and came near wrecking his body, mind and soul. He went from depth to depth, trampling the hearts of his loved ones beneath his feet. They Rrieved over him and did everything in their power to get him to give up drink. but to no avail.
 There came a day when the aged fath- CT sickened and came down to his death bed. He sent for his wayward son, and with his failing breath begged him to reform. For Gods sake" said he, quit drinking and be man.
 Falling on his knees by the bed. the miserable young man promised his father that he would give up whiskey. and he did sober up.
 On Sunday the father died. The next week pr. William H. Felton, the preach er-Congressman, the modern edition of Patrick Henry. started an old fashioned country meeting in d littles wooden build ing known as Felton's Chapel. since the doctor built it. and there preached, the Gospel. part of the 6uifding is stii standing It is four miles from Carters vile, and is occupied as a residence. -.
 Sam and his brother Joe went to tht meeting pr. Felton preached from tht text, "Is there no balm in Gilead. nc physician there?'
 When mourners were called to the altal Sam was the first 10 respond, and kneei ing there in that little country meeting house he gave his heart to God and be came a Christian. pr. Felton pointed tc him and said:
 There's going to be a preacher of tht Gospel" The young man was impressed with the thought. and the next week he preached his first sermon. He has beer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

go dry once each year at least. To se- cure water for the stock big rsservours, called tanks. are dug. holding millions of gallons, and dams are put across the shallow waterways. and in some places artesian water is obtained; but. even if the water supply holds out the want of grass soon begins to kill the stock. Sheep and cattle are turned loose all the year round in large paddocks. some of them being five miles square. Then the sheep. coming down to water ,eat off the grass and herbags growing anywhere Dsar the water, and as the drought progresses they eat every green thing anywhere within three or four miles of the waters then they get weaker and weaker. and even though there may be little grass left out in the outlying corners of their paddocks they have not strength enough to tramp out after It, and they. hang round the water and perish miserably. The graziers send out men with axes to cut down edible scrub for them. and 1t Is pitiful to see the poor brutes stag gering toward the sound of the axes. With a cloudless sky and blazing sun overhead, the plain is dried and trodden to a bare desert. The winds pick up thes dust and blow it across country, some times for miles; fences and homesteads are gradually buried in the drifted dust. . In. some great Wiudstornns fiocks of sheep have been o1erwhelmed: the central dis trict graziSrs 16yfthe whole of the West is being blown over onto them. There is no hope to shift the stock, because they are too weak to travel Some stations in touch with the railway have sent thou sands of sheep away by railway to save their lives, but the expense is great AS a rule. the grazier can do nothing but sit and watch his sheep dying before his eyes.
 And if this is the fate of the ''squatter'' with big area and a backbone of capital either his own or borrowed-to help him. how much worse it Is for the small farmer who has just a few hundred sheep, and who lives from hand to mouth. The drought soon kills off his stock, and he loses his farm, and the result of years of hard work and patient thrift is swept away in single season This 1t is which is responsible for so much of the social~ ism and reliance on Government which has developed in the country. The small farmer. working for himself. and putting by a little money each year, is almost an unexistent quantity; for no small farmer can hope to make sheep growing pay in | the dry districts, and in the well-watered | districts the price of land is almost pro- hibitive. Hence it comes that New South Wales has nearly half her popu- lation in the city of Sydney. and that. in- stead of there being plenty of openings for young men on the land, we find them | volunteering in thousands to give up their property and go to wars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23
MINE WORTH s24o, 900, 900.
Fabulous Values in the United Verde Copper Workings.

OICb diU EACbuAS'
 An excellent illustration of the profits of the mining industry was af- forded by the examination of Senator w A. Clark in the suit of George A. Treadwell against the United Verde Cop per Company. He testified that the divi- dend from the United Verde was 12o per cent. per year on a capital of $3,0co, 600. The mine has paid up to the present time $lo, 7s5,322 in dividends, the total produc- ton being about double that figure. This has been produced from a depth of only 700 feet, and drill cores below that level to the depth of 700 feet further show that the copper values continue to that depth at least It is estimated that about one third of the ore has been stopped out above the 700-foot level. This will make the total value of the ore bodies exposed $6O, 900 900, including that already mined. In addition to this the ore shown by the drill cores amounts to as much more. The mine has been exploited only over about one-third of its area, and it is therefore reasonable to estimate the value of the property above the 7OO-foot level at $l20, 900. 900. with as much more below.
 In answer to a question Senator Clark said that he believed the Chemical Ma tionaI Bank of New York was the only large business enterprise that paid as much as 120 per cent. year outside the mining industry. This fully answers the question frequently asked as to the way Senator Clark made his money. A profit of 120 per cent. per annum is not at all infrequent in mining enterprises, though the United Verde is probably the only large mine in the country that pays SO magnificent dividend. MT. Clark has been nothing but a miner from the out set of his career. his banking interests being but one of many incidents of a busy life, organized for the purpose of affordIng aid to the mining end of his large business. And now the mines are carrying forward a continental railroad system. The worlds motor is the pre- cious metal mines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

Arthur. a strong Russian garrison is maintained, Chinese troops not being per mitted to enter the "evacuated' province (even to preserve order) without permls- sion of the Czar's Minister at Pekin. The Ameer, however. has a closer viey of Russian methods In the Persian prov inces of Kordofan. under cover of from tier and trade regulations, the Russians have obtained almost as complete con- trol as they have in the nominally inde- pendent Khanate of Bokhara. Great Brit ain may be reconciled to Russian domina- tion in a few isolated valleys and naval outposts in Northeastern Asia, where the Russian proceedings are under the watch full eyes of the Japanese, but the safety of the frontiers of India is of deeper concern to the statesmen at London, and the manifest destiny" of Russia in this quarter will not be permitted to unfold itself unchallengcd and unresisted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23
TWO POWERS AND A BUFFER.
The Flat Failure of Russia's Anti British Scheme in Afghanistan.

PhiladelphIa Record.
 Russia's attempt to steal march on Great Britain and establish relations or a semi-diplomatic character with the Ameer of Afghanistan has utterly Iaiiso: inc nrotected Russian Embassy at Kabul ,n ,he Stscussion and regulation of purely Commercial affairs but the military men 1yhn ranresent Russia in her frontier nni;.v Nave an alarming habit of mixing trade with politics and all sorts of peace Sistnrhinr deviltry The Government at St. Petersburg observed the amenities to the extent of submitting It's proposal 10 accord with the Understanding that the foreign affairs of Afghanistan are under the supervision of Great Britain; and the request that in regard to frontier mat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

CucCA TUT Rl,SEs'cV, " ~S his bill for advertising from De- tober 1o to November IS, last, both inclusive, and during this month he had something in every issue of The Advertiser. This expendl- ture for space in one paper during one month has never been equalied by any other individual, firm or corporation in the South, the near est thing to it being MT. 6oet- ter's bill of $1.127 .61, with this paper, for advertising during the month of December of last year, which was up to that time the largest amount ever paid one pa- per printed South of the Ohio Riv- CT, for one months advertising oy one firm.
 MT. Goetter's letter and check, facsimile reproductions of which will be found herewith, give the details of the transaction. He, therefore, holds the record as the largest individual advertiser for any one month, in any one paper in the South, or in the United States, for that matter, barring few of the great department stores in the largest cities of the country.
 The excellent cut of MT. Goetter, which appears herewith, will give a good idea of one of the Give wires" of the mercantile world, who will be heard from often in the future. His genius for trade, his enterprise, his liberality' his unbounded energy, his courtesy, his sound judgment and his men tai brightness, will make him conspicuous figure in any city, no matter ,how large.
 MT. Goetter's business methods are those of the 2oth Century, and his clear vision and quick percep-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23
THE RECORD BREAKER
Sidney ]. Goetter Gives The Advertiser A Check
 SI247.3o, the Largest Ever Received by a ] Southern Newspaper From One Firm -<a. For One Months Advertising. -~@

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

Ashev1lle, N. C.. Nov. 2l.-Weston R. Gales, we'll known evangelist. who made his home at Montreal, is dead. He had been Ill for several weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-23

Aunt-Arthur. how does 1t happen that Willie Jones is promoted at school SO much oftener than you other boys are?
 Arthur-Huh! His fathers promotert Chicago Daily Newa.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-08-01
Changed Today

The State Bank and Trust Company
assumes charge OF the Bullion and EX-
change Bank today. The new direct
ors feel certain that they are opening
for a good business and there is no
doubt but chat the bank is one of the
soundest ana safest On this Coast. The
fact that the capitalization has been
increased to $200,000 is a big boost
for the institution. The old working
force viii remain behind the counter
which wsll please the many patrons of
the il stitution.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-08-01
Eastern Ignorance of Nevdaa

One is astonished to note what lot
Of ignorance exists in the east rela-
tive to things in Nevada.
A few days ago the State Control
Ter received a letter rom a friend in
New York directed Corner OF Hol-
stein Avenue and Sixty-fourth CT
He got Sixty-fourth street all right
but it should have been Larkswood
Avenue. as Holstine avenue is four
miles away on the other side OF the
city to the south 1t would seem in
eXcusable that a city where Corbett
and Fitzsimmons fought their great
battle, should not be uetter nnoWn in
the east than this. Such directions
show inexcusable ignorance and are
very puzzling to the uniformed post
al carriers OF this city.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-08-01
Home From the Strike

George Maute, who has been spend
ing the past few months in the neigh
borhood of Tonopah, was an arrival
Thursday. George is in from the new
find this side of Tonopah. Pactolus
is the name of the new camp and
George who has a claim in the dis
trict is firm in the belief that some
great strikes are to be made in the
as large as they are in Tonopah, yet
the assays run higher than they did
at the bonanza camp. George is in
town to tit out with a grub stake and
expects to return to the new diggings
III a few weeks. Water is the one
draw back to the camp. This needful
fluid has to be hauled twelve miles
and is not of the best when landed
Wood is plentiful and the road to the
camp is not bad considering the gen
eral country For miles around the
claim stakes can be seen, and a num-
Der OF the new comers are finding ore
Will Thorne, of this City, has one OF
the favorable locations, and is on the
ground. The ore averages higher in
gold values than at Tonopah, which
leads the locatOrs to believe that they
have prospects that will become fam
Gus. The easiest way to the camp is
from Sodaville, while the trip can be
made from Luning. The district is en-
tirely new and hardly pick has been
stuck into the ground. George looks
for some big times out that way and
map before the snow flies.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-08-01
Republican Rumors

The Republican bosses are now very
busy with the Fusion convention
The report that the two conventions
viii meet as one body and proceed to
nominate a state ticket comes from
this source.
The two conventions will meet in
separate halls at Reno on the same
day ana after they have settled on
be allowed. they will nominate separ-
ately ana then meet IN the same hall
ana ratify each others work. We
Nevada will assist in the final ratif-
cation.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-08-01
Badly Mixed

Yesterdays Appeal contained an ac-
count of the weather service under The
head OF BARRIERS Notice" While the
matter seems to be appropriate. Who
ever entered a barber shop that the
man with the razor did not ulscuss the
weather. II its red hot he says good
day" il its as cola as Greenland the
same saluta ion IS used. In the future
it IS believed that the subject should
lie treated in the same manner and
the barber by closely studying the ar
ticIa can discuss Cn the weather con
dit 'Ons inteiligentlr.