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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25

"Chimmie." says felly to me, "Chim-
 mic" he says. how are you woiking dis
 we'll" I says. "de same old ting" I
 says: knowing dat wouldn't put him wise
 for you woiks de politics game at bote
 ends and de middle only so long as you Is a clam.
 Listen: It's all right when top liner
 declares himself because he Is out for of- flee; but if a mug is only a woiker he
 goes on half pay, and double time. as
 soon as he makes holler for dis or for
 dat. Nonparty-sand: dat's de lay out
 what gets de eggs. with a nest trun for
 safe keeping.
 So I looks knowing, and reads signs on de felly; looks over his head, you know.
 like didn't see him.
 I'm glad to hear dat you is woiking as usual,' he says, flor we wants you to
 swing de Roseleafers in line." he says. "Dey comes high." says reading anod-
 der sign on him.
 "we has de stuff for good men," he
 says. "and if you needs a little for inter. tainment why. here's a starter and p'chee he passes over yelloy back-s half century made by your good old Uncle
 Sammy: fifty cases; five single saw. bucks! Whatf Franks" says, ''rn get de boys jollied up bit wit dis. and put you wise how dc tide Is running in Hell Gate.
 Oats de song to sing" says he. "and when de ball Is opened, and you need 6 fiddler. look me up. and you'll find me lit tie Johnny-on-de-Spot, as per de sweet | summer time long ago."
 Say, honest I didn't know how dat felly stood on politics. On do level. I didn't l I've known him ever since I began te vote: since I was only sixteen years young. and voting was new to me. and never knowed him two times in secession trading on de same side of de counter Sometimes hes for de Outs. sometimes he's for de Ins, so I didn't know what ell
 Anyway, had de fifty located in me ! jeans, all right and tight, so. chases | down to me fren, Kelly de barkeep, for to have a caucus on de situation.
 How does Micky Halligan stand dis year?' asks Kel. q don't know what side he's on," says Kel," except dat he's on de odder side | from McGraft; for Mac was just now be- 1 ing in here, and he leaves me fifty for to | sweeten de Roseleafers; and all he told me was dat he was gunning to capture l de Rosies before Micky Halligan fastened | de collar on us."
 Say, what do you tink of dat? Talk of | taking candy away from a child! Was de | situation a peach, a Chim Dandy? What! /, When I tells Kel how Mickey Halligan | had been getting gay wit me political morals, and we bulked it up dat de good | old Roseleafers was one hundred to de | good witout so much as writing single
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25
AND BLONDES
 AS GOOD HOUSEWIVES

The ideal wife-the wife the mere man paints in wondrous brain pictures before maria ge-is never in sterner reality a dark woman. The little blonde. with her fair hair and baby blue eyes. wields the reins of household with A natural apti- tude for her onerous position. and at the same time allows her husband to rule over her and himself with a graceful complacency which her darker sister could never even assume.
 Now. the secret of a fair woman's ma trimonial success lies in her tempera- ment.
 She is easy-going, and though gener- ally possessed of a certain amout of natural conceit, that conceit never by any chance runs on intellectual lines; it is her mere personal prettiness and the like that give it birth. Thus she tacitly ad- mts the superiority of man, bending herself unQuestionably to his will; and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25
A PLEASANT SURPRISE.
In Store for Those Who Doubt.


 When you read that sufferer of many years standing has been completely re- stored to health by using Smiths Cure all, you are inclined to doubt the state ment and, in fact. have no belief in II whatever. The reason for this k that so much is claimed for the Cure-all 1t is in- possible for anyone to believe 1t: if the advertiser confined his claims to the cur- ing of one disease, as do the pronrietors of Pyramid Pile Cure, readers would have much more faith in published testi- monials Those familiar with this great remedy know that testimonials as to its merit may be relied upon implicitly, also that the cures brought about bv its uss are little short of marvellous. The gen. uineness of the testimonials here given iS vouched for and is but one of thousands received:
 'I wish to write you and tell you what your Pyramid Pile Cure has done for me. I have been troubled with piles for the past five years and used every remedy that was recommended to me. While some would give me relief for a while they never have cured. I was so bad this summer l could not get up or down with out pain; could not attend to my house hold duties. Finally I got a 50cent box of your Pyramid Pile Cure at the drug gist's and 1t is now two months since | used the last of the box. and have had no trouble since. I can say it Is really and truly a good remedy.
 "I am so thankful l tried 1t as I know it has cured me. and If at any time I should have such trouble again I would use 1t at once. Since l am cured l have recommended 1t to my friends. whom know to be afflicted as l was. and know they will use 1t too. I am so thankful l ever learned of your cuIe." Mrs. F. Hut, 46O End street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
 Pyramid Pile Cure is sold by druggists for fifty cents a package, or will be mail ed to any address upon receipt of price by Pyramid Drug Co.,, Marshall, Mich. Write this firm for their book descr. ping the cause and cure of piles. wed-su
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25
On mmie FAdden Ex- sS se pounds theScience of
 Non-Party-SAnd Politic.
BY E. W. TowNsEND Copyright, 1908, by Robert Howard Russell.

looks like he had a load on his coco, and he says, Give em a talking to, Chim- mic. Give em heart to heart talk, and you'n land em sure!'
 'Sure." I says; but was wishing he would let me in on de secret of what side he was playing hearts for. Den could graft de game along gaily-gaily, and know what street to tell de conductor to leave me off at But all he says was for me to land de Roseieafers all right and he would make it sll right wit me, all right, all right.
 Well, see 1t was pressing up to me to do something to hang me next touch on. so says to him, says, "Micky," says, "come around to de next meeting of de
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25

Pain or duh ache in the back is unmis- takable evidence of kidney trouble. It ts Natures timely warning to show you that the track of health is not clear.
 If these danger siunals are unheeded, more serious results are sure to follow; Brights disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. may steal upon you. The mild and the extraordinary effect of the world-famous kidney and bladder remedy, pr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distress ing cases. A trial will convince anyone ana you may have sample bottle free. by mall.
 Swamp-Root Entirely Cured Me.
 Gentlemen:-I know you do not need
 this from me as you are daily receiv- ing hundreds of testimonials. How ever. want to say that think you
 have the greatest remedy on earth for
 kidney, bladder and liver trouble. I
 had been troubled for years. was ope-
 rated on several times and spent a
 large amount of money and received
 no benefit whatever. suffered every
 thing and it was necessary for me to
 get up as many as twenty times dur
 ing the night.
 6wamp-Root and gave 1t a thorough
 trial and the result was that 1t com
 pletely cured me. =
 ]. W. ARMANTRAUT. , Greentown, Ind. Sept. 12th, 'O3. Lame back is only one symptom of kid ney trouble-one of many. Other symp- toms showing that you need Swamp Roo; are. being obliged to pass water often during the day and to get up many times at night. inability to hold urine. smarting or irritation in passing. brick-dust or sediment in the urine, catarrh of the blad-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25

TO whiten the arms wash them every n,,o. in water as hot as can be borne. 1li,h sosn and rub them vigorously with W ha+b hrush Dry on rough towel and r,,h In anv preparation of gIycerin, with rosewater or cucumber juice until it is ahsorbed. In a month the arms will be smooth and white.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25
ALABAMA WINE.
PURE. Made from Erap, uyn vinevard- EXPRFSS PP E

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 Send 10 cents in postage for free sample by WVV7TasrERLUNp WEI; WINE CO. Fruithurst, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25

Gy Mysterious Compound startles the World With Its Wonderful Cures-With this Marvellous Secret No liar Can Grow Old and It Is My Mission on Earth Henceforth to Bring All Jaded, Worn-out Men to this Fountain of Youth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25
Save Weak Men.

Aeve Discovered the Marvellous Secret of Perpetual Youth and Un- dying Manly vigor and I Give It
 to Ycu Free.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25

Bend no Monsy-Simpiy Send Your Name ard Address and This Mar
 vicious Compound Will Be Sent You
 by Return Mail, Prepaid and Ab-
 sol tely Free.
 have discovered the marvellous secret lof perpetual life and vigor in men. To |me it has been given to bring to the fall |en. weary, worn-out brothers the knowi- ledge of this priceless boon. and even 10 |the uttermost ends of the earth send my message of love and peace and hope and help. Unbelievers may scoff and cry |"fake.' but I;heed them not. My wo k |has just begun and I am saving men, The secret of this mighty healing power. this vital spark. this marvellous tonic
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-11
Legends That Will Live.

1t makes no difference what proof
to the contrary is offered. the Ameri-
can people will always believe and
maintain that Raleigh once lived in
Virginia. that Putnar' crawled into
den OF wild wolves, that Paul Re
we're saved his country by ride. and
that Barbara Freitchie dared the
rebels. just as poets have written;
that Funston did actually swim the
Calumpit and that Roosevelt charged
up the hill in the battle at San Juan
in the very way that Nerestchagin
puts it, These things can no longer
be considered as matters in dispute
Or points of controversy in our his
tory The belief in them is as deeply
imbedded in the hearts of all Ameri-
cans as is the belief that Washington
never lied or swore and Mrs. Leary's
COW kicked over the lamp which
caused the big fire in Chicago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-11
Prince 5ismarck's Diplomacy.

Prince Bismarck orce said: 1T
vas occasionally one of my functions
to present all sorts oil people to the
king, and it now and then happened
that my head was so full of more inn
por,ant matters that the very Fame
of the person | was about to present
lapsed from my memory. When that
was the case used to put 4 bold face
upon it. and there being no time to
Inquire after names. bluntly pre-
sented a man did rot know as
Count Solms. You see. there are so
many Count Solms that the king
could net possibly know them all by
sight. On the other hand. a man
whose rame might he Muller or
Schultze was not likely TO take it
very muen alniss ii he were present
ed as Count Solms. which. after all,
is q good family name. [ got out of
my difficulty in this manner on more
than one occasion and i. never
tailed"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-11
A Cool Monarch.

King Victor Emanuel Ill of Italy, in
spite of his diminutive stature. which
often makes him the butt of his en-
emies' jests. is known for a man Of
dauntless courage and iron nerves.
A few years ago while holding the
rank of colonel in regiment OF artil-
lery he was intrusted with the testing
of new cannon that the army was
then experimenting with. He pro-
ceeded to the trial field accompanied
by several officers of rank and the
inventor, and after short explanation
of the relative points OF the gun order
was given to aim it at the target.
AT the first shot the huge engine OF
destruction exploded near the breech
with terrible crash. and the panic
stricken men fled precipitately. Not
so Victor Emanuel, who did not stir an
inch, but, turning with an amused
smile to the frightened officers. reas.
sured them chaffingly:
mo danger now. gentlemen" he
said calmly; you should have fed be
fore the explosion. -Philadelphia Sat
urday Evening Post.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-11
Primitive Egyptian sun-DiaIs.

In upper Egypt the hours for work
on a water-whcel are fixed by primi-
tive s,n-dials. One of these sun-dials
is made by extending a maize or
dhurra stalk north and south on two
forked uprights. At the side are set
in the earth pegs which evenly divide
the space between the sunrise and
sunset shadows OF this dhurra stalk.
In the ether dial the gnomon is a vel'-
teal stick. Often the pegs are nearly
covered by the soil. so firmly arc they
pressed in, in order to avoid being
moved by the feet OF the cattle or
men. The space between two pegs is
called all aka. from the Arabic root
meaning to hang or hitch on. The
Harvesting of bullock to a water
wheel is merely the hitching on of a
loop harness over {. hook. To the
question. What do you do when the
shadow reaches the peg? the answer
always came, We hitch on another
ballcck"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-11
rR,ckEp ~ HIS FRAU.

How Musician's wife Induces Him
to Play for their Friends.
The German musician who 10 at the
head of one of the wellknowO private
conservatories is much averse to play.
ing for the entertainment of HE
friends. He teaches all day and when
evening comes is usually SO tired of
the piano that requests for little
music are often in vain, to the great
disappointment Of those who know his
musicianly skill.
But the artists small and vivacious
frau has way to entrap him when the
occasion seems to demand it. She her
self plays with some excellence, but
not sufficiently we'll to escape the ex
she sometimes sacrifices herself for
the pleasure of her friends. When all
the efforts to induce the artist to play
have been in vain. she goes to the
piano and begins something that he
is particularly fond Of most likely q
bit of Wagner or Mendelssohn.
In about three minutes her husband
grows restless, frowns, shifts his feet.
and runs his hands through his leonine
locks. After two minutes more he
leaps up. sputtering:
Cot in Himmel. That is all wrong.
Horrible! You blay worse etfery day
Louisa-worse and worse. l show you
Here, like this."
He seats himself, and the piano
sings. That piece finished. something
else occurs to him, his fingers get the
fire in them, and for an hour he for
gets his refusals and resolutions. And
SO far he has not suspected the trick,
New York Mail and Express.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-11
Piq Pasture.

Provide a shallow trough with oat
meal, soaked corn and little milk,
as soon as the pigs are inclined to
run around the pen. said II. P. West.
in an address to Wisconsin farmers.
Put it where the pigs can have access
to it and the sow cannot Get the SOW
and pigs in clover pasture as soon as
you can. Do not wean the pigs If
they are properly fed they will wean
themselves at eight or ten weeks old
Turn all the grass and green feed you
can into pork. 1t is cheap feed 1t
does not rob the farm OF anything;
you are selling your grass at a good
price and it benefits the health of the
hog. Swine breeders who have no
clover or fall rye pasture to turn their
pigs into this spring are studying the
problem of some early pasture; some
thing that will afford green feed
earlier than usual. think nothing
can be grown quicker and turned into
sooner Tor green feed than barley. II
should not be sown until danger of
frost is over. 1t does not stand as
much tramping by stock as rye. con-
slider rye, rape. peas and oats, sown
by themselves in strips through the
field, the ideal pig pasture, ii you don't
have clover. try to have my lots so
arranged that they contain from one
to three acres each.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-11
FFonlbiaation Of Sparrows and Matches
fEed Nuisences Blamed by Countryn7an the Cause
Of His House Being Burned-Ead Built Their
Nests Of the Con7busiblc Materials.

Holmes and find out what started this
blaze.
What do you suppose did it? Eng,
lish sparrows. Yes. sir. English SPAR
rows was the cause of me losin' my
home and nearly everything in it.
There was big shed near the house.
and on the side that burned first.
was studying how the fire could have
started under the caves when | re-
membered the sparrows had built a
lot of nests there. began tearin'
the nests out of the shed, and among
the sticks and straw found lot OF
matches. remembered then about
droppin' a box of matches in the yard,
and when found it most OF the
matches were gone. The birds had
carried them away and used them in
building the nests. OF course | did
not know just how the matches got
fired, but l am certain the sparrows
were to blame for burning the house
down. When l built q new house l
fixed it SO the only place a sparrow
could light on it was on top OF the
roof."-Chicago Chronicle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-11
SHE GAVE FAIR WARNING.
Little Girl Had Learned Her Lesson
of Reverence Well.

OF reverence we'll.
George T. Winston. president of the
North Carolina A. and Nj. college.
thinks he has the prize when it comes
to children's sayings.
While visiting in Asheyille he went
to sec one of his friends and met the
3-year-old daughter of the family. Her
parents were religious people. and she
had learned from them that God was
everywhere and that she must always
try to please Him. DR.. Winston and
she became friends. and the next time
he went to her house he carried a
bow and arrow as a gift. She was de-
lighted, and the two went out on the
lawn to try the toy. He taught her
how to shoot it, and she prepared to
send the shaft upward She pointed
the arrow toward the Sky and pulled
the elastic string far back. She had
almost let go when frightened look
came over her face. Then she looked
up and, raising her voice. said:
Diet out of the way. bod. I'm goin'
to shoot. New York Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-11
Ii DEPENDS on the Person.

c. S. Greene: Only in recent years
has poultry keeping taken its place
among recognized industries, as the
bulk of the worlds enormous supply
of poultry and eggs has hitherto come
from numerous small producers. The
number of people who make a living
out of the business are comparatively
few compared with the small producer.
but they are increasing rapidly. and
to one who is naturally adapted to
the business it is the most pleasant
and profitable employment upon which
he can enter. 1t is true that many
have failed when they tried to keep
poultry in large numbers. So they
have in other pursuits. If merchant.
through his lack of ability, or because
he is in bad location. is obliged to
close his store and hand the keys over
to the sheriff, it is not saying that
there is no money in the mercantile
business. So it is with poultry. 1t all
depends on the man, and his ability
to make money. The poultry business
is not one for children or invalids. but
men and women are both making a
success of it, and find it pleasant and
profitable vocation. To make the
business a success a person must be
an expert in the management of fowls
While it is true that many have
started before they became experts
and made a success of it, they have
been willing to begin in small way
and grow in the business as their
knowledge of the business increased
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-11

Ista them fire engines reminds
Inc time my house burned sew
years ago, said a countryman
O'ief evening as he stood on
''e street watching the fire appa-
elattcr by. For a long time
was considerable mystery
ale blaze, and l was about to
~ nelshbor of mine of settin'
:sse ailre, because 1 had kind o.
s'eu MN in a boss trade. But he
~. - innocent as a baby, | found
Noke up one night and the
was pourin through the house.
'Iea 10 be comiI' from upstairs
Asu one of them big farm
~ you know-and l tumbled
y, "ea' ana in about two jumps
at the top of the stairs. The
was a'ragin' all along one side
uouse Just under the caves and
=, W =. under the rafters. We had
y VI hghtin' the fire, and all we
],s w. was to save a few things and
y >! Insurance company gave me
VI trouble, but finally no;d mo
,ns ,'a'ea the hopse was set
/ s. u /. Kind O. thought so, too,
tb,s sut a-goin' to say so. Well.
n ,s ulng set SO en- my mind
ss'lVea to play Sherlock
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-11
A Greater Feat.

Wharton-l.ast night at the theates
saw a magician break two eggs into
silk hat, hold the hat over a flame,
and then produce two live rabbits
from it. And the hat was not injured
think that a wonderful trick.
Barton-Pshaw! That's nothing. At
the house where l board the cook can
break two eggs into bowl. and after
beating them little. turn out an ONE.
let the landlady will make to serve
six persons without strairing her con.
science in the least.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-11
Some Experience with Ducks.

From the Farmers Review: Some
change Journal which read like this:
Would like to swap some first class
Pekin ducks for B. P. r. cockerels,"
signed Mrs. Well l had
more cockerels than I needed, so
wrote her about the ducks. You know
wanted pedigree of her stock. In
the course of month full particulars
came to hand. Well, we made dick
er, and guess it was satisfactory,
at least We will say so. We got two
ducks and one drake. They were big
ones to be sure, but about month
after I went out to feed them and one
refused to eat feed. l did not think
of anything very serious so as time
went on duck No. got better and
the second one was attacked with the
same affection. AS was not
acquainted with the diseases of that
particular kind OF fowl did not do
anything for it and of course it died.
l think the duck had kidney trouble,
because it seemed to have weak
spine. The remaining one laid about
80 eggs, and as l do not have an
incubator, l set the eggs under hens
After the little fellows were ready to
be taken from the nest l put them
under coop with the hen mother
brakes and kept 10 ducks for the next
years breeders, in the meantime pur-
chasing two good brakes. And l
figured like this, "if one duck and one
drake will produce "a ducks, 10 ducks
and two brakes will produce ten times
as many which is 240." They began
laying about March Is, and in about
month We began to pick the ducks
at regular intervals. This put stop
to the laying business. l set $50 eggs
and for the first week or so fed them
Johnnie Cake" and milk (rather dry,
not sloppy with fresh water to drink
After the first week l fed them on
corn meal wet with water. Oh, for
got to say that l fenced them in so
they could get only SO far from the
coop. When fall came l had raised
"a ducks to maturity, sold off all the
Some Matched out all right and some
of the hens got tired Of sitting and
flew the COOP" The eggs became
chilled; result, duck died in shell.
To make a long story short, I
Matched out Is and, as, we were all
engaged in building a barn, the poul-
try business was neglected. In spite
OF bad weather, turtles, hawks, owls.
rats, etc., we had one left when fall
came and this one took sick and died
But nevertheless am still in the
Pekin duck business and believe it
is as profitable as any kind of bust
ness where feathers are found. My
motto is "Never give up."-Perry S.
Hall, Summit County, Ohio.