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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15

beyond endurance. The little dog realizes this. So that 1t may almost be taken as a general rule that the smaller the dog the more quarrelsome and abusive he is. The attitude of dogs and other domestic animals towards the babies or children of the family to which they belong, and which they probably regard as adopted into their own family circle, is a familiar illustration of this same feeling. This sense of obligation to interfere actively on behalf of the younger or weaker mem bers of their species Is widely spread throughout the animal Kingdom. In at tempting to capture young pigs, which have escaped from their pen, and are running at large among the herd of per- haps fifty or sixty fullgrown hogs, 1t is necessary to be most circumspect in your method of picking up youngster, for If once his shrill little squeaI of distress Is raised, you will have the entire herd down on you at once, bristles up, tusks gashing and fierce, barking warcry ring ing. Cattle have the same susceptibility to the cry of frightened calf especially in their half-wild condition, up on the ranges. To startle suddenly a young calf from its nest in the long grass or the sage bush upon the plains is one of the risk lest experiences that can fall to your lot. Among our bird cousins the response to this cry is almost equally prompt By far the most effective means of bringing birds about you for the purpose of culti- vating their acquaintance, after you have settled yourself, field glass in hand. with your back against tree trunk is to place your lips to the back of your hand in the kissing position and suck in the air viz orously while keeping them firmly press ed. this giving rise to a half saueaking. half whistling sound that closely resem- bles the cry of young bird in distress It is astonishing how quickly this will sometimes cause an apparently deserted thicket to become fairly alive with birds all in a state of anxious excitement
 No self-respecting dog will bite a fe- male, except in the extremest need of self-defense; though the female, as a rule has no scruple whatever about punish ing. to the full extent of the opposite sex that happens to be inferior to her in size or strength. So strong is this unwilling ness to strike female that few male hounds will attack she-wolf or even follow her trail. Something of the same deference to the gentler sex may be seen among horses. Although a horse will promptly attack any other horse which may interfere with him, either in the field or in harness, he will very seldom at- tack a mare Farm horses, which can not be worked alongside of any other horse on account of their savage tempers. may be safely yoked in double harness with a mare. Mares, on the other hand, will attack the opposite sex without the slightest hesitation whenever they feel disposed" yet I have never seen serious or retaliatory resistance offered by the latter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Alwavs Impresses Tourists.

Few institutions of a city impress vis' itors more than a great terminal station. This is something that the most sluggish tourist has to use. For through travellers 1t is often the only impression they get of a city. The proportions of Washing tons new building seem likely to be im- pressive even in country where the ri- valry of railroad stations Is very keen. Much of the interior, embracing an area approximating 10000 square feet. will have a clear space overhead of 100 feet. The main waiting room will show 10O- foot high ceiling-a barrel vault-and will be single apartment 160 feet in width and 250 feet in length. The main dining room, according to the plans, is 65x1OO feet, with a height of 30 feet, while the barrel-vaulted hall given over to ticket facilities-the ticket lobby, 1t is called is 65 feet high, 50 feet wide, and 100 feet long. These are but trio of the spacious halls, and somewhat prepare one to con- ceive of the stunning proportions of the passenger concourse, an innovation as to it's appointments as well as It's dimensions. Seven hundred and sixty feet long by 130 wide, with a height of 50 feet, 1t is to be no bleak, uninviting place of train ap- proach. Twenty thousand people could move about without overcrowdlng, 10000 have a yard square each in which to be at ease, while 5000 will hardly be char acterized as a crowd
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Railway Salaries Are Large.

Railway companies are not stingy. J. Pierpont Morgan paid Mir. Samuel spen- cer $5O,OOO a year to give expert opinions on the railway properties he was buying up. and M. Ingalls, works also for Messrs Morgan and Vanderbilt for the comfort able remuneration of $75,OOO a year.
 As managing director of the Consoli- dated Goldfields of South Africa, limited, MT. Rhodes used to get about $35O,00O a year, and MT. Rudds's salary, also as director of the same company, was $25O,- O0o.
 The sugar trust pays it's officials well. A notable instance is the $50.O00 a year which their chemist, J. o. Donner. gets. But Mir. Donner has to work hard for his money. Sugar from every part of the world, cane and beet. comes before him, and he has to exercise expert opinion on it.
 The great experts in all of the prin- cipal commercial lines are well paid Fif- teen thousand dollars year is the salary of the chief tea taster and blender of one great British tea firm. This gentleman has also the expenses of a three months holiday paid yearly. He needs 1t badly for tea tasting Is most trying to the nerves and health.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
The Deepest Lake.

Lake Baikal, in Siberia, Is by far the deepest lake known in the world. It is in every way comparable to the Great Lakes as regards size, for, while its area is more than 5000 square making 1t about equal to Erie in superficial area, its enor- nous depth of between 1000 and 45OO feet makes the volume of its waters almost equal to that of Lake Superior. Although it's surface Is 1850 feet above sea level, its bottom is nearly 5000 feet below 1t.
 The Caspian Sea has a depth in its basin of more than 5000 feet. Lake Mag giore is the same depth. Lake Como nearly 2,OOO feet and Lago de Garda, an other Italian lake. has depth in certain places of 1900 feet. Lake Constance Is more than 1000 feet deep and Huron and Michigan reach depths of 300 and 1000 feet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
VERY CLEVER
AT MAGIC ARE THE AMERICAN
 INDIANS.
To is Also a Hypnotist-Make Grass Grow and Handle Snakes Fear lessly-They Baffie
 Detection.

A shiver on every page may be expect ed by those who read a compilation that is being made by officers of the Bureau of American Ethnology at Washington of all the tales of American Indian magic says The Chicago Chronicle. The scient- ists of the bureau are not really sure that there is such a thing as magic among the Indians, but they are willing to pub fish the tales that are told about 1t ana leave it to the reader to decide how much he shall believe.
 Many who have investigated the subject declare that the American Indians have tricks that are far superior to those per- formed by the fakirs of the East Indies. The East Indian performs the banyan tree trick and then looks at the. behoider with a grin of superiority Ths American Indian causes century plants of apparent ly twelve or fifteen years growth to ap- pear almost in the twinkling of an eye.
 Another phenomenon said to be worked by the Indians is the production on an arid plain of as fine growth of waving grass as can be found anywhere under the sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE

Has it ever been your unhappy lot to be told by your physician that you must go to a hospital and submit to an opera tion? If so. you remember with what dread and shrinking you awaited the day when you must endure the knife.
 The present day surgeon appears to be possessed by a mania for operating, es- pecially in cases of hemorrhoids or piles, and while the greater number of the pro- fessiou do not recommend this Hast re- sort" unless they honestly believe 1t necessary, the fact remains that much needless operating Is done. and the pa- tient put to much expense and suffering for what?
 To obtain a possible temporary relief; these words are used advisedly. because in nine cases out of ten the affliction re- turns and the patient Is just where he started from. Oftentimes he could be cured much more simply and easily by the use of such a remedy as the Pyramid Pile Cure; this has come to be recognized as the best remedy on the market for the painful disease named, and the druggists now sell more of 1t than all other pile remedies combined.
 The writer personally knows people who were afflicted with the worst form of bleedinp and protruding piles and who were nermanentIy cured by the use of Pvrarnid Pile Cure. In every one of these eases the attending physician had as- sured the sufferer that only by an ope- ration could he rid himself of the dis ease: SO much for the infallibility of the doctors.
 This remedy, which is sold by all drug ,ists at the low price of fifty cents, Is in suppository form, is applied directly to tbe narts affected. and performs it's work omjetIv omI t and painlessly. The Pyramid Drug Co.,, Marshall, Mich, will mail free to any address book telling all about piles or hemorrhoids. their cause and
 A suggestion is offered that if the read or ts ef3icted or knows anyone who is, this book be sent for, as it will be found invaluable
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Admiration of F.rsignsrs.

It is the spaciousness and the luxuries
 of American railway stations that for
 eigners find such contrasts to what they
 are accustomed to at home Americans
 themselves will find some new things in
 these lines when the new Washington
 tation Is ready for public use. In no re-
 spect, perhaps, will 1t be more gratifying than in the realization of the architectural triumph Burnham has achieved in what he has aptly denoted the gateway to the nations capitol. Tn conceiving the Ro- manesque. as typified by triumphal arch es. as in consonancy with structural per manence. rather than the more or less ephemeral fancies of the day, he has laid down its fundamental plan. A structure of 75O feet frontage with depth of $50 feet and height of 100 feet presents a mass of granite. Its arcade will consist of three magnificent arches each thirty feet in width and fifty feet in height opening into a vestibule with triple domes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
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snakeskin medicine bag again This Is the story told by Cass himself.
 Almost any so-called magician can do tricks like that, although this particular form may not be in his repertory. It is easy to hold one article in plain sight and pretend to throw it, when the article that is really thrown is something else. Sub stitution so rapidly that no eye can fol- low the movements of the hands is the first thing that prospective magician must learn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
At Foot of Capitol Hill.

This great structure will occupy essen tially the place designed for 1t in the Burnham Commission plans for the im- provement of the city. not far from the site of the present Baltimore and Ohio station. at the foot of Capitol Hill. It is too early yet to predict how generally the recommendations of the Burnham Commission will be carried out; in some particulars they are already disregarded
 while in others they are finding accept ance. No one questions the beauty of the Burnham designs; the only thing omitted was the human nature element as 1t re- lates to the selection by Congress of property for improvement, and no com mission could see that long in advance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Are Good Hvpnotists.

It is admitted that the American h. dians are among the finest hypnotists in the world Many of the agents of the Bureau have seen Indian mesmerists throw even resisting subjects into the state that enabled them to command them to do even the most ridiculous things. Hypnotism is one of the stock-in-trade accomplishments of every ordinary med icine man. It is the agency which is de- pended upon to produce the finest ef- fects when a society has an initiation or anything of the kind.
 Poor Lo is also an expert sleight-of- hand performer-that Is to say the mys- tery man is an expert in the tricks that have long since been discarded by the white dealer in so-called magic. Gen. Lewis Cass was the victim of a trick of a sleight-of- hand woman who was a promi- nent figure in an Ojibway ceremonial at Mackinac. He asked in a rather contemp- tuous manner what she was doing there. He then learned the truth of the poet s declaration that "hell hath no fury like a woman sGorned."
 The old witch, who had been shaking her snakeskin medicine bag threw it at him and straightway 1t was transformed Into a snake. The General did not like the apearance of the reptile or the old woman's way of answering his question. 50 he took to his heels. The witch gathered up the serpent and 1t became a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
The New Stamp.
Boston Transcript,

The new 2-cent stamp will probably not feel especially stuck up after the usual abuse has been heaped upon it. The fact is, life Is not worth living for an ordinary little post age stamp in these days of clarifying good taste Some time perhaps a designer will arise who will discard pictures of national worthles ana conhne himself strictly to pure design, and the stamp that he will produce will ra- diate with lovellness on an envelope of hand made paper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Tales are Veracious.

For the benefit of those who scoff at magic it may be said that most of the tales that are recorded were well known before American independence or the tyranny of the blockheaded Guelphs were even dreamed of. They were told to Jesuit priests, who passed them along to their superiors in Canada. In that way many of the stories have been preserved.
 The Algonquins, who filled at one time the valley of the St. Lawrence and the great lake region, but are now to pc found no further east than Minnesota and Wisconsin. were the savages who told the most marvellous tales to the Je- suits and other explorers. The good priests set down all that was told them and drew as many points of similarity as possible between the religious traditions of the wild men and the biblical history of the deluge and other great events in sacred history.
 The Bureau of Ethnology has made use of good many of these tales, but has never had a man on its staff who said he saw anything at all like what the Jesuits set down as evidence.
 The Ojibways appear from the records of the bureau to be the greatest mystery workers of the whole red race. They have three classes of mystery men namely, the Mde, the Jesakkid and the Wabeno. There are four degrees among the Mide, each degree having its own particular powers and provinces in ne- cromancy, healing and divination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Archbishop Receives ssO, ,oOo.


 As Speaker of the House of Lords the Lord Chancellor of England gets $2o,0OO a year. As a Judge he gets another $30.- 0O0 making his combined earnings as great as those of the President of the United States similar amount is paid yearly to the Bishop of London and to the Archbishop of York, while the Arch bishop of Canterbury receives the largest yearly payment that England makes to any outside of the royal family. He gets $65. 900 a year.
 To reach the really high official sala- ries one has to go back to the so-called bankrupt countries of the East. The money given the highest official in the richest Western countries compares poor ly with the salaries of these Eastern statesmen. The Turkish Minister of Fi- ance gets $400O0 a year, the Minister of Foreign Affairs $50,0OO. and the Grand Vi- zier $60,0O0. Even he Is not the best paid as the official who manages a few old broken-down battleships gets the salary of $S0,000 a year. His perquisites swell this amount to such an extent that the present incumbent of the office has amassed a neat little fortune of about $15, 1000, 900.
 Compare with these salaries the $50, 900 which Is paid the President of this coun- try. and the $12000O which the President of France receives. The small officials of Turkey get more than MT. Roosevelt and nearly as much as the President of France.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
BIG SALARIES
MoRocCo's vIzIER BEST PAID
 MAN IN WORLD.
Ben Hamed Saves "Grafts'-0ne Man Refuses $500, 900 . Year. Gets Quarter of
 Million.

The biggest "ofiicial salary" paid any one on earth. so far as records show. is that collected by the Grand vizier of Morocco. says The Chicago Tribune, In a country with high standard of ethics and a lofty plane of morals this salary might find a plainer rame Of graft, but in Eastern eyes it is the lawful sti- pend of the office.
 In comparison with this ofhciars reve- nue the President of the United States and the President of France are paid like messenger boys. Even J. Pierpont Nor gan does not rate much higher than a ribbon counter clerk when his income Is placed alongside that of the Grand Vizier.
 This ofiicial handles all the revenue Of the country. In the handling he diverts such portion as he thinks will repay him for his expenditure of time and energy. He is without doubt the best paid states man in existence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Animal Chivalrv.

Woods Hutchinson in Contemporary Re
 view.
 As a rule. no dog of size or courage will condescend to attack a smaller or obviously weaker dog. unless the remarks and actions of the latter become insulting
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Saves s5, ,ooo, 900 from Salary.

The salary is so big that no one knows the exact amount which the Grand Vizier places to his account every year. It may be indicated by the fact that in a few years the savings of the late Grand Vizier Ben Hamed amounted to 5000, ,0o0-not made in speculation or business ventures. but saved out of his salary. And yet they say that a man on salary can't get rich
 Ben Hamed kept his savings in gold bullion stacked away in the cellars of his palace at Marakesh.
 Two other high salaries paid for daily services seem, on paper, to be ridiculously out of proportion to the work, but cor rect understanding shows that they are we'll earned. Talk to the mail carrier on your route and ask him what he would think of receiving $S5, 900 a year for his work. He probably would laugh at you. Yet this Is the actual figure paid to the man who carries the mail between Eagle and Valdery, in Alaska. The distance is A miles, and the postman makes two journeys a month, carrying 300 pounds of mail at a time. He uses an immense number of dogs. and good sledge dogs are costly. to say nothing of their food.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Steel Roller Gets s21, ,ooo.

Almost equally absurd does 1t sound to say that the remuneration of la- borer Is s2l.OO year. That is the sum paid to A. J. Day. employed as a roller at the Pittsburg miLs of the United States Steel Corporation. He was formerly one of MT. Carnegie's men. He is said to be the best man at his work of rolling steel rails, and is paid accordingly.
 Paths salary for her present American tour is worthy to be classed among the high salaries of the wold. She will receive q, 900 a concert for sixty con- certs. in addition to her expenses. Her record was $5,000 for a single concert, paid once In New Orleans. But neither she nor any other prima donna ever kept up that sort of thing as a steady in- come.
 Possibly the best paid woman in the world Is Mime Heglon of the Paris opera. She is paid $2o00o a year. and the second star. Mime. Breval. gets $1S,O0o. The amounts made by lecturers frequently rival those made by great singers. Ian Maclaren once made $50,00o in six weeks. Henry M. Stanley did even better. and was paid at the rate of $12,000 a night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
The Sign of the Cross.

The fourth degree among the great Midewiwin society, or. as 1t is erroneous ly called, the Grand Medicine Society, has the cross for its sign When the Jesuits saw tho emblem of Christianity they had a certain form of Christianity and were therefore particular to note the points of similarity between the Ojibway story of the creation and the recreation of the human race after the deluge.
 The grass-growing feat is ascribed to the Chippewas. They are said to have performed it in the time of the greatest activity of the Catholic missionaries. who spread the gospel and the dominion of France at the same time, and who gave the world the first knowledge of the great valley of the Mississippi The ma glcians, according to the legends passed their hands over the barren plains a few times, chanted something the priests could not record, and, presto! the thing was done.
 In the estimation of those versed in Indian lore. the century plant trick was the finest thing in the stock of wonders shown by the greatest of mystery men Eaid to have been feet high and to have looked for all the world like those which have been carefully nursed for ten or twelve years. No one has ever come any nearer a satisfying explanation of the trick, for trick it Is generally admitted to be, than has been attained by those who have undertaken to tell how the mango tree is produced by the Hindoo fakirs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15

Tom Johnson can now devote his time to automoblling and tax lodging.
The Lamar register., 1903-01-07
With shumann ouar.ette.

Miss Elma Boggs Smith, the little elo
cutlonist of rare ability who is tenting
on the grounds, came before the crowd
aud gave the reading entitled, "Don't
You Know?" This met with apprecia-
tion equal to that which Miss Smith
usually finds in the hearts OF her listen
ers. Her famous "Baby Cry" has
brought Miss Smith fame during this
Chautauqua. The baby crying act is
something that few impersonators are
capable Of rendering. She has such
complete control Of her voice that she
uses it as she wills. She is probably one
Of the most popular impersonators in
the state.-Twin City Chautauqua, Ur-
bana, Ill. At the opera house Jan. 10.
The Lamar register., 1903-01-07

The first Of the year is good time 70
square up your subscription with tne
newspaper and start out even with the
new year. There are quite number OF
our subscribers who are delinquent now
from one year up and no better time
could be found to make settlement. we
hope they will all look at it in the same
light.
Music hath charms to soothe savage
no doubt; but the Schubert Symphony
Club and Lady Quartette are not trav-
cling for the express purpose OF sooth-
ing savages. Neither are they trying to
educate the people. They are entertain
ing the public. and in manner that is
thoroughly enjoyable from first to last.
Their program is full Of novelty and ar
tistic elegance, besides giving our read
ers many opportunities to indulge in the
world famous American laugh II you
want to be happy on the evening OF Sun
day, Jan. l1th you can be by going to
hear this company's entertainment.
The union prayer services at the Chris
tian church this week are being conduct
ed by the city pastors, and attended by
large ana appreciative audiences. Next
week the pastor expects the additional
assistance OF Rev. Nelson OF Rocky Ford.
The primary object OF these meetings Is
not the good OF any one church, but the
moral and spiritual uplift of our CITY,
the salvation of souls and the building
up OF the Kingdom OF Christ in Lamar.
II you are at all interested in such
work as this then we do most earnestly
entreat of you tn tyou help us by your
influence, your presence and your pray
ers. RoBT. w. MOORE, Pastor.