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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15
MULES AS KICKERs.

The Atlanta Constitution has a long editorial on mules and their kicking propensities, and naturally. sides with the mule. It contends that they are no worse as kickers than horses are, and that they have been "shamefully and illogically maligned and treated. :" Possibly the jokers overdo the subject, but mules do kick. Only a few days ago The Advertiser printed accounts of four instances occurring in Limestone County within one week, as we now remember. In two cases death re- suited, and serious injury in the other two.
 Here, at least is evidence of the pos- tive kind, and we suspect that If the newspapers could collect ,and sum- marize all the evidence 1t would pile up in such quantities as to convince even the sceptical Constitution that the mule has a playful habit of unlim- bering his heels on a very slight prov ocation, or on none at all. Indeed there are times when his excess of an- imal spirits must find outlet and the most natural way is by the heels route. The animal may be maligned and may be forced to bear sins of which he is not guilty, but for all that prudent people are convinced that the front end of a mule is the safe one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15
Ii Is Sadly Funny.
Randolph Star

Nothing Is more sadly funny in the present campaign than to see old grandfather Chancey M. Depew stump ing New York State and distributing the same old handful of chestnuts ne has been handling around for years. According to him, the Republican $ created the United States and the full ness thereof. and if that party should 60 out of power the flood would begin Tn short order. But the inside of his ark Is we'll tarred and feathered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15
Cut It Out.

The R Is in the date line, and the oysters in the stew.-Atlanta Journal.
 And the rooster's in the barn yard, saying cock a. doodle doc; the farmers in the cotton patch a-pickin' all the time. and -hopin' that the price will never get below dime. An Parker at Esopus Is -smilin' mighty sweet. as now he sits In fancy in the Presidential seat. Now. If this little Jingle should make The Journal rage, please try avoiding rythms on the editorial page.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15
Repair Work.

We make a speciality of re. pairing all makes of sewing machines and all kinds of musical instruments. All work guaranteed.
 R. L. PENICK,
 Montgomery, Ala
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15
d Sewing Machines
 Wanted.

Will take any make of old machine as part pay on one of our Improved Ball Bearing Machines, New Home, Inns proved White, or New No. g Wheeler & Wilson. Every one of our machines fully guaranteed.
 R. L. PENICK,
 Montgomery, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15
A Good Comment.
Selma .Iourne

Selma Journal.
 Shakespeare gives us a comment on Roosevelt's letter of acceptance that fits it as though the great writer were living ard had toiled through its weary length: He draweth out the thread of verbosity finer than the staple of his argument"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

Is there any limit to mechanical en- gineering feats? Half century ago moving an ordinary wooden house was looked on as a pretty difficult job, but recently in Brooklyn a four story brick house. estimated to weigh over seven thousand tons. was raised nearly three feet and a new foundation built under 1t without injuring the building. fit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15
Gets What She Wants.

DOthdn SI1tlhGS.
 Wed love to see some one walk in now between those two fighting powers in the Far East, pull them apart wipe their noses and send them along about their other business-when Japan gets what she wants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

The Savannah Press notes that when soap he at once jumps on Tom Wat son. The Press must admit that the provocation Is great and continuous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15
. < < < <$ < < < < - ' WHAT THE STATE PAPERS +-
 | ARE SAYING. |
A Mighty Good Joke.

Union Springs Herald.
 It must have been a mighty good joke that caused a woman In Colorado to laugh herself to death, when she heard 1t. However, we won't repeat the joke for fear of a similar result
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

Peary is so anxious to get funds for his dash to the Pole that he complains because so much money Is wasted on schools and libraries" He reminds us of the old Kentuckian who told of the fine corn crop in his State but grumbled because some of it was wasted making bread.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

One way of Judging of the future Is to take note of the past. Patrick Henry said: T have but one lamp by which my feet are guided and that Is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past" So, if we want to know what a Republican administration will do we must look at what 1t has done. Roosevelt found surplus of eighty million dollars in the Treasury when he went into office and now there is a. deficit of over forty millions. Those figures show what we may expect from a continuation Of RSpubr1can rule. And Ben Franklin gave us another adage: Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no oth- er." That, also, is appropriate to the times. If the voters of this Union are of the class who will only learn in the school of experience do they really need another term?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

Debs is really ahead of Watson in that he says that both Roosevelt and Parker are enemies to the Republic. It is possible that Gene considers him self the only friend left.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

Down with liquor" is the slogan Of the temperance people, but the other side is ahead of them in the practical application of the advice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

Neither free trade nor free silver can be made an issue in this cam nalgn and the Republicans are wasting their time to attempt it. If they can find nothing better to engage their time than fighting spooks they would better keep silent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

The esteemed Dothan Siftings copies part of one of The Advertisers edito- rials and begins the quotation this way; We are aware without shad- ow of doubt" etc. The Advertisers grammar is sometimes a little wobbly but 1t didn't commit that one. The word aware" was not in the editorial The Sftings quoted from.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR COUNTY TREAsURER

T hereby announce myself candidate foa County Treasurer of Montgomery CountA subject to the De2ocratic Primary. Asking all my frienGs for their support
 .S WHIT w. FRAME.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

There Is still a painful area of si- lence enveloping George Fred Will lims.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

-,. friends of | D. Collier hereby ans nounce him candidate Spt for T0unS aeAs, sc ,he nomination of the Democratic pri- mary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

, hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination for Cousty Treasurer o1
 Montgomery county, suoJecl '0 'A'
 eI '''' GEORGE c. CLIsBY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

,oh, announce myself as a candidate tnr The office of Treasurer of Montsom- AV D, County, subject 10 the primary elec- tion to be held September 20, ana re- snectfully ask the support of the voters of the County. o coCupAN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15
UNDISMAYED.
Democrats Expected Vermont to Go
 Republican.

W OpcCldl
 Democrats here are not at all discour- aged by the result of the State election in Vermont. If was known here that the Democratic National Committee de- cided some weeks ago to make no special effort to keep down the Repub- lican majority in the State, and coa- fined itself to encouraging the State leaders to bestir themselves with view to restoring the party organiza- ton to effective shape.
 The Democratic National Committee reasoned that the effort required to change one vote in Vermont would be sufficient to change two or three in other States in which Republican par tisanship is less intense and inveterate. The committee, therefore. confined It's efforts as regards Vermont to advising the State leaders and supplying them with a few campaign speakers.
 On the other hand. the Republican National Committee sent into the State the best orators 1t had on its list. and Is said to have spent more money In Vermont than ever before.
 Conflicting reports come to Washing ton with reference to the roHsical sit- uation in West Virginia. A remarkable thing Is that information most encour- Republican sources, while reports indi.. eating great doubt as to the success of Parker and Davis in the State come principally from Democrats.
 All dCtlNe POlitlSldh III
 West Virginia, who has recently made an extensive tour of the State, said to. day that he found a large number of Republicans in several of the counties which he visited who declared openly their intention to vote for Parker and Davis; that many others with whom he had been associated as a Republican
 in party work had told him privately they would not vote for Roosevelt, and that many of their followers in the State were of the same mind. As result of his investigations his reasonably certain to cast it's electoral vote for Parker and Davis.
 On the other hand, Democrat prom inent in the State. who Is probably ac quainted with nearly every West Vir- ginia Democrat of any prominence Tn the party, expressed the opinion today that 1t was almost impossible for the Democrats to carry the State this year because of the size of the majority to be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

b.reby announce myself as a candic date for County Treasurer, subject
 to the action of the Democratic
 primary. O.co>,>,or,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

I hereby announce myself a candidate foI County Treasurer of Montgomery County, suhiect to the action of the Democratic
 Primary, and request the support of my friendR ro~y~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

were desired to raise or move the Washington monument engineers houid be found to undertake the job.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

I1IEfly 0VernRe, JuIy, ISVR ssssss''' '10 0a Sunday average, 5uly, 1904. ........'As,o~o @P. J. Kelly, Circulation Manager oI Ane Montgomery Advertiser. being duly s"srn' says: The foregoing statement Of The Au vertiser's daily circulation for the mon.n pfled after ail returns from news boys. news agents and leftover copies have been ee-
 PSJ. KELLY.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me tn's 10th day of August. 1904. 1~,
 N. F., Ex.-O. J. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-15

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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-08
LEFT IN
CHARGE
BY PbH Bryce
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BY FbH Bryce
Copyright, 1908, by T. c. Mcclure

Nov, Sadie" said Aunt Deborah
Warner to her niece, who had come
down from Chicago to pass month
at the old farmhouse, I've got TO
drive to town this afternoon 10 sign
some law papers. You'll be left all
alone In charge for three or four
hours. Do you think you'll be scared"
What Will there be to scare meE"
asked the girl Of twenty, who was
swinging in a hammock.
why, nothing at all. If tin ped
dler comes along yTu want to shake
your head before he has time to get
down from his wagon. If n tramp
stops and opens the gate you must
look as fierce as you can and motion
him TO pass on. If you see a mad dog
you will run into the house Of course,
and II a robber tries to enter you just
stand right up TO him and tell him
you've got n loaded gun in the house
and know how TO shoot"
But is there loaded gum asked
Sadie as she slightly shivered at the
thought.
II guess that old gun behind the
closet door in my bedroom has been
loaded for the last ten years. Uncle
Elisha kept 1t loaded for owls before
he died Don't shoot robber unless
he comes TO rob and can't be persuad.
ed otherwise, and then shoot at his
legs and give him a chance to live and
reform"
but | must shoot II he refuses to
go away?"
You must. You must point the gun
in his direction and shut your eyes,
and don't faint away when you hear
the report"
Half an hour after Aunt Deborah's
departure a tin peddler drove up to
the gate, but before he had hardly
halted his rig Miss Sadie was shaking
her head at the rate Of forty shakes
a minute. He called out that he had
added mouse traps and washboards
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-08

"Daily, fDaily except Sunday.
fStops on signal or on notice to conductor
Stops on signal to take on passengers To-
New York, Binghamton and p oints west.
7. f. CLARKE T. W. LEE.
Gen. Superintendent. Gen.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-08

large areas of ground which are often
mistaken for single plantations. This
is hardly ever the case, us the large
tracts are very often owned by hun
dreds OF different men, whose indiyld-
ual plots OF ground bearing the tea
plants are carefully mapped out, so
that each individual owner may cult
vate and pick his own crop Of tea.
Each owner likewise markets his own
tea and puts his own special mark, or
Chop" on the packages. Hence the
term "chop" signifies an individual
growth or picking Of tea by one owner.
In an area of tea land Of, say, thou
sands acres, all apparently under one
ownership, there may be some forty,
fifty or more owners of the plantation
and consequently a Ike number Of
"chops" of tea.
1t must not be imagined that all these
different owners of the tea get the
same price for their commodity-far
from IL, as each OF these individual tea
growers has his own secrets for I'm
proving the quality and flavor of tea.
Take, for instance, the Annoy and Fu-
chau districts, whence most Of the tea
for the United States coIncs The own
ers Of chops" Of tea varying from 10
to 200 chests of Sc pounds each bring
samples Of their goods TO the various
foreign merchants for sale. These lat
ter turn the Chinese tea growers over
to the good offices of the foreign or
American professional tea faster, who
passes on the goods as to price. The
tea faster has the samples infused, not
boiled, In his presence anG passes upon
the quality, flavor twang and manner
OF curing, fixing price accordingly,
from which there Is never any vacia-
ton and which the tea grower must Ac-
cept or go elsewhere to dispose of his
wares In a single tract Of tea land
like the one cited above the price has
ranged from Ia cents, the lowest, to
4S1a cents, the highest, per pound
among sixty one different tea produ-
GERS. a matter of great moment that
also figures in the price Of tea Is
that very often tea from the same dis
trict Will have the various chops"
blended together in order TO produce
special flavors.
Not worth the Money.
A tall woman with a determined eX-
preston and surrounded by six chill
dren of assorted sizes approached the
attendant of the mcnagerie and eyed
him with a relentless gaze.
What nationality is that elephantr
she inquired, indicating one close ut
hand.
Comes from Africa, ma'am," said
the attendant
Hes dreadful light colored to have
come from tropical parts" said the
woman sternly. And look here" she
added as the attendant started away
from her family group; they've got
mighty poor lot of cumels here, accord
ing to my lights. Not but one hump
on any Of 'em except that feller that's
80 old he keeps his eyes shut"
The attendant again essayed to de
part, but she clutched him by the
sleeve
You tell the owners of this show
what / say" she commanded. You
tell 'em that when a woman pays 30
cents for herself aud one-hfty for
mess Of children she looks 20 see
more'n one double bumper and more
hair on the single bumpers, not have
'em look aa If the moths had got into
'eln. Now, mind you tell 'em."
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-08

Although the name of the man who
invented the American rocking chair
has been lost to us in the mists of time,
it is considered highly probable that
new arrivals on registering in the here
after will be able to see it emblazoned
on the scroll of fame in letters Of brim-
stone and surrounded by an asbestus
wreath Of laurel This is the view
shared by all who have encountered an
American rocking chair in the dark.
A rocking chair may be the instrument
whereby weary persons attain comfort;
it may be the Joy Of the flippant youth
and the solace of blase age in the day
time or when the gas Is burning, but
by some miraculous agency 1t changes
its nature completely when darkness
falls, becoming an instrument where
by the ruler of evil recruits his corps
of coal shoveling imps. No longer,
when night falls, 1t is a padded bit
of furniture. 1t is composed wholly Of
rockers, and the rockers are composed
entirely Of sharp ends which fly forth
and strike the shin for choice with
devIlish accuracy Of aim. This is one
of the wonders of modern life which
so far is inexpllcable.-San Antonio
TEX Express.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-08

Coffee is not popular in Japan. When
guests arrive for a dinner party they
are received in an anteroom and i'm
mediately served with tea and cakes
before entering the banquet hall. The
cups in which the tea is served are
very small and of the finest proclaim.
They have no handles, but are passed
on metal trays, which take the form
of a leaf The tea is brewed directly
In the little cups and served without
sugar or cream. Dessert, so dear TO
the occidental housewife, is also un-
known in Japan. At informal dinners
rice forms the last course. 1t would be
breach Of etiquette to serve the little
cakes which come before dinner with
the tea during this final course.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-08

Weekdays. I Daily. Flag station.
Pullman ParlOr ard Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between SGchury, WilliamspOrt
and Erie. between Sunbury an5 Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Plus
burg and the West.
For further information apply to Ticket Agents
W. W. ATTFRBURY, j. X. WOOD
Geul Manager Pass. TrafiicNg
GRO. w boy, Gen'l Passenger Agent,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-08
The Important Comma.

A Philadelphia business man thinks
he has an exceedingly bright office boy,
and nothing pleases him better, says
the Philadelphia Telegraph, than to
tell how he acquired the youngster j
services. \ short time ago he posted
I'm his shop window q notice which read
ns follows: Boy wanted about four
teen years" A lad of that age, with
Htue that was prepossesslng In his ap-
pearance, came into the office and
stated that he had read the notice.
We'll, do you think you would like
TO have the position, my boyw asked
the merchant, gazing patronizingly
over the rims OF his spectacles at the
unabashed youth.
Yes" came the prompt answer, Il
want tie Job, but don't know that
can promise TO keep 1t for the full
fourteen years"
Then the merchant remembered that
he had left out comma on his sign.
but he told the boy he might have the
position.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-08

II guess I'm only common man,
but want 10 rest, and I'm so tired,
and | feel'-
1T VIII be my duty TO shoot you, you
know, II you don't move on"
"YesP Well, l don't care much
But I'll only shoot you In the legs
and thus give you chance TO reform.
Do you think you could reform after
being shot In the legs|
II dunno, but III try my hardest"
said the trespasser as he struggled to
his feet However, think I'd rather
have a doctor than q dose of birdshot.
Is your-your father-or any one else
about-about"-
He lurched and staggered and col
floor and bent over him. IL wasn't
minute before she discovered that he
was burning with fever and shaking
with n chill at the same time. and all
further thoughts OF robbers and shoot.
ing were driven from her head. She
brought him water and later on stopped
farmer driving by and got help to
move the stranger TO the house and
put him to bed.
Hes no tramp" said the country
doctor who was called in.
Hes some college fellow probably,
with rich dad behind him, who's been
making a walking tour. He probably
got soaked in that thunderstorm yes
terday, and he'll be In bed for four OF
five days as a result. Here's your little
romance and IL you don't make the
best Of IT you're a queer girl"
That Miss Sadie Davis was not a
queer girl and that she did make the
best of 1t was proved year later. The
diagnosis Of the doctor was correct,
and the tourist with the rich dad was
taken into the house as summer
boGr!Cr. IIC took advantage OF cir
cumstances TO WOO and win and take
unto himself wife and to preserve
the oil shotgun as a souvenir Of their
. ---f-,..
q \.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-08
TEAS THAT ARE
WORTH FORTUNES
Twelve Hundred Kinds Are In China S
Show at the Worlds Fair-==The Most
Populous Nation of the World For
the First Time Makes an Exhibit
Worthy of Her Greatness.


Many eXpositions of stupendOus char
acter make up the Worlds Fair of
1904. Each part is vast and distinct
show. Each building shelters many
acres of wonderful things wonderful
because they are the choicest Of their
kind. Every nation on the globe Is
represented. Every state and territory
is here with its best and making the
most Of It's greatest opportunity.
The fact that China has not been a
large exhibitor at worlds fairs gives
to her great exhibit here prominence
quite exceptional. 1t is Il wonderland
of ingenious productions. We know
China best by reason of her extensive
exports Of teas, which have found
vast market in the United States for
generations. Her commercial interests
therefore prompted her to make dis
play Of teas that we should not for
get
In sealed glass Jars China displays in
the Liberal Arts Palace some 1900
kinds of tea. Young Hyson and Old
Hyson have n string Of tea relations
longer than the genealogical chain Of
Plymouth Rock. They are neatly Sc
lected Chops" in the language Of the
tea farmer, and these classes do not
embrace medicinal teas, which are
quite another lot in the rather modest
number of 400.
The teas exhibited vary in price from
q few cents n pound to some rare and
exclusive kinds that are worth their
weight in gold, the tea in the latter
cases being placed on one side of the
scales and pure gold on the other
that is to say, the tea Of this expensive
kind Is worth about $50 gold an ounce.
Only very small quantity Of this eX-
elusive leaf is exhibited, and it Is
grown in carefully guarded tea planta-
tions or gardens right under the shad-
ows Of the great wall of China. It's cul-
tivation is prohibited for any use save
for the imperial family Of China and
few of the favored high officials.
Mention has been made of the word
"chop" in connection with tea, and 1t
may be interesting to the everyday
reader to know what the word actually
signifies. The tea leaf is grown In va
rious districts of the Chinese empire on