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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

and the tramps. and many other an- noyances of earth. and sail at will through the bright atmosphere would be such a delightful experience as the human mind cannot contemplate with anything but intense longing. It would be such change for the better as earth dwelIers have not yet realised.
 And think of the intense satisfaction to be derived from 8 voyage above the earth. where the. voyager could look down on all subiunary things spread out below him like one vast picture, and calmly contemplate the great pan orama over which he sailed. The best We can do now Is to get to the top of some high tower or mountain and get a limited view of the life around us. With good glass we may see, some what imperfectly. objects fifty or one hundred miles away, and that is about the best we can do. In a steady and we'll regulated airship or other flying machine. we would be able to see all the earth and its inhabitants, passing at will from one scene to another until we covered all the globe. It would be a moving picture on a grand scale. But we may as we'll admit that we are very little nearer the perfection of our hopes and dreams than we have been at any time in the past. We know that hardly a week passes without an assurance that the problem has been solved. Flamboyant statements are sent out through the newspapers that MT So-and-so has solved the problem of aerial navigation. Much is prom ised and more is hoped and expected. All the particulars and details are giv- en. and we are told just how he ac- complished his aims, why he succeeded and<what a sure flyer he has invented. Then what follows? One or two. or several comparatively successful flights are made. then comes theN usual col lapse, A motor a steering gear or something else fails to do its duty and the navigator, like fabled Icarus. comes down with an uncomfortable jolt. Or, if he escapes this fate. just when he is moving along with most security and satisfaction there comes cross eur rent of wind and sends him Into an- other country. or turns his bird bottom upwards and lspills him all over the earth. Something of this kind hap pens. sooner or later. with all the fly | ing machines, and we confess that we are not sanguine of anything better. But wouldn't The Star like to fly safe | ly?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
STORIES OF ANIMAL LIFE.
Bobtailed Rat w,tA !. Mi..ioa

 Boston Herald.
 A rat with two tiny bells around its neck is performing a mission in one of winchestef's business blocks. This building for a long time had been infested with rodents. and goods stored in supposedly secure places were frequently ruined by the sharp teeth of the little gray creatures.
 Many experiments were tried and all proved intellectual. until the jani- tor sat up all one night to devise something novel as an exterminator. His vigil bore fruit A rat was caught and etherized. Its tall was then chopped of close to the body, and a wire on. which the bells had been strung was firmly fastened around the rodents neck.
 The rat was liberated and disap- peared. Since that time the bells have frequently been heard in the building. but not a rat has been seen. nor has any of the stock been moles- ted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
WHY LEAVES CHANGE COLOR.
Farmer Says They Ripen Like Grain
 in the Fall.
Newark News.

Newark News
 . "'Tain't frost wot turns the leaves red and yaller in the autumn" said inc farmer. "'Tain't frost at all"
 He stood at foot of a mountain. The september day was still, cold and bril- liant foliage-searlet. bronze, lemon. side was one mass of incredibly bril- liant faliage-scarlet, bronze, lemon, magenta and yellow.
 "'TaIn't frost wot does it." said the farmer. q know 'tain't, eos tried an experryment wot pruv it. tuck a young maple tree. by Chinus. and kep' 1t in the house where 'twuz warm. from larst June clean on to fall. No frost teched that maple, but its leaves turned, jest the same-turned as yellar as that there gold tooth of yourn.
 That's why I say these we're scien- tises Is alF wrong to say frost turns the leaves. Frost don't do nothin' of the sort"
 What does it, thsn?'
 why, nothin, does 1t. The leaves Jest naturally ripen. the same as grain, oats or what does."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
His Own Magazine Returned His Mnn
 uscript.

uBcElpts
 Newark News.
 The editor of a prosperous New York magazine looked up from the volume of poetry that he always reads with his meals. and said:
 T don't feel as brash as usual. have lost a little of my self-confidence. Should you-even you-submit man. uscript to me today, I might take it- might deem that there was in 1t, after all some merit"
 He smiled faintly and adjusted the greatblack Windsor tie that literary men wear.
 T wrote last week." he said. "a bal lad. It was a spirited ballad. It dealt with love and war and death. At the same time it was artistic, and at the same time, too. 1t was righteous and moral, as all magazine poetry must be, for the war in it was a religious war and the love was that of a married man for his wife, and the death was that of a william who would have separated this we'll welded pair. Of course 1t ended happily.
 Never in my life" said the magazine editor, did write anything equal to this ballad. I asked myself what l should do with 1t, and decided, for a joke, to submit IL, under an assumed name, to my own magazine,
 My readers will accept it, said to myself "A check will be made out for 1t at the special dicker rate of S5 cents a line-that Is the rate that the best poetry fetches in prosperous times and I'll frame the check and hang 1t over my desk in the office So I sent the poem to my own mag azine, and, by love, my own readers turned 1t down. I have three readers, a woman and two men. All three turn ed 1t down. They said 1t was puerile, sickly, sentimental, amateurish. They returned it with the usual printed slip"
 The editor smiled faintly again.
 Thereafter" he concluded. T am not going to claim that the magazine never rsiects a really good thing"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

The Muskogee Democrat has laid up trouble for itself by saying: Women are human. after all. though we often think them angels" It's bad enough to speak of all women as merely hu- man, but to call them angels" is an offence which The Democrat will find hard to explain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
AIabamn at Department.

Washington, Nov. 9.-Rural carriers appointed-Carrollton route l, Howard l. Bassinger carrier, Edward l.. Blis- c. B. Butler, carrier: Joseph Humph- rey. substitute; Hatselle route l. Wal ter H. Speeglee. carrier. Jas T. Gib- son. substitute, route 9 Janet Stmp- son. carrier. John T. Cooper, snbsti- tute, Route 3, Oscar F. Cunningham, Jr.. carrier Felix B. Salters. suhsti- tute. Melborne. route 1, Jeptha Seay, carrier, W. M. Weis substitute.
 Etowah County, James E. Morrow. My not; Colbert County. Mary J. Will tams,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

Sixteen pies at one sitting is the re- cord of a Brooklyn man, but as noth- ing is said of the size of the pies, we don't know whether he is the champion or not. We are told that each pie made feur mouthfuls. but that doesn't help us much. for some mouths reach long ways.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

The Charlotte Observer, commenting on The Sacramento Bees enthusiasm in the cause of dirty politics reflects that there Is no zeal like that of a new recruit" We have noticed that the new one generally strains himself in the effort to catch up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
TOM WATSON GIVES UP.

To Live Here, Not In WashingtOn-Has
 OhfeF from Hearst. New York Times.
 Melvin G. Palliser last night an- nounced that Thomas F. Watson, the candidate of the Peoples Party for President. would, after December 1, make his home in New York.
 MT. Watson Is both a lawyer and . newspaper man." said Mir. Palliser. and the editOrship- of paper has been offer ed to him by William R. Hearst"
 Mir Palliser said that he did not know whether MT. Watson had accept ed the offer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

Occasionally we hear of Democrat who voted for Jackson. and is still keeping up his Democratic record. In fact, some of them are said to still vote for Old Hickory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
FalthfuI Dog's Death watch.

IEOnuOn EApFeSbs
 It was a dogs bark which drew the attention of a gentleman to the dead body of Duncan Davie, farmer, Woodhall, Dumfriesshire, yesterday.
 MT. Davie had gone out with the animal to look over his stock. and while doing so he was taken i'll and died, with only the faithful dog as witness.
 The dog guarded the body of his dead master for hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

As an evidence that Texans are peace ful people. The San Antonio Express mentions the fact that baby-show was recently held In that city and that the judges of 1t are still living. This Is at least strong circumstantial evil dence
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
A COLUMN OF FIGURES WHICH is 4
 SPLENDID VERDICT.

For the benefit and guidance of mer- chants and others who advertise, the TOT lowing statement for the month of Septem- Der. 1904. has been compiled ana sworn 10 by our Circulation Manager
 To the many readers and frienos Who are interested in our growth, t is sats faction to show such Q sturdy ana perma- knent increase. It Is not only the quantty, bur the class and quality of 1t, of which we are so proud. ,a ing newspaper ia the State and is thofousn' ly up-to-data in every particular.
 Watch Bs Grow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

New Jersey has some queer people. One of them worried over the Presiden- tial tickets. trying to decide which one to vote for. till he went crazy. It was very foolish in him when 1t is so easy to toss up penny and let that settle 1t, if a man has no real choice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

It will require a few days for the Democratic newspapers to get done gruntins and the Republican papers to get through shouting and then things will move along about as usual.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

We don't care so much about that pocket umbrella that some one claims to have invented. What we want Is an umbrella that will always be at the right place at the right time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
Cat and Bird Live in Amity.

Kennebee Journal
 There is an odd combination of pets in the Biddeford greenhouse of Charles S. Strout in a woodcock and cat. They live in perfect peace, the woodcock growing fat on the worms in the rich earth and the cat keeping the place free from mice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

P. J. Kelly. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Ad- vsrtiser,s daily circulation for the month of September. 19o4, is true and correct. and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents and leftover copies have been deducted
 P. J. KELLY.
 Circulation Manager.
 The Advertiser Company. Sworn to and subscribed before me this ltth day of October. 1904
 F. W. JACKSON,
 N P, Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

The ballots came down all right but too many of them hit the wrong spot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

Seems to us we have a kind of dim recollection that there was an election somewhere the other day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
Man wrestled With Panther.

LahOre If1bune.
 MT. Charles Brown, who has bagged a dozen tigers and elephants, had a remarkable esrape from panther near his estate at Bangalore the other day. He was attacked by the animal, wrestled with 1t, and threw it twice MT. Brown was badly mauled before the brute as killed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

Now we know how a man feels when he has been kicked by a jackass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

If man says politics to you shoot aim on the spot--or anywhere else you gan hit him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
Gospel

It is gospel truth to say that no DISEASES such ss rheuma- tism, peura1gia, biliousness. collie, cold, sore throat, backache, b0ils, bowel troubles, skin erup- tions, and all those caused by local inflammation, can be a quickly, safely and surely cured, as by the Vse of HAMLINS WIZARD OIL.
 It gets right down in, around the nerves and blood vessels of the affected tissues, where the trouble is, and gently soothes and c0axes them back to health. e For all pain, chronic and acute, it is . remarkable rem. edy, and has no equal in safety and effectiveness in tho medical world. Price 5Oc and $1.OO. Fully guaranteed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
Dog Captures q Burglar.

London Daily Mall.
 Observing a light in an unoccupied house in Geneva one night recently policeman entered by window and left trained police dog on guard outside.
 Almost immediately a man pushed past him and dashed out of the house but was promptly seized by the dog which sprang at his throat.
 terrific struggle ensued, but the animal, although half stunned by blows from a jimmy" succeeded in bringing the burglar. a notorious criminal to the ground. where he held him till its master came and secured the captive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
EDITOR GIVEN A SETBACK.

Well, we carried Texas, didn't we?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
Maine Man Caught White HeagehoR Guilfard Tsitixan


 Maine Man Caught White Hedgehog Guilford Citizen.
 The white hedgehog caught by Hen- ry Beal of Parkman a few weeks ago has succeeded in making his es- cape. gnawing through his cage which was composed of wood covered with fence wire. While in Mir. Bears possession hundreds came to see him several coming many miles. Mfr. Beai refused several quite large offers foi him.
 How MOles Work.
 New England Homestead.
 Moles are usually actively at worl in the early morning or late in thu afternoon. It is not dificult to kill them with pitchfork when they are working, the animals being loca ted by observing the movement of tn, ground above them. If water is al lowed to run into the burrow and fiji 1t, the animal when present can b, forced to come to the surface to avoi, drowning, and may be easily killed The best remedy for the damage don, to lawns and grass plots by moles i prompt rolling with a heavy roller by continued repetition of this tn, moles will be driven away, at least temporarily.
 Moles have a few natural enemies Their food consists chiefly of earth worms and insects that live in the ground. and their presence in large numbers at any place is an evidence of the abundance of food. There i! no doubt that they do much good b, destroying many noxious insects Il 1t were not for the injury done tC lawns by their throwing up ridges O. earth along which the grass dies. or to gardens by their iossening the roots of young plants, moies would be more beneficial than harmful.
 Fox Killed by Rooster. London Answers.
 When once an animals temper has become thoroughly aroused 1t is strange how utterly regardless it be- comes of the strength and ability oi the object of Its anger.
 At Compton Paunceforte, in Somer. setshire, fox was killed in a poultry yard by an infuriated cock. It ap- pears that the fox made a raid on the young chicks, and after killing sev, eral belonging to certain hens, turned its attention to the brood of another This conduct. however, the plucky cock would not permit without a struggle, and. rushing at the fox, il was fortunate enough to pierce it in the eye with its spur with such force that the spur penetrated right into the fox's brain, becoming so securely fixed that the victor could not re- move it without the assistance of a farm laborer,- who had been an inter- ested spectator of the contest between the ill-assorted pair.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-10-27
Could Get No Rest.

Freeborn, Mimi, October II (Spe-
ciaD-Mr. r. e. Coward, well-known
man here is rejoicing in the relief
from suffering he has obtained
through using Dodds Kidney fills.
His experience is well worth repeating
as it should point the road to health
to many another in a similar condi-
ton.
II had an aggravating case of Kid
ney Trouble" says Mr.. Coward, that
gave me no rest day or night but
using a few boxes of Dodd's Kidney
Pills put new life in me and l feel like
a new man.
Il am happy to state have received
great and wonderful benefit from
Dodd's Kidney Pills. | would heartily
recommend all sufferers from Kidney
Trouble to give DOdd's Kidney Pills a
fair trial as l have every reason to be-
lieve 1T would never be regretted"
Dodd's Kidney Pills make you feel
like new man or woman because
they cure the kidneys. Cured kidneys
mean pure blood and pure blood
means bounding health and energy in
every part of the body.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-10-27
REWARD FOR GOOD SERVICE.
kinsaIe's Earls Had Privilege Of Be.
ing Covered Before kInu.

ing Covered Before King.
Paris has caught the habit of going
hatless and many stories connected
with hats and their history are re.
called. 1t was once counted a privi-
lege to walk, not bareheaded but COW
cred, before a king The earls of
Kinsale had this dubious distinction
as reward for an old-time service.
Seven centuries ago Philip of France
summoned that cheerful hero, Eng
lands King John, to mortal combat
John thought he would rather not,
but offered De Courcey, earl of Kin
sale, freedom from the dungeon where
he lay If he would take in hand the
commission. De Courcey, spelling
for a fight, agreed, and John and
Philip sat together to see somebody's
head cracked. The French champion
cried off on seeing the size of the
Englishman, whereupon the untried
conqueror playfully stuck his helmet
upon post of oak and drove his
sword through it and so deep into
the wood that none save himself could
withdraw it. He had purchased his
freedom and his reward he heard
from his magnanimOus sovereign's
lips: Thou art pleasant companion
and heaven keep thee in good beav-
ers. Never unvei thy bonnet again
before king or subject"
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-10-27

Some thoughtful man might say that
If what you manufacture has merit,
once you get a trade established peo-
pie will continue to purchase, even il
the advertising is stopped, but to act
on that conclusion would be a fatal
mistake, for there are always bright
men on the lookout to steal your ap-
pies, and If you give them the chance
they will come in and take the fruit.
sure. Right here let us drive a nail.
not single nail but a forty penny
spike. Your article must have merit.
far and away beyond the ordinary I'M
advertised thing. 1t should be the
very best that human intelligence and
ingenuity can produce. Then you have
a foundation to build upon that will
not slip out from under when the
building grows heavy. There are per-
sons ignorant enough to believe that
poor article can be advertised into
a success. 1t cannot and any one who
tries the experiment will pay heavily
for his experience. Critically examine
any we'll known and advertised article
that has been years on the market and
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-10-27

it will be found to possess exceptional
merit.
In ancient days newspaper publish
ers considered an advertisement an
evil but a necessary evil, and that it
should be hidden away as carefully
as possible, so that no one would dis
cover that the paper was trying to
make little money by inserting pub
Tic announcements. A paper run that
way to-day would fail.
Inc most successful opponents OF
the new plan of doing business with
ink and paper are using every posi-
Bile means to make the announcements
attractive and sought after by the
readers.
1t is safe to say that thousands of
women read the newspaper-not the
telegraphic page, bat the pages con-
tanning announcements of bargains in
stockings, skirts, hats, gloves, pianos,
furniture, food for the table, etc.
You have been invited to visit Bat
tie Creek for the purpose of viewing
ono of the most unique advertising
buildings in the world. also to look
over a large business built up, sus-
tanned, nourished and kept active by
sunshine, and, at the same time, have
an opportunity to see one of tho most
thrifty, active and prosperous towns
OF Its size in the world, built up large
~ by the same kind of sunshine.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-10-27
TALK ON ADVERTISING
BY c. w. Post Publishers at BANQUET at Battle Creek

The sunshine that makes a business
plant grow is advertising.
Growing a business nowadays is
something like growing an apple tree.
You may select good seed, plant it in
good soil, water and work with it, but
the tree will not produce fruit until
another and most powerful, energiz-
ing and life-giving element is brought
to bear. You must have sunshine and
lots Of 1t. Can you expect to ripen
apples in the dark? Can you expect
to grow a profitable business plant
nowadays without the sunshine of pub
lie favor produced by advertising?
This Postum plant is a good illus
tration of that law. 1t seems but
short time ago when l put a few men
at work in the carriage house of the
barn you have seen to-day, where we
began making Postum coffee.
The seed then planted, less than 9
years ago, was new kind of apple
seed and it was not altogether certain
how the people would like the apples.
We did our work thoroughly and
plenty of it. We knew we had a good
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-10-27

apple tree Of fine quality but how to
develop our work and turn the apple
tree into a productive and profitable
tree was another question
1t needed sunshine and the kind of
sunshine that is spread by the news
papers and magazines. 1t is an abso-
lutte certainty that without the pub
licity thus given--in other words, the
sunshine-the business never would
have developed.
You have seen to-day factory build
ings-thirteen or fourteen in number
covering many acres of ground, en-
ploying hundreds Of workpeeple, pro-
ducing food and drink in an aggregate
OF four million packages per month.
which goes to every civilized country
on the globe, and yet the entire enter
prise is less than years old. We
have found it necessary, inasmuch as
the tree has grown and the apples ma
tured by hard work and sunshine. to
continue the work and the sunshine
day In and day out, month in and
month out, the sunshine appropriation
amounting to approximately million
dollars year for advertising, for ex-
perience teaches that II you mature
the tree under strong sunshine, and
bring 1t up to thrifty and healthful
state where 1t produces profitable ap-
pies, you ca not withdraw that sun
shine else the tree will gradually die.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-10-27
Human Foot Grows Smaller.

1t is asserted by sculptor that the
human foot is becoming smaller. The
masculine foot of twenty centuries
ago was about twelve inches long
The average mans foot of to-day is
easily fitted with No. S1a shoe, which
is not more than ten and seven-six-
teenths inches in length.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-10-27
Worlds Fair Visitors.

Persons attending the great Exposition
at st. Louis should secure q room close to
tho Fair and In a safe brick building Ho-
tel Epworth has all the oonveniences OF q
frst-class modern hotel, within four min
utes' walk # Convention and Administra-
ton entra :. Rates $1oo per day and up
for lodging. Meals at reasonable prices
From Union Station, go to Olive street,
take Delmar Garden car going west to
$500 Our boys meet all cars.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-10-27

Aliens Foot-Ease, Wonderful Remedy.
"Have tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE, and
find it to be a certain cure, and gives COM
fort to one suffering with sore, tender and
swollen feet. I will recommend ALIENS
FOOT-EASE to my friends, as it is
certainly wonderful remedy.-Mrs. N.
n. Guilford. New Orleans, La"
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-10-27
Photographs for Sweat Box.

In Vienna the answers made by
prisoners in the Sweat box" will be
recorded by photograph, so that
there can not be subsequent doubt of
the statements made.