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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-27
Vermont and Maine .

Democrats look with complacency upon the outcome of the coming cleo tions early next month in the States Of Vermont and Maine. Yet perhaps the interest is unusual that attaches to the elections in those States on ac- count of the great efforts the Republi- cans are making to show a gain over the votes of recent presidential years. They have sent into both States along with Speaker Cannon number of their best stumpers to rouse the faithful to the importance of polling the biggest possible vote for effect in November. Democrats believe the Republicans will be disappointed for the reason that the pluralities against them there in 1896 and 1900 were unprecedented.
 In Maine the vote for Governor in 1896, which preceded the Presidential election was:
 Republican. 54,266; Democratic. 29.- 497; Republican plurality. 24,769.
 For President in 1896: Republican. S0,465; Democratic, 34,GSS; Republican plurality, 45.777.
 For Governor in 1900: Republican. 79.955: Democratic. 39.S23; Republican plurality, 34,132.
 For President in 1900: Republican, C5 .435; Democratic. 36.s22; Republican plurality. 2S.613.
 The plurality against Cleveland in 1892 was 14,979.
 Vermont had no election for Cover nor in 1896. The vote for President in that State in 1896 was: Republican
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07
MONKEY FACED OWLS.
A Queer River CIiT Colony In south
ern California.

On the banks of the Santa Ana river,
in southern California, is queer col
ony. 1t is situated in the cliffs which
rise above the surface of the river and
has multitude Of inhabitants. In
passing along the river by daylight one
would not imagine that the cliffs were
inhabited, for the members of the col
ony are fast asleep in the chambers
of the cliffs. But at dusk there is Il
change. At every one of the openings
with which the cliffs are perforated ap-
pears countenance so human-like in
its expression that the behOlder is apt
to imagine that these must be the
faces of the pixies and elves of whom
he delighted TO hear in his childhood
days.
The tiny faces belong to family
having Il name nearly as large as the
individuals are small. 1t is the family
of Strix pratincola, or monkey faced
owl. So much do their faces resemble
those of human features that they are
often called the human faced owl. In
the holes of the cliffs they pass their
days and rear their young. AT night
they emerge i'm flocks and search the
fields for mice, gophers and insects,
upon which they live. This owl does
not boot as do most owls, but utters
low, chuckling whistle as it flies
about in search of prey
Farmers and fruit raisers in southern
California are warm friends of the
bird. for it destroys many of the pests
which annoy them and injure their
crops. The eggs of the little owl are
white, and five or six form a litter
Los Angeles Times.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07
MORAL DlLEMMAS.
When Man Is Forced to Make a
Choice Between Two Evils.

The rules of logic are unknown to
the mass of mankind. but No one pos
sessel of intelligence is unfamiliar
with the process of balancing alternd-
tives. Even the animals use ii when
they choose between two paths or two
actions, as between fight and flight.
Men use it in every dilemma, great or
small from the choice between the
simplest actions to tie issue of life o"
death. Is the thing under ccnsidera
ton good or bad? Shall | vote for =
or E: Shall | act now or postpone:
Shall | take risk? Shall | stop or go
on? Shall | change my course! Shall
| do this or thati In these and other
dilemmas we balance the cOnse IuenccS
of one alternative against the other
and choose what appears to be the bet
ter. Facing death in two forms, we
choose the better way. Balancing NJ
ternatives, one will jump from high
window to the pavement to escape fire.
The moral dilemmas presented to us
are not always limited to clear
choice between right and wrong. 1t is
or permit those dependent on him to
starve rather than steal! 1t is right to
tell the truth, but should one tell the
truth when it involves the betrayal of
his comrades, his country, his family
1t is wrong to deceive. but would not
one be justified in deceiving the enemy
who would destroy himI 1t is wrong TO
kill, but may not one kill i'll self de-
Tense?
The problem of morals presses con-
stantly upon the human race, present
ing to each individual in turn new
trials, difficulties and repugnant
choices. Each must to a large degree
choose his own way to fight his own
battle. These are the facts. which con-
fuse our ethical counselors. 1t is not
possible 10 act always in exact har-
mony with our moral code. If one is
so placed that he can save his mother
from starvation only by stealing, he
will violate the fifth commandment if
he permits her to starve, and he will
violate the eighth commandment If he
chooses to steal. The choice between
two evils often comes to the indiviC lal
suddenly and imperatively. He must
act at once. rendering a decision FOR
which there is often no precedent
known to him. The Decalogue, which
he can recite; the philosophical analy'
sis of the evolutions of ethics, do not
aid him.
He who is thus tried and who desires
to do right will choose the course
which is least evil. He will balance
the alternatives, exactly as does the
one who jumps to the pavement rather
than remain in the burning building
From Balance: The Fundamental Yer
ity," by Orlando j. Smith.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07
PAIR OF MULES FOR $500.

A pair of muI es that recently eS chang
ed hands at Vine Grove cost the buyer
5000 for each animal.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07
CAVALRY HORSES.
English Military Method of Training
Them to Swim.

The most interesting and amusing of
all the sights of Aldershot, England, is
the big reservoir, or lake, where cav
airy horses from all parts of the world
are trained to swim with a thorough
ness that rivals even the Italian system
of horse training.
1t is well known, by the way, that
cavalry horses in the italian army 20
through almost as much training as
though they were intended for circus,
and the writer has often been amazed
to see patrician Roman officers riding
their fine chargers down steep flights
of stone stairs and down especially
constructed preciDices which look as
though they were especially invented
to encompass the destruction Of both
horse and rider.
Again, the writer witnessed the as
tonishing army maneuvers of the ltal-
ian troops in the river Arno at Flor
ence and also at SpeZzia, the great
naval arsenal of Italy. The Count OF
Turin was seen leading his regiment
tout to sea-" the prince often dis
mounting and himself swimming Will
one arm about his chargers neck.
The newly received horses at Alder
shot. however, coming as they do most
ly from inland regions, have n deeI
seated objection to the water, and as
their riders are for the most part scant
lily clad indeed the struggles between
tutor and pupils" are ludicrous in The
extreme. If it is found ABSOLUTELY
impossible to coax the animals int
water deeper than their knees or girth'
collapsible boats are used and the re
fractory animal dragged by main force
beyond his depth, when he has to swim
for dear life.-H. G.. Roberts in Iar
per's Weekly.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07
Risk 1t
Druggists Who Sell
DIR. Miles Nervine
Agree, If 1t Fails.
To Refund Cost.
OF course we reimburse the druggist.

OF course we reimburse the druggist
You know him. and trust him.
Dr. Miles Nervine is medicine for your
nerves.
1t cures diseases Of the internal or
gans by giving tone to the nerves which
make these organs work. -.
1t is q novel theory-not of anatomy,
but Of treatment first discovered by
DR.. Miles, and since made use Of by
many wide-awake physicians. who APP
preciate it's value in treating the sick
II you are sick, we offer you way to
be made well-Dr. Miles Nervine.
This medicine is a scientific cure for
nerve disorders, such as Neuralgia,
Headache, Loss Of Memory, Sleepless-
ness, Spasms, Backache, st. Vitus'
Dance. Epilepsy or Fits. Nervous Pros
tration. etc.
BY toning up the nerves, DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervlne will also cure those
diseases Of the internal organs due to
a disordered nervous system.
Some Of these are: Indigestion. Bill
ious Headache, Kidney Trouble, Chronic
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MY brother had nervous prostration,
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ago, when l had nervous trouble L
preach its merits TO everyone. REV.
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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07
A Certain Cure for Group.

When a child shows symptoms of
Group there is.no time to experiment
with new remedies, no matter how
highly they may be recommended.
There is one preparation that can al
ways be depended upon. 1t has been
IN use for many years and has never
been known to fail, viz; Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. Mr.. M.F. Comp
ton of Market, Texas. says of it, II
have used Chamberlain Cough Rem
ely in severe cases Of Group with my
children, and can truthfully say II
always gives. prompt relief. " Fol
sale by Short ~ Haynes.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07
II feel as young
now, at thirty, as I
did at eighteen years
of age"

That is part of the statement Of one
woman, mother of six children, who
found new life by the use of Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. 1t is not the or
binary cares of the family, nor the natu-
raj obligations of motherhood, which
make women prematurely old. But it is
the womanly diseases, draining away the
vitality, and undermining the strength,
which take the roundness and supple
ness from the form, the bloom from the
cheek and the brightness from the eye.
DR.. Pierces Favonte Prescription cures
those womanly diseases which rob women
of youth and beauty. 1t establishes reg
ularity, dries enfeebling drains, healB
inflammation and liberation, and cures
female weakness. 1t makes weak women
strong and sick women we'll. 1t brings
back to the mother the ightheartedness
of her bridal day. This is the testimony
of Thousands of women who have re-
newed their youth by the use OF Wa
vorite Prescription"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07
ERNEST APPEAL
Made to Tobacco Growers to Hold
Crops For A. S. E. Price And
They Are Told How.

The current issue of Up-To-Date
Farming, official organ of the Amer
lean Society of Equity, contains the
following appeal to tobacco growers
in part
To the Tobacco Growers of America
Elsewhere In this issue is an account
OF the National Tobacco Growers
Convention. Read it carefully. This
convention has estsblished.a price on
the present crop of tobacco. They have
decreed that no delegate, or tobacco
grower represented by these delegates.
should allow p)und of their tobacco
to be placed upon the MARKET at an
average price of less than 50 In Vlr-
ginia or S. N Kentucky fordark tobac-
co and S12 fer bright tobacco in Vir-
GINA and $12 for the Burley tobacco
grown in Kentucky. Isn't 1t worth
IT. Then why not get itH Remember
these are minimum prices No tobacco
should oe sold tor less.
Now, friends, it will only require a
little patience, little determination,
a little persistency and little coop
GRAFTON TO accomplish the objects of
these associations.
Let us consider the steps to be taken
and all the while remember that there
are nearly or perhaps over 20. 900 to-
cobac planters now organized.
The first thing to do is to make up
your mind that not "a pound of your
tobacco shall be placed in the hands OF
the buyers at price below the prices
enumerated.
The second thing to do is to go over
and tell those neighbors joining farms
with yours what you have decided to
do and to ask them to do the same
thing.
The third thing is to keep in touch
with the markets through the ofticla al
society organs, and to keep In touch
with each other through local unions.
The fourth thing is to leave your
tobacco nang in the barns go to
town and inform the warehouse men
and the buyers that not pound OF
your tobacco goes out of your bacn
until they guarantee you the prlc
above enumerated, and then show
them you mean what you say by stick
ing to 1T.
Now, don't imagine that this
means that you will be compelled &c
sell your tobacco at those prices tc
the first buyer that offers 1t Fan
from it. 1t means that the buyer
will be compelled to pay at least that
mucn before he can secure a pound
Don't imagine that buyers will pay
no more for the high grade If they
can get the low grades at those prices
Fine tobacco will always bring higher
prices than medium aud low grad,
tobacco, and when the low grades are
high the high grades Will go higher .
The men who attended the conyan
tion were in earnest. They meant al
they said. They intend to hang on for
just and equitable price for tbell
crop. If it were possible for every to
bacco grower to be notified today thai
all his brother farmers would hol(
their tobacco until profitable price
be secured, we would have the thins
accomplished. The quickest way Il
do this is to tell all your neighbor
that YOU are going to hold and tina
90, 000 other planters are going to hold
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07

One of the principal elements OF safe
ty to life and property in our society
is the Incidence and the consequent
stupidity of many of the evil disposed.
There are malicious persons who are
harmless only because they are affiict-
ed with the germ of laziness.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07
The ElOdder.

Just before his death William Cary,
the great shoemaker, missionary and
noted llnguist, said about his biogra-
pher: IF he gives me credit for being
a plodder, he will do me justice. Any
thing beyond this will be too much. l
can plod. To this owe everything
Success.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07

Gold letters are not more elastic than
ron letters.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07
A difficult Task.

"Jack, dear, do wish you would get
another photo taken"
How often have l told you | will
not?"
But why not?" Then thOughtfully
after pause, "Are you afraid of being
asked to look pleasantT-Punch.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07

sPor four years l suffered untold agony"
writes Mrs. r. A. Nations, of Wits Springs,
Searcy Co., Arkansas. uSometimes would get
some better and think would get well, only to
wake up some morning not able to rise. In my
hips and around lower parts OF abdomen was
where suffered the most, and when the pain
would give way 1t scattered all over me and l
would be so sore and stiff could scarcely move.
NV husband got the best doctor in the country
10 attend me- but did not improve any. Finally
I told my husband that was going to try DR..
Pierce's medicines. BY the time had taken one
bottle of Favorite Prescription could notice
a little improvement. DIR. Pierce advised me to
take Golden Medical Discovery in connection
with the Favorite Prescription By the time
I had taking five bottles Of Favorite Prescdp
ton and four of the Golden Medical Dscov-
ery' I was we'll. That was two years ago this
summer. felt well until expected to become
a mother then a threatened mischance greatly
weakened me- and my old disease returned. My
husband got another doctor for me, but / seemed
10 lust drag along and get no better. At last
told the doctor that II his medicine did not help
me would go back to DR.. Pierce's medicines.
did so, and by the time had taken them one
month could do my own homework, except
washing and tended my garden, too. was
stouter than had ever been while waiting
baby's coming since my first baby came this
one was the sixth child). She is now eleven
months old, aud is a healthy child. As for me-
feel as young now, at thirty, as did at eight
cen years of age"
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure biz
iousness and sick headache.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07
BEES HUMMING
In BOnnetS In Meade COunty-Can.
didateS Who Let Their Wants
Be Known | asst Week.


Primary" was on the lips of every
politician in town Monday, Although it
is about year until the next election
for county officers. ambitions are budd.
ing and bees are humming in bonnets.
The cause OF 1t all was the meeting Of
the nelly elected Committee in this
city Monday to organize.
The committee organized by elsctiug
Geo. Casperke chairman and S. X. Fry
mire, secretary. After the organization
the committee invited the candidate
and prospective" in and gave them a
chance to express their wants as to the
time of holding primary. Some want
ed primary,in January, some in March
and some in August
The committee did not take any ac-
ton but adjourned to meet Saturday,
December 10, at o'clock, when all the
candidates are invited to be present and
let their wants be known.
The candidates who let their .ants be
known Monday were as follows:
Representative s--A. J. Thompson and
ID. NJ. Duncan.
County Judge-W. A. Basket.
County Attorney. d. Hardin.
County Clerk-W ID. Ashcrsft.
School uperinteudeut-W. B. Ar
mold and A. V. Williams
SheriH-W. II. Hagir, h. T. Owings
and w. H. Rhodes.
Jailer-T. B. bloomsbury and E. r..
Roudurant
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07

and that if they will join with you
and hold, too, the profitable price
will be forth ,omIng in a very short
tina
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-12-07
CIrcus md Church sents.

If people had to sit on as uncomfort-
able seats ct a church as at the circus,
how they would roar! This is one OF
the things that prove the influence OF
mind over matter.-Atchison Globe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06
LEGAL NOTICE S.
"0JlCE 70 NONRESIDENT,
TATE or MISSISSIPPI

TATE or MISSISSIPPI:
To Jesse Watts, Herman Watts, and
Harry Watts, a miner, and julius
watts,a minor, all of whose postoiicc
addresses is Hamburg, Arb
You arc hereby commanded to appear
before the Chanccry court Of Lefiore
county, Mississippi, at the saupt house
in the city OF Greenwood, on the first
Monday in April, 1904, to show cause, if
any o can, why the final account Of T.
r. Henderson, executor OF he estate Of
Mrs. Z. N. Barrineau, deceased, should
not be allowed and the elocutOr dis
charged.
Witness my hand and seal 9 office, this
the goth day of January, 1904
TSEALl G. W. CnACKETT,
at ChanccF Clerk.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06

McCLURG q GARDNER,
At Solicitors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06
CITATION NOTICE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
TO all persons having or c~laiffng any
legal or equitable interest inlhc fol-
lowing described land, sold for tses on
the 9TH day of September, A. D 1896,
viz: &. W. / OF Sec. 30, Townships, r.
/ W., in Lclore county, MISSISSIPPI.
You arc commanded to appear kforc
the Chancery Court of the couIS q
Leiore in said State, on the first Jon
day Of April, A. D., 1904, to detendtbe
suit in said court Of J. N. Brahrd
wherein you are defendant, which sit
is a bill filed By said J. N. Bradford Q
confirm the tax title to the afores@
land. .
This the 10Th day Of January, A. u
1903. q. ". ChocRETI,,
Chancery Clerk.
5lCCLCRG &GARDNER,
At Solicitors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06

Miss Bardic NcLemorn is the attrar
tive guest of her cousin. Miss Fanni
McLemorc.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06
Second Day.

Harry A. Barnes awarded contract for
,cpairing jail at $32j.O0.
j. i. Haley, e~x-shcriG, charged with
additional assessment, to wit, $1,075,O0.
Members and officers allowed usual
per diem and mileage.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06
A~NN0UNCEM ENTS.
For Mayor:

, We are authorized to announce Hon.
W. S. Yardaman as a candidate for re-
election to the Office Of Mayor Of Green
Wood, subject to the action Of the Demo
voters.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Bids will be received at the February
meeting Of the Board Of Supervisors for
tin and slate repairs on Jail, according
to plans and specifications on file in the
Chancery Clerks Office.
G, ". CROCHET,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-06
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

The r~rgrIor mnnt;r~ Of "A, n.
;ancryisors mot Feb Ieat ,.,th -.
n~lluwine uonbcrg ,,,,..,. \,
Aiiridge. president, n Lima "a,
1, Eli Etrridgc, Beat ;, L. Raw. ,a,t 4
o. ". Price. Boat \
The following allowances v.ro ,,a3a
20 wit:
[. 7. Observation-Disclosures
allowance rs 10
g.. ~, Crockett, CL.at.!s ,tc.L
U4ltc, rytai.iU4 to,a,.y.g rs,
>. q. Wilson. Mdsc. Court House, % 40
Iazoo Valley T, & 7. repairing
electric wire ,......,..,.... II 50
l. ~ evans, CT a, salaries, 1, ~,
X. |, W, school ..,,,,....u.,.,., ia 90
John Prophet, work at court
h'"P" ''"''''' : 81
Ir,, Nellie paHicis, keeping
poor II 50
'oJtu Meadows, burying pauper, 8 80
Gordon Butler, coffin for paper, : 80
- n7N|' WAL - ~, /" l, w.
scuooi Is u
'""'OiS u
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=" W. r'rlSa' tending iazoo
pf'use "'''",'"""'""","'''. 40 90
. ~ foups' VI i""oo ofluse 90 W
uFco"ooe EA'crpflSe'S'a'ioAefy'
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Stevens q Kennedy, lumber,
Foa" ''
T. G. Garrett, costs IN haoeas
corpus 'rial "'"""."'""'"',' o0
J. b. Humphreys clerk costs IN
habeas corpus trial "rrr,"o", y %
c. &. Wright, coal, court house
and iail"n".a""",".","."n" 90 20
J. w. Dulaney, health Office, vac
cinating 400 persons, and vac
cine virus 81 OK.
Z. Ray,2 days examining bridges, 90
Eli Ethridge, . days examining
bridges OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 90
D. 0. Alexander, building .
bridges on road No. lS..".".... 40l %
Blanton Thurman Lumber Co.,
lumber, road ""r""m.",",. e 90
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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-11-05
CAIROITE REGRETS
PASSING OF FAIR
BELIEVES 1T is NEXT THING TO
sAcRiLEeE TO DESTROY THE
BEAUTIFUL LOUISIANA PUR.
CHASE EXPOSITION.

Mr.. r. J. Smith OF the firm of r.
Smyth and Co., who has just returned
from visit OF several days at the
Worlds fair, Is one of many persons
who regret that the big exposition
cannot continue another year and
that the great buildings and beauti-
full grounds must be destroyed In a
few weeks.
Il have spent several days at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition" said
Mr. Smith, land when thnl; that in
another month the work of tearing
down and destroying that beautiful
creation will begin, it seems almost
as if the American people ought to
rise up and put n stop TO 1t. Build
ing up and tearing down seems to be
the usual order in the progress of our
civilization, but when such wonder
full accomplishment as this exposition
has been brought into being 1t is the
next thing to sacrilege TO destroy it,
who, after looking upon the cas-
cades with all of the magnificent light
heart to give the word that would
bring about their destruction? Ii
seems incredible that within the
next six months hardly vestige of
all the wealth of architectural beau.
ty will remain, and that the wonders
that are gathered together in the vari-
GUS buildings. and the people will
have been scattered to the four cor.
ners OF the earth"
The sad truth was greatly i'm
pressed upon me While walking
through the grounds when ] heard an
old lady from tho rural district re-
mark, I reckon they'll make quite a
town of this place, yet AS left the
grounds for the last time turned
and took one long look at the I'M.
mense buildings, the festival hall and
the beautiful cascade"