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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

For all misfortunes there are com pensations. Birmingham is pining for a new depot with none in sight, but is to have a visit from the President. At lanta sees a prospect for a depot, but gets no Presidential visit. Which scores?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
Selected on Ass.
Birmingham A

Birmingham Age-HeraId.
 Pennsylvania selected an ass for gov- ernor-one who thinks newspapers that criticise him should be suppressed without trial by jury. No one has long CT ears than he.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

The Chattanooga News insists that there are two sides to Pennypacker's position. Just so, and both are worst.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
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 CAPITALIZATION.

1Vt1E tV1VI1
 COMPUTATION. Grand Total Copies Circulated. .sA2, ,ssI The grand total. when divided by 52, the number of issues, shows the average circulation. per issue, Weekly Edition, to have been. 16, ,20p E. S. Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn, says: The foregoing statement of The Ad- vertiser's Weekly circulation for the year 1904 Is true and correct
 E. g. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager
 The Advertiser Company. Sworn to and subscribed before me thIs 9th day of January, 1905.
 F. W. JACKSON
 N. P. Ex-O. J. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
A COLUMN or FTGUREs WHICH IS 4
 SPLENDID VERDICT.

Tor the benefit and guidance of mer- cnants and others who advertise. the fol- lowing statement for the month of De- nsmber. 1904, has been compiled and sworn to by our Circulation Manager.
 To the many readers and friends wno arc interested in our growth, 1t is satis- 0ent increase It is not only the quantity. but the class and quality of 1t. of which we are so proud.
 The Advertiser Is acknowledged the lead lng newspaper in the State and is thorougn- U up-to-date in every particular.
 Watch Us Grow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
Wbat State Papers
 lire Sdyinq
Nothing Personal.
Hartford Journal.

Hartford Journal.
 We have been told that one of the hardest jobs ever atemped Is trying to get out a paper on the ragged edge of Christmas jag. Nothing personal is meant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
A Beggar Boy Talks.

He is a maImed beggar boy and he sits on Dexter Avenue all day long with outstretched hand appealing to pedestrians.
 i've made money and gained much experience in this business" he says. Some years ago I drove a cab In Mo- bile and eked out fairly good living but the work was hard. Then I went to travelling. and depending on public charity.
 T tell you"--his face lights up with pleasure--"depending on the hearts of charitable people beats driving a cab. Then, I have travelled in nearly every State in the country since l left Mo- bile and I have lived well. I do not believe am imposing on people be- cause I am a cripple and I try to be honest. Sometimes, however, I feel like his beggar business has become quite a profession. I know men and women In it who haven't the call on the public that I have and yet I have twinges of the conscience occasion ally"
 The beggar boy said that as soon as he became too well known in Mont gomery he would buy a first class ticket and move on to the next station.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

MT. A. B. Pouncey and his son of Geneva, are at Clanceys.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

Mir J. R. West is seriously Ill of pneumonia at his home, 519 Dexter Av- enue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
Hohsen Got spec,al Train.

Col Harry R. Shorter returned yes- terday from a short visit to his home in Eufaula He went down on the same train with Capt. R. P. Hobson from Montgomery Monday evening.
 An untmportant wreck a few miles the other side of Union Springs at Midway Monday night came near caus- ing disappointment to 200 or 300 people who assembled to hear Captain Hob sons lecture that night" said Colonel Shorter yesterday. we saw that to wait flor the train to make repairs would prevent our reaching Eufaula in time for Captain Hobson to fill the engagement We wired for a special train out of Columbus, which came via Union Springs and picked us up at Midway. We reached Eufaula, by good luck. in time for Captain Hobson to be only half hour late to begin his lecture"
 Captain Hobson was entertained with other prominent men at the home of Mrs. W. D. Jelks while in Eufaula. He spoke in Columbia Tuesday night, in Geneva last night and will speak in Union Springs tonight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

MT. W. NJ Archibald of Birmingham is in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
Who ia to Be Assistant Chief.

'WhO VIII De tne ASsIsLahC ChItL Of the Fire Department" asked an off, cial at the City Hall yesterday.
 Echo answers. who." responded a second city official.
 It is understood that the appoint ment to the place just created by the City Council lies between Capt. E. J. Griffith of the Hook and Ladder Com pany and Capt. Harry J. Bernard of the Five Points Engine Company. Both men have been in the department since 1t was a department and both of them have legions of friends.
 The appointment of the Assistant Fire Chief is to be made by Mayor Carr but 1t is expected that the recom- mendation of Fire Chief John F. Brow der will be equivalent to an appoint ment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
sidewalk PeneiIiifas
Evsrybod< Has \ cold.

-
 Handkerchiefs are at a premium in Montgomery.
 If clothing merchants were selling one-half the number of suits of clothes now with one-half the rapidity with which their handkerchief stock is be- ing depleted. clothing merchants would pc forming trusts. Patent medicine cold killers are also popular, for all Montgomery has cold.
 On the streets of Montgomery the popular salutation has changed from How. do you dor to How Is your cSldy and man in the city who Is free from cold could draw big money In q dime museum.
 All Montgomery Is sniffling.
 The weather man is the person at whom Montgomery may shakesits gory locks. For the weather Montgomery Is having is the cause of the frequent use of the kerchief. A prominent phy- sician speaking of the epidemic of colds said that the variability of the wealth CT, Is directly responsible. And 1t seems that there is no preventive. When the thermometer registers 75 de- grees at 8 o'clock in the morning and the mercury is lowering around the freezing point at night, nothing else but colds are expected.
 And Montgomery continues to use handkerchief.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

MT. Charles A. Smith. Manager of Jacobs Pharmacy of Atlanta, is in Montgomery spending a few days with Manager Shivers of the local house.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

Is in Montgomery.
 MT. R. o. Bareheld of Speigners, is in the city.
 MT. T. K Roberts of Fort Deposit, is here. town.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
sD.nc.r ana the Great Riddle.

To every aspect of the problem Of life
Herbert Spencer must have given
thought. but he has plainly declared
that the human intellect as at present
constituted can offer no solution. The
greatest mind that this world has yet
produced-the mind that systematized
all human knowledge, that revolutioniz-
ell modern science, that dissipated ma
teralism forever, that revealed to us
the ghostly unity Of all existence, that
re-established all ethics upon an i'm
mutable and eternal foundation-the
mind that could expound with equal
lucidity and by the same universal
formula the history of gnat or the
history Of sun, confessed itself be-
fore the riddle of existence scarcely
less helpless than the mind Of child.
-Lafcadio Hearn in Atlantic.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
Young Falcon. at school.

The young of falcons and hawks arc
we'll trained by their parents. From
the time they are strong enough to pull
at and break up the quarries brought
to them 1t is one long course of instruc-
ton. The old birds know perfectly
we'll what the young ones will have to
do, and they get them fit for doing it
as soon as they can. They compel them
to take longer flights day after day
and teach them how to stoop-that Is,
strike at their quarry. One or the 9th
err will shoot up with portion of feath-
er or, it may be, fur, followed by the
young hopefuls. Then the morsel is
dropped from the clutch. Down they
dash for 1t, and the one that makes the
quickest stoop secures the prize before
it reaches the ground. When the old
birds think the young can fend for
themselves, Off they go. This is not a
case of choice. but necessity. for they
are simply cuffed and buffeted off. So
well is this known in the country that
it is a common thing to hear lad say,
Them ere hawks has druv their young
uns off."-Blackwood's Magazine.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
The Ancient spontoon.

A spontoon, Il weapon similar to the
halbert, was borne instead of half
pike by officers of British Infantry I'll
the year 1856. Pointed backward or
forward, 1t gave the signal for advance
or retreat, and planted upright In the
ground it commanded Il halt. Speci-
mems can be seen in the Tower armory
In the Morning Chronicle OF April 10,
17S6, there is reference to Its dis
continuance: yesterday the officers
who mounted guard for st. James, the
Queens House and Tilt yard were
paraded with their swords drawn In
stead of the spontoon for the first time
since the alteration took place, and we
hear that the amendment df it may be
so called Is to take place among all
the regiments belonging to his maJes-
ty."
In an old play Major Sturgeon says:
"Oh, could you but see me salute! You
have never spontoon in the house"
"No." answers Sir Jacob, but we
could get you shove pike"
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
Oyerreached Himself.

The wives of two British army Of
ficers who had been stationed for a
long time in India met recently in Lon
don and went to restaurant to take
luncheon together. AS their talk was
of personal and somewhat private
nature, they fell to conversing in Hin
doostanee. This aroused the curiosity of
the waiter attending them to bursting
point He presently came forward and
said gravely: Excuse me, madame.
but think it only right to inform you
that understand French"
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
WOrth's Panncen.

In the year 1884 great commercial
distress was experienced throughout
France, and NJ. Worth. the famous
fashion originator ana dressmaker, was
called before Il parliamentary COM
mittee Instituted to inquire into the
causes and asked for his theory and
his remedy The salaries of the presi-
dent of the republic and the ministers.
said the great man milliner. ought to
be considerably raised because balls
cost much more than dinners, and Of
fetal people ought to be paid salaries
handsome enough to enable them to
give great many balls. NJ. Grevy.
said Worth in disgust, only gave two
balls year, and the crush was so
great that ladies' elected to wear their
old dresses rather than buy new ones,
which would most assuredly be spoiled
in the crowd. Pay higher salaries. give
more balls and ask fewer guests to
each function-this was Worth's rem
edy. The ladies, relieved of the fear of
a crush, would invest in new dresses,
money would circulate, trade would
revive and all would so rs merrily as
marriage bells.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Do so well today that you need not
long for tomorrow.
Some men only want your conf
dence to give 1t to others.
If man We're his own enemy, what
stories he could tell on himself!
Don't judge man by his first friend
ships in town; judge him by his last.
Don't give your friends indigestion
by trying to poke people you like
down their throats.
When we think OF the ease with
which we deceive others we should
think of the ease with which others
may deceive us.
Good news travels; not SO rapidly
as bad news, of course. but it travels.
DO good thing, and people will hear
of it IN time.
Everybody understands that an old
boiler must be treated with care, but
very few understand that an old stom-
ach is as dangerous as an old boiler
Atchison Globe.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
A.wonderful Plant Family.

There is family Of microscopic
plants called diatoms which swarm in
all oceans in every cline. They are
coated with pure silica, or flint, and
are found in the most delicate and love
Hest forms. So tiny are they that it
takes 100000 600 Of them to fill a
single cubic inch, and 1SG,OOO0OO to
the naked eye would just look like a
speck Of dust and weigh only grain.
They multiply so fast that within for
ty-eight hours one may become 5000
600 and its offspring fill two cubic feet
in four days. AS they die they sink to
the bottom, falling in constant show
err In the course Of ages they fill up
harbors, the deposits formed of them
being many miles in extent and hun
dreds Of feet in thickness. The deep
est deposit known is that on which the
city of Berlin stands. which is eighty
four feet thick. At St. Petersburg
there is a deposit of thirty feet, and ut
Richmond, Va, is one Of eighteen feet.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26

Among the worlds queerest books Is
"Pharamond; or, The History of France
A Fam'd Romance, in Twelve Parts
1t WAS written originally by the au-
thor of 'Cassandra and Cleopatra I"
and it was "Englished" by ]. Phillips,
Gent, and published in London in folio
in 1917. "Pharamond" runs to 1,173
closely printed folio pages, which con-
tain in all some 1913, 205 words. That
is to say, it equals in length ten mod
ern novels of about 100000 words
apiece. Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia
works out. interspersed poetry and all,
at some 100000 words, or four modern
novels.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
The Cool Man.

The superiority of those men who
keep their tempers in public bodies is
SO apparent that GOODNESS should be
one of the first virtues to be cultivated
there. The discreet member will re-
gard public life of this kind as a
school for such purpose. There are
trials for nervous or impulsive men
often in these positions, but a part of
their tactics must be to resist them If
they are to have hope of success. Moth
ing can be clearer than that it is for
their interest to do so. The debater
who keeps cool is sure to have his op-
ponent at disadvantage. The cool
man is usually a master Of sarcasm,
which Is an effective weapon in an
noying an adversary. but n dangerous
one also, because there is always the
temptation to carry it too far. The
men who have the widest influence
are the good natured men, whose words
leave no sting behind them.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26

made, and for long distances with
weak bows very considerable eleva-
tlon-thnt Is, the bow must be raised
above the point aimed ut. The arrow
Sshhot be shot straight Mt an object
because 1t will, of course, be subject
to the earth's attraction, and IL shot
straight at mark will fall below 1t,
ana 1t therefore requires practice to
manage the elevation properly. and
much VIII depend on the exact strength
or the bow and the distance of the shot.
The lateral direction-that is, the side
TO which the bow should be directed
depends greatly on the wind. If there
Is any, as the arrow Is materially af-
fected by the wind. Should it blow
from the right hand the bow must in
cline toward it; to the left, If from the
left.
The distance to which an arrow can
be shot from Il long bow, with an ele
Walton of 40 degrees, depends ON the
strength and ability Of the archer.
The distance used to be reckoned from
go to 24O yards. The Turks have al
ways been celebrated for shooting to
long distances, and the secretary to the
Turkish ambassador in London shot,
In 1904, distance of 415 yards. He
used Il Turkish bow and arrow and
shot against the wind. With the wind,
the distance measured 4S2 yards. The
eyes should not be fixed on the arrow,
but ut the mark. Keep both eyes open
and look steadily forward. and raise
or lower the bow in the proper direc-
ton. The targets are fixed opposite
each other at about sixty yards apart.
The arrows are shot first to one tar
get, when the archers pick up or eX
tract the arrows, and the marker
scores for each before drawing from
the target after which the archers
shoot back again to the other end, and
SO on until the whole number of ends
have been shot. Butts are also used to
shoot ut, being built of long mounds
of turf about eight feet long and five
wide. height of seven feet, the depth
diminishing gradually from the bot
tom to the top.
When more than two are used, they
are ranged in sets, each set consist
ing of four about thirty yards apart,
and forming chain Of lengths Of
80, 60, 90 and 100 yards, but so dis
posed as not to stand in the way of the
archers when shooting at any of the
lengths.
Where archers rove from place to
place and have no fixed target, 1t is
called "rovings." The archers shoot
at trees or any other object that they
choose. The winner of the first
shot chooses the next, and SO on.
the distance being from 100 to 200
yards, and all arrows falling with
in five bows length scoring, If near
er to the mark than the adver-
sary's arrow. The dress Worn ut arch
cry meetings is very pretty and be-
coming For ladies, green jackets and
hats, with three plumed feathers, and
for gentlemen. dark green, with green
hat and feather, but this entirely de-
ponds upon the taste and inclination
Of the clubs.-New York Herald.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
An Awe Inspiring Spectacle.

OF the overpowering magniticence OF
the suns corona as seen in total
eclipse some idea may be gathered
when it Is considered that even matter
of fact scientists are stricken speech
less with awe in its presence. Sir Fran
els Cation was once assigned to meas
ure the heat Of that strange halo. He
recounts that he experienced feeling
of supreme eXultation when he discov-
cred that his instrument was broken
and that he would be permitted few
moments in which to revel in the re-
markable spectacle. So carried away
was he by the glory of the panorama
that he even forgot to note down the
beginning of the first contact.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26

The greatest of the Mogul emperors
of India was Akbar, born Oct. IL, 1142.
He began to reign when he was but
twelve years old and over three prov
inces only. but he extended his empire
over nearly the whole OF India. HIS
wisdom and justice earned for him the
title "Guarlan of Mankind" His court
Mt Agra WAS magnificent. Akbar's real
name was Jelnl-ed- Dean. but when he
reached the height Of his power he be-
came known by the shorter name, which
means very great or greatest. ana Ill
English he was called the great mogul
He is said to have kept 5000 elephants.
1900 choice horses and 1.UsO hunting
leopards. Akbar died in 1905, was
buried in magnificent mausoleum
near Agra and was succeeded py DIS
son.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
nodoln and Rain,

The Servian peasants have curious
old ceremony of invoking rain which
they carry out during dry weather.
The women of the village dress girl
in leaves and grass from head to foot
and lead her from house to house. AT
each door the occupant pours bucket
full of water over her head, while her
companions, who are mostly girls OF
her own age, chant prayers for the
wished for showers. Invisible clouds
of rain are believed by the peasants to
follow the girl, whom they name do
dola." and to refresh the fields and
vineyards.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26

The second toe should be longer than
the others to denote an artistic temper
ament. Here sentimentalism dwells
and romance and imagination. If the
larger toe is strong and broad the in
clination toward realism will be check
ed by good amount of practical
sense. In the purely artistic foot the
little member of the five should curl
inward. Its arching upward denotes
Il passionate nature. The women Of
southern countries are noted for this
distinction.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
THE DOMESTIC HUSBAND.
One View of the Man Who Hauntu
His Own Home Circle,

The fOolishness of wives Is shown I'm
their warfare against the club, be it
good or bad and their indiscriminate
laudation of the domestic man. The
latter Is not apt to be an alluring per-
sonality. for, oscillating between down.
town ana home, his circle of interests
Is necessarily narrow, and he inevita-
bly, takes up with more or less petty
matters and becomes domestic mar
tinet or tame cat. All the big civic
interests that engage the energies of
public spirited men in their leisure
from business he ignores, as he does
association with men identified with
other worthy interests. The petty Cos.
sip Of the home and the evening paper
constitute the typical domestic mans
mental sustenance In his moments Of
relaxation from the grind of money
making, and apart from merely hav-
ing him within reach it is hard to un-
derstand what pleasure the wife can
take In this variety of husband, for he
apparently feels under no obligation to
make himself agreeable. 1t is not he
VINO makes the meal cheerful by SET
ting the conversational pace In the d.
rection Of amusing stories or interest
ing information, his usual contribution
being fussy comment on some trivial
domestic incident. More often he eats
in silence and departs in the shortest
time possible for the most desirable
chair in the living room, there to re-
main for the remainder Of his evening.
Such a man, however good provider
he may be for his family, is Il social
vegetable merely, in whom no woman
Is justified in taking pride at this day,
when the need in public affairs is for
citizens who bear their share of the
burdens peculiar to our nation and
times.-Nogue.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
Ii Paxa to Advertise.

An Oklahoma girl advertised for
husband and got him. The total ex-
pense for advertising, wedding outfit,
etc. was Sill. He died within year,
leaving her an insurance policy OF
$4,000 And yet some people claim
that 1t doesn't pay to advertise
Sparks (Okla.) Review.
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
IEdolent Ronsini.

Rossini was one of the most indolent
men that ever lived, yet he wrote op-
eras against time, us it We're. THE
Barber OF Seville" for instance, was
written and mounted in less than n
month, which fact gave rise to Doni-
zettis cogent witticism. Upon being
told that Rossini had finished his opera
in thirteen days Donizetti replied: ut
is very possible. He is so lazyw
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26
The care. Of . Home.

Dear me-" said young Mrs. Hunni-
mune. II must see our grocer right
away"
What forY asked her husband.
IT have some instructions to give
him. l want to tell him to make our
coffee a little stronger and our butter a
little weaker
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26

"Papaw little Johnny began.
Nov what do you want?' asked his
suffering father. with the emphasis on
the now"
"Will my hair fall of when it's ripe.
like yoursr'
The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1905-10-26

In Samuel Pepys' period a bill was
brought into parliament ito restrain
the excessive and superfuous use Of
coaches."-L1ondon Outlook.