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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15
sidewalk peneilinas
Postal Sayfnan RnnIx.

Our government may never adopt the postal savings bank scheme which has been so often agitated," said To- cal official of the United States, but make savings bank out of the pos tai service just the same.
 This may be news to business men and those people who nave solved the problem of saving money without re- less class of men and women use the mails to save their money. This is the scheme: The travelling man, we will say, who Is free with Bis money and does not know how to practice he gets his salary check; He will have the order made payable to him self at his home town. He does not mail himself a letter but keeps the duplicate order. He repeats this per- formance every. month and when he sum accumulated in the postoffice which he draws and deposits in a bank.
 This Is favorite method of actors, particularly poorly paid repertoire &C., tors. They travel all season and are far, from home They send five or ten office and at the end of the season they go back home and find more money than they could have possibly saved with their impecunious habits while travelling about the country engage in the savings bank business as other countries have done and thereby aid the vast majority of its poorer citizens. cannot understand. The various bills for this purpose have 1t is for the same reason that the pos tai service will carry a small package but when 1t grows larger 1t must be handled by the express companies"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

Under the laws of Alabama, for ex- ample. man might receive like sem tence for stealing property valued at five dollars, if the larceny occurred un- der certain circumstances. Bigeiow really, stole hundreds of thousands of dollars. and gets off with the same pen alty that might be imposed on a poor man for stealing a pair of boots. Does the punishment fit the crime in each case?N,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

D. a Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly s"orh' eays: .... The foregoing statement of The Aaver- tiser's circulation for the month or Apfh. 1905, is true and correct and compiled aftes all returns from news boys. news agents anu feft-oyer copies have peen deducted.
 E. S. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this
 D. W. JACKSON, fseaIl Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15
Montgomery. June l4th, 1905.
cnnhition of MobIle street.

Editor The Advertiser:
 stSaet So9i1 attiScisls to take a look at Mo bile Street. near Five Points, If so you should suggest they take the health officer or the fumigating plant "'''' SmelIer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

We can't say how he knows so much about 1t. but Flammarion says that Mars has particularly pleasant cli- mate. After a while. perhaps, they will get 1t fitted up as a summer re- sort. provided they can get cheap rates. There may be some hitch in transpor- tation facilities. but that Is merely a detail
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

Milwaukee is after the grafters. the papers tell us. which statement has a familiar sound. Many cities get after them, but fail to catch any.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

It is discouraging to find a prominent London magazine declaring that 1t doesn't know who James whitcombe Riley Is. What's- fame good for, any how?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

Speaking of Banker Bigelow's sen- tence of ten years in the penitentiary, The New York Commercial observes that the punishment fits the crime" but we don't know so well about 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

Ancient witchery was believed in by only a few, but the true merit of De- Wits Witch Hazel Salve is known by everyone who has used it for boilAs sores. letter, eczema and piles
 tu-thu-sat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15
The Rnrefooted Boys.

Are we going to lose the barefooted boyT asked an aged citizen as his eyes surveyed a spick and span youth, about ten years old, hls feet encased in natty patent feathers.
 Tt seems to me that with each re- turning summer I observe fewer and fewer barefooted boys and I'm sorry for it. In my time boys went bare footed until they were fifteen and six teen years old. Even ten years ago a would have scorned shoes and stock ings in June but they're wearing shoes now.
 stone bruises were fashionable in the olden days and foot races were in vogue. Now It's silk stockings and patent feathers for the youngsters.
 "Ah me, how times do change. l be- lieve they would be healthier if their parents would turn them out with bare faat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

If Roosevelt can't get Russia and Japan to make peace, perhaps he may be persuaded to act as umpire when the game opens again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

That famous Professor Triggs says Chicago is the saddest scity on earth. Perhaps that is because he left 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

It seems strange to read the newspa- pers day after day and find no men, ton of Addieks. Can 1t be possible that he has exploded for good9
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15
yACATroN TIME.

If you expect to take a vacation during tho ssammer, don't forget to have The Ad. vertisEr mailed to you Your address VIII be changed as often as you like. The reSe fs IS cents per week or 65 cents per months all orders to be paid for in advance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

for more than a week. Captain Taylor looks much improved and says ne reels he has lost some strength by his ill., ness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15
FOur Women Murderers.

-Four women murderers in different sections of this country are lylng Tn jails awaiting the death penalty, said a man who reads ,newspaperS Courts of Pennsylvania, Vermant, New Jersey and Missouri have esntenced women to die and each of them will go to the cases all hope of interference seems to have passed. It\is somewhat singular, too. that each Of these women Killed
 T am unalterably opposed io the death penalty for women and yet be- 1ieve the women of the country by advocating the so-called New Woman, is generally destroying that symapthy and consideration which every good man feels for womanhood in US times of weakness.
 ing of a woman but when the advanced thinkers of the fair sex demand Wo- mans suffrage, insist that she shall sit upon juries. plead causes and take place by the side of men In every walk of life, I am not quite so sure that the time will not come when wo- men will have the same anu exact treatment at the hands of jurors when on trial for crimes as Is Iueted out to men"
 Mr. Justice Haralson of the Alabam Supreme Court who has been III on to return to Montgomery the latter part of this week. Ills condition is reported to be very puch improved,
 Little change was noted yesterday in the condition of MT. T. R. Hicks who was run down by a horse and buggy on Mobile road Monday night. He is still suffering great pain and will be confined to his home, 27 Mobile road, several weeks
 Capt. shepherd Roberts who has been III of fever two weeks is convalescing and on the road to complete recovery. He is at his home. II West Jefferson Davis Avenue.
 Captain w. H. Taylor of the Mont gomery Police Department has re- turned from Mobile where he spent q week in recuperation after a spell of sickness that confined him to his home
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

President c. c. Thach of the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute was in Montgomery a short while last night returning to Auburn from trip to Union Springs. He spoke with en- thusiasm of the successful year of tho institute just closed and feels very hopeful of the next year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

Capt. shepherd Roberts who has been III of fever two weeks is convalescing and on the road to complete recovery. He is at his home. II West Jefferson Davis Avenue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

Captain w. H. Taylor of the Mont gomery Police Department has re- turned from Mobile where he spent a week in recuperation after a spell of sickness that confined him to his home
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15
NEARLY I5.OOO SUNDAY.

NEARLY I7,0O0 SUNDAY. It win be observed, by comparison witn the statement of previous months that tns circulation Of The Advertiser ts making vesy y substantial gains day by day. The s9n9SSs eSs Daily circulation is in excess of II, 500.
 WATCH IT GROWl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-15

Hon. Louis H. Reynolds, Probate Judge of Chiffon County, who has been in Montgomery two days, will return to Clanton this morning.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16

and tasteless in my mouth. was over
excited. | was conscious. however. that
Mr.. Montgomery had again scanned Ae
with the same scrutinizing gaze that had
made me so Uncomfortable the first
morning | met him. | had scarcely seen
him or Josiah since. | was usually out
before they We're up in the morning. and
in bed before they returned from the
theater al night They were unusually
early that evening, and | was unusual
ly late.
you can write a round. plain hand,
can't you. Mr.. Carstonf" at length said
Mr.. Montgomery. Then you're just
the man | want. | can give you some
copying TO do. The pay is small. but
little. perhaps. may be better than
nothing. until you get something more
profitable TO do"
need not say how eagerly l jumped
at the unexpected offer The nature %
the work was TO copy some parts from
manuscript drama.
| went 10 bed that night with a light
heart. l should rise the next morning
10 earn my first money. She was the
good angel OF my destiny: she had saved
my life, and hope had al last dawned
and her image followed me throughout
the night. Eagerly did | await the ris-
ing OF Mr.. Montgomery next morning.
He takes great interest in you"
said Martha. Hes always asking me
IL you've got anything TO do yet. or any
prospect. and he drops in other sly ques-
tons now and then. Mr.. Fitzwalton
seems TO have told him all he knows"
Ii was IL o'clock before | sat down
TO my work. | soon understood what l |
had TO do, and set about il with hearty |
good will
There, didn't tell you. Master Silas. |
that when things come to the worst i
they're sure TO mend?' cried Martha.
You did" | said. pressing her hand. |
Il was a heather TO doubt it,"
She little knew how fatal that doubt
had like TO have become. When Josiah
and Mr.. Montgomery returned at night
my task was completed.
Go be continued.)
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16

When TO exercise Is an important
consideration IL the morning only IL
available. the exercise should be light
Particularly Is this the case II one Is
engaged In any work. The supply OF
energy must not be drawn from AZ the
beginning OF the day. The afternoon
Is perhaps the best time for exercise.
when one has gained strength from
the absorption of the morning aud
noon meals Those who exercise Wig
orously nj night should eat mid
day dinner. Exercise should always
precede bathing. and not. as a rule. fol.
low II. In this respect the ancient
Greeks showed great wisdom. Exer-
else and bathing they called the two
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16

as the great steam excavator shown In
the Illustration performs In eight
hours The burning sun or rain In tor
rents has no terrors for this mammoth
earth-devouring monster. The scene
Is from photograph OF the construc-
ton work on the irrigation canal In
Colusa County. California. The arti-
fetal river thus created Is six miles
long. 100 feet wide. and IS feet to the
top Of its banks The Sacramento riv-
er furnishes the water which makes
fertile $4,000 acres Of fruit ranches.
The excavstor travels on Its own
railway tracks on each side OF the
canal, and as the work proceeds the
track II taken up and relaid ahead
Of the machine.
The steel buckets. which have sharp,
cutting edges. move constantly by
means Of endless chains. and empty
their load OF earth first on one side,
then on the other. Wide endless belts
carried on rollers carry the earth to
the sides OF the ditch.
All these movements Of the machine
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16
One Hundred Years Ago.

Letters OF marque aud reprisal were
issued by Great Britain against Spain.
Mr.. Livingston. American minister 10
France. left Paris for Rome ON busi-
ness OF state.
The tailors OF New York City form
ed the first organization In that city
having the character OF tradeu MON.
The dock yards at Cronstadt and
itiyel were doing rush work and =
formidable fleet was nearly ready.
A desperate struggle took place az
Antwerp between spanish and Ameri-
can sailors. the former installing the
Americans for English.
Austria. Prussia and Russia were ne
gotiatins for the peace OF continental
Europe
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16
Seyeaty-Gse Year. AGO.

The State Of New York purchased
5,sTo acres OF land In the State from
the Oneida Indians. who were 10 move
farther west.
The baltimore and Ohio railroad
was completed almost 10 Ellieot City.
Nd. and pleasure parties made thu
trip every day.
The customs were consolidated In
Ireland.
The Presidents message reached
New Orleans In four days and halt.
the quickest trip then ever made be-
tween Washington. ID. O.. and the
Louisiana metropolis.
Queen Christine OF Portugal died.
aged 81.
Tho American minister 10 colombla
obtained indemnity for American trad
Ing vessels captured by the Colon
bians.
Rlotous demonstrations against labor
saving machinery occurred In tho south
of England.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16
COULD NOT SMOKE THEM 0uI.


An American naval officer who wa:
a student at the Naval Academy with
| Commodore Matsmulla OF the Japan
csc navy, recently wounded on the
bridge OF his ship. describes an ex
perience during their student days
when the young Japanese got the best
of hazing party. The New York Sun
prints the story:
A pluckier fellow than Matsmulla,
more level-headed chap | never met.
He was graduated in 1878. Part of the
time his friend Sartaro Ise, was In
the academy with him.
At the academy Mats" as he was
called. was very popular. and he was
n midshipman when hazing was at its
worst The Japs had never heard the
word haze, and had no conception OF
its meaning.
One night. hearing a good deal OF
noise in their room. went over. and
when | opened the door all could see
was a dense smoke out OF which came
several arms. | was jerked into the
room and the door closed. The laps
were being treated TO a smoker The
windows We're all closed. and even the
keyhole and crack under the door were
stuffed.
On the narrow mantelpiece stood the
future Japanese hero. Matsmulla. look
ing like one OF his old-fashloned idols.
but as smiling as a basket OF chips.
4. f.x-s he no. al.
n song in Greek. OF the language he
knew but two words. Alpha and
Omega, and these he worked on so
cleverly and with such good nature
that he was lifted down.
Both the Japs took the medicine
In half an hour the air in the room
was unbearable. and even the hazers
began to weaken Two OF them found
it convenient to get out Then Mats
spoke up.
I'VE sorry you third-class men have !
enga cement" he said. I'VE like you
stay and smoke another pipe"
Not word was spoken. Most OF I
the third-class men were at that stage
when they did not dare to open their
/ don't know how long we could
nave stood 1t. confess that I did not
eel altogether happy myself when
Mats said:
ANY third-class gentleman like an
ther pipe? There are plenty"
The mere suggestion drove one OF
he hazers out. Then one Of them cried
ut that the officer OF the day was
oming. and they all tossed their pipes
lto the chimney-place and ran.
1t was a subterfuge to enable them
D get out. Mats had smoked them
ut. ''ThIrd-class men not smoke
luch," he said. with laugh. as they
What clinched his popularity was
nat when the officer of the day did
,me along Mats room was still full
Z smoke. and Matsmulla took all the
anne for the violation Of the rule
yainst smoking, and did not give the
lzers away.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16

The Victoria bridge across the 81
Lawrence river was carrlci away By
tho pressure OF Ice.
All liquor shops In New York we're
closed by order OF the Mayor.
Soldiers and Indians % the war Of
1872 assembled In Washington. ID. c..
10 got Congress TO give 10 each a grani
OF land OF $50 acres.
A commercial convention from the
southern and southwestern STATES 40
ssmblcd at New Orleans
Railroad riots In Erie. Pa. were 70
'newed. the tracks IN the city torn up.
and the bridges demolished.
Great numbers % unemployed WORK.
men In New York were meeting cvrry
day. marching through the streets
carrying banners. on which wcrr such
notices as I'VE want work; NO must
have IT,
Tho Governor General Of canada 10
sued an order restoring tho Officer. who
took part against the government 10
tn. patriot war to their former placeA
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16
Twenty Years 400.

Grover Cleveland. President-eIect. 70
signed ms Governor OF New York.
The press OF London declared that a
formal declaration OF war by Franco
against China was imminent.
The leading newspapers OF England
we're demanding change in the Glad.
stone ministry because OF foreign poll.
cies
Reports from Madrid placed the cas-.
ualties OF the recent earthquakes in
Spain Mt 400 killed. 300 wounded and
1900 homeless.
The Gladstone fnmliy was given
prominence In the English press by tho
announcement OF the premler's GOWN.
lesccnce. Mrs. Gladstone's illness, and
the sons approaching marriage.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16
thirty Year. 400.

The trial OF the notion brought by
Theodore Tilton against Henry Ward
Beecher opened before Judge Nelson
In New York.
Emile Pcreirc. the famous Paris
banker. died.
The manner in which $4,000 OF thu
Pacific Mall subsidy had been distrtb-
uted, II was alleged by Richard u. Ir.
win. was disclosed to the congressional
investigating committee.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16
Forty Years Ago.

The Missouri convention passed an
Immediate emancipation ordinance.
Mass meetings were held In the
large cities Of the North TO send sup
piles TO Savannah.
Tho railroad bridge over the Mlssi.-
sippi river nj Clinton. Iowa. was com.
pleted. connecting central and western
Iowa with Chicago and the East.
The Chicago stock exchange wa. or
gained with ]. c. Hilton ns president
The report on incomes In the first
District Of Illinois showed that Potter
Palmer. John V. FarwelI and Peter
schuettlcr were the only persons In
Chicago whose annual income exceeded
10000.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16
CHAPTER XII.

1t was about 6 O'Clock on a fine bright
evening. at the latter end of September:
] had been walking the streets since
10 that morning. making a last effort to
obtain employment | might as well
have asked those / applied to for their
purses. Where had | been last? To
whom could / refer for a character?
had never worked before-I knew no one
who could give me a character Their
manner changed; they looked upon me
as a suspicious individual. and | could
perceive that watchful eyes followed me
until | was clear of the premises. / had
made up my mind that | would return
to Martha's no more. | could no longer
endure being a burden upon n stranger
/ dragged my weary limbs along a
road. meeting happy looking couples and
well-dressed people Mt every step. but
no one like myself 1t seemed as though
all the misery had been swept off the
face of the earth, and / alone had been
forgotten. | passed first bridge, and
second. just beyond a portion OF the
boarding that separates a park from the
banks OF a canal was broken away.
Upon that spot | threw myself down and
gazed upon the dark, sluggish waters.
| began to picture in my mind the
finding OF my body the next morning;
how It would be dragged out OF the
water by hooks; how they would search |
1t for papers, or other means Of identii- |
cation. The tears were streaming down |
my face. and. unconsciously, | was sob |
bling aloud. Suddenly / was startled by |
4 light touch upon my shoulder. and |
soft, woman's voice sounding in my ears. |
what is the matter-are you ill?' It |
said.
l turned round and half rose from my |
PROSTATE position. The sun had set. and |
gray shadows were yelling the daylight;
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16
Conquest q u: Great
American Desert
Par aud TO the Point.


Mr.. Paul Thieman. whoever he may
a Denver paper which Is pat and to the
point. We herewith produce the first
few paragraphs OF his article;
When one beholds the complaeent
failure TO comprehend the nature and
condition OF Far Western irrigation. II
is maddening. l have seen one man.
who is thoroughly posted. almost break
into Wild tears OF rage over the ever
recurring evidences that the people at
large. the people right here, the ma
tional government. the State govern
ments. do not appreciate national lrri-
CATION. and that the public informa-
ton and the individual knowledge OF
the subject at this time are strangely
dense. The public Is fed constantly
with lovely articles about the grand
national irrigation works under way,
while the fact Is that all the great
values mentioned concerning reclama-
ton OF the arid region are the result OF
private Initiative and enterprise and
capital.
Few people understand that the ma
tional irrigation fund is nothing but a
bulk ofcapital which may be advanced
10 build reservoirs and bitches. upon a
guarantee that the owners OF the lands
TO be irrigated viii repay the cost TO
the fund The national fund Is not TO
be depleted. but must be replenished
by the payment back OF the cost OF the
work. as assessed by the government
engineers. and IL signatures to such
pledges can't be secured. the works
proposed will not be built
Knowing that all government work
costs vastly more than II done by prl-
vate capital and the United States
failing to guarantee the limit Of the
cost, lots of landowners won't sign.
and there you are. Meantime the gov
eminent officials knock private enter
prises and warn the people against
them, when. as the situation stands.
L Is only private enterprise. In pro
noting irrigation district bonds. In Col
'rado, at least that Is really doing any.
hing.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16
Discover a Mater suppiy.

Residents OF the Pecos valley In New
Mexico are excited by the discovery
that underlying more than 100000
acres OF desert land is apparently an
inexhaustible supply OF water. The
fame OF the region has spread through
out the country. and even TO portions
OF Europe. The water gushes from
the ground wherever borings are made
and pours over a thirsty land. trans
forming II into garden OF almost re
markable fertility.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16
They stand Pat.

Anyway" said the Philadelphia
man. "our ball players are no cow
ards"
"Oh. they're not. ehY sneered the
rude New Yorker.
mo. sir" replied the Quaker. lyon
can't make 'em run"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16
Her Mi-sinn.

Mrs. Homer suppose your daugh.
ter Is attending cooking school so she
will be able to do her own cooking
after her marriage?
Mrs. Uppson-Oh. my. mol She Is
going to write a cook book.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16

Pittsburg. where General Alexander
Hays was born, proposes to erect a
monument to her hero on the spot
where he fell in the Wilderness.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16
Wa. III. Own Dentist

An old resident Of Parkhurst. Ne. OF
the Spartan type. recently had some
teeth that panied him. He does no,
believe In doctors or dentists. 80 he
made hook out OF an old pail hail
and extrn cted the two teeth himself.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16

pillars Of strength. Exercise was Her.
cules and bathing Apollo. Both wcr.
regarded with equal Importance. and
neither was complete without the
other.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-16

Tess-Mr. saphend gave you cam
era for your birthday. didn't her
Jess-Yes. and we took II with US
on our stroll through the country yes
terday. oh. what do you Think He
proposed TO me-sctually Topped down