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warned not to return. Last session
and at the beginning of this congress
the police adopted new policy and
sent the offenders to the police court,
where they Gre usually convicted and
given sentences of 60 days at the work
house.
*'There are no more warnings given"
said Capt Megrew. 1--WE have found
they are not as effective as term in
the chain gang and GO days of labor
with pick and shovel. Word has been
passed around among the grating fra
ternity Of our Intention in this mat
ter, and that is why we have not had
a single complaint or arrest since the
holidays
1t is easily recalled that few years
ago the capitol building and grounds
were infested with every. type of the
beggar fraternity from the "give me a
penny" small fry to the hardened
CRATER who would request the loan OF
a ten spot; just to tide me over, you
know, until get remittance from
home" Another type were the men,
women, and sometimes boys, who want
ed their representatives or senators to
loan them enough money to return to
their homes. The late Judge English,
the author of ben Bolt" when in con-
gress had way Of meeting this class
by telling them he would wire to their
folks at home to ascertain the truth of
their story and for them to come
around few hours later, and he would
loan them the money. The "strikers,"
1t is needless to say, never returned.
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DOCTOR CURED OF ECZEMA.
Maryland Physician Cures HIMSELF
DR.. Fisher Says: "Cuticura Rem
edies Possess True Merit"

-, MY face was afflicted with eczema in
the year 1897. I used the Cuticura Rene
dies, and was entirely cured. 1 am prac-
tlclng physician, and very often prescribe
Cuticura Resolvent and Cuticura Soap in
cases of eczema, and they have cured
where other formulas have failed.
am not in the habit of endorsing patent
medicines, but when I find remedies pos
ssessing. true merit, such as the Cuticura
Remedies do, am broad-minded enough
have been practicing medicine for sixteen
years, and must say find your Remedies
a No. l. You are at liberty to publish
this letter. G. NJ. Fisher, M. D., Big
Pool, Nd, May "a, 1906"
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away above the average. During for
mer Speaker Henderson's administra-
ton it was the customary thing after
the adjournment of session or CT
congress for the members to linger in
the hall while the songsters of their
number rendered popular airs and pa
triotic hymns. Henderson himself was
quite leader in these demonstrations,
and since he went out of Office: the
practice has fallen into innocuous
desuetude.
The three "Jims'' in the house-Jim
Watson, Jim Tawney and Jim Sher-
man-are noted for their melo1ious
voices. Sherman is a fairly good
tenor; Tawney is light barytone and
Watson deep barytone. Then there.
is Charlie Lands, who sings a first
tenor, and Col. Morrell, of Philadel-
phia, who has a very pleasing voice,
besides dozen others who can do good
chorus work. Hal" Cooper, of Wis
consin, is the most finished musician
in the house. His favorite instrument
is the piano, and it is a treat to hear
him perform on frst-class instru-
ment, improvising music of his own.
Representative Longworth, of Ohio,
now famous as the fiance of Miss Alice
Roosevelt, is also a singer and plays
we'll on the piano. He prefers comic
and character songs and can entertain
whole company by rendering dialect
and vaudeville airs to his own accom-
paniment upon the piano.
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Jects 1t Is difficult to get the vener-
able senator to make an absolute; un-
qualified declaration. His caution has
become a joke which he appreciates
as much as anyone else. Just before
the holiday recess the senator was
twitted with his reputation for safe
guarding statement of fact. In urg-
ing action on measure he declared
''the Christmas holidays are COM
ing"
Senator Spooner, who was sitting at
Mr.. Allison's elbow, remarked sotto
voce: ''That is very positive state
ment for you to make The rosy
checked old senator from Iowa gasped,
smiled, stammered little and pulled
himself together and resumed:
"Well, ah, that fs-we: may assume
that the holidays are about to come.
We have not received the usual holi-
day resolution for adjournment yet,
but think I may safely assume that
the Christmas holidays are approach
ing" The clever way in which Mr.. AL
lison saved his reputation for conserv-
at1sm created roar of laughter in the
senate.
1t is related of Mr.. Allison that one
time a friend was determined to get an
unequivocal expression of opinion from
him. They were passing farm in
Iowa at the time, and observed flock
Of sheep that had been lately clipped
of its wool. "Those sheep have been
sheared, haye they not?" asked the
friend. Judging from their appear
ance on the side next to us, I should
say they have" replied the senator,
who was too cautious to assert that the
sheep had been sheared all over g.
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Popular Line to the East.

The. splcndid passenger service of the
Nickel Plate Road, the care and atten-
tion shown. passengers have made it a
favorite with the inexperienced as well as
those accustomed to travel. Every feature
necessary to the comfort and convenience
OF the passengers, especially ladies' travel
provided. Colored Porters in Uniform are
in attendance to serve the wants of all
and to see that cars are kept scrupulous-
ly clean. Pullman Sleepers on all trains,
and an excellent Dining service, serving
Individual Club meals or la Carte at
moderate cost. When travelling East pur-
chase your. tickets via the Nickel Plate
Road. All trains depart from the La
formation regarding tickets, rates, routes,
sleeping car reservat ations, ETC., call on or
address J. y. Callahan, General Agent,
No. Ill Adams St., Chicago, Ill.
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Packing Plants.

EmplOyeSs
The total number of persons EN-.
ployed in all the Swift packing plants
and branch houses aggregate over
$4,000 persons. Conditions for en-
ployes in the various manufacturing
and operating departments is continu-
ally improving with the construction
of new buildings and the installation
of new and up-to-date equipment.
Sanitation and Hygiene.
The housewife makes no greater ef-
fort to keep her kitchen clean than we
do to keep in sanitary and hygienic
condition our abattoirs. They are
thoroughly scrubbed at the close of
each days operations, and automatic
appliances are used wherever possible
in order to eliminate the personal han
ding of meats. Rigid rules governing
these points are strictly enforced; lax
ity means dismissal.
Visitors Always Welcome.
No other industry in the world gives
such cordial welcome to visitors as
Swift & Co. We keep open house the
year around, and maintain a corps of
specially trained guides, with special
elevators and rest rooms. In one year
we have entertained over quarter OF
a million of men and women; in one
day-Grand Army Day, 1901-we en-
tertained $4,000. Among our visitors
have been ambassadors from foreign
governments, princes, noblemen and
distinguished citizens from all lands
and eminent folks from every State in
the Union. We wish to familiarize the
public with our methods, and the best
way to do that is to let the public sec
for itself. We have no secret proc
esses or methods in any department.
Swift's Premium Hams and Bacon.
Swift's Premium Hams and Bacon
are more widely and favorably known
than any other brand. Their popular
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looking after the interests of his con-
stftuents, however, that he is most
tireless. He knows nearly every man,
woman and child in Minnesota, and
none of them hesitates to write to him
for any sort of Information or assist
ance. my people back home are as
we'll informed and up-to-date as people
anywhere" said the senator the other
day, "but some of them now and then
give me bad jolt" The senator then
showed a colleague a letter which he
had just received from a Norwegian at
Sleepy Eye The letter: read
when. you go to the capitol: the
next time please go in the pension
Office and get my pension increase
pushed through, and then see if the
fish commission will give us some
trout seed up here. Some time see
the postmaster general and have Nils
Swenson made postmaster at Koday,
and if you see him tell Secretary Will
son we all up here want plenty new
cabbage next spring. Same time go in
attorney generals Office and poke up
Moody to get Halvor Halvors out :of
Jail for selling whisky to-: Indians
That's all now. Thanking you for past
favors, yours. etc.
THAT letter. said Mr.. Nelson, ''is a
sample Of many have received in my
service in congress. Lots Of folks
think the whole government is under
one roof and that I have ORGY to &c
from one room to another~to attend to
their business and do their errands."
At the same time there are not many
of these ..errands'' that the. senator
neglects to attend to. His: great
strength with the people of his state
is in paying attention to all sorts of
requests, and scattered throughout
Minnesota there are probably more
autograph letters Of Senator Nelson
treasured up as souvenirs in the hum.
BILE homes than of any other public
man. He personally replies to every
..5=
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of being a humorist, but all the same
he is a most inveterate practical joker.
For some time past he has been
"stringing'' a young member of the
senate whose political ambitions are
only bounded by the presidency of the
United States. He has told this sena-
tor that the success of young man
lies in making plans for the future and
sticking to them. 'Now, you have a
brilliant political FUTURE" said Mr..
Crane, the other day, "and you ought
to make definite plan. You ought to
be president some day, but I would ad-
wise you to fix on 1920 as the year to
seek the nomination.
Then the senator advised the appli-
cant to see another man in the senate
and to get the latter's inuence 'sYour
success depends upon keeping quiet"
said Mr.. Crane, $50 you want to see
this other man by himself and talk to
him confidentially." Then Mr.. Crane
went to the other man and told him
that Senator So-and-So wanted to talk
with him on certain subject. HE
Crane, $50 do not allow him to see you
alone"
Since that time the senator with
presidential aspirations has been pur-
suing the other senator who may do
him some good, and the latter has been
avoiding him as much as possible.
When he sees the ambitious one COM
ing towards him, he always manages
to get alongside another senator, so
that the conversation cannot be pri-
vate or confidential. The antics of
these two senators has afforded Mr..
Crane and few of his friends who
are in the secret intense enjoyment.
Mr.. Crane is liable to carry this joke
along for months and so successful is
he in working his victims that the joke
is never suspected.
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ity is due to the uniform quality Ana
flavor of the meat, and to their fine
appearance when received from the
DEALER Each piece is branded on the
rind, "Swift's Premium U. S. Inspect
3D." and wrapped in cheesecloth &ld
white parchment paper.
Look for the brand, "Swift's Prem
ium," when buying hams and bacon.
Swift's Silver Leaf Lard
Is a strictly pure lard, kettle rem
dered, and put up in 3, 5 and 10-pound
sealed pals. 1t is Americas Standard
Lard, and enjoys a high reputation
and an enormous sale.
Swift's Soaps.
An interesting feature Of a trip
through the Chicago plant is visit to
the soap factory, one of the largest
and most complete in this country.
There we manufacture numerous toilet
and laundry soaps, and washing pow
ders.
Among which are:
Wool Soap, widely and favorably
known; for toilet and bath, and wash
ing fine fabrics.
Crown Princess Toilet Soap, highly
perfumed.
Swift's Pride Soap, for laundry and
household use.
.Swift's Pride Washing Powder, un-
surpassed for all cleaning purposes.
Swift's Specialties.
Swift's Premium Ham
Swifts Premium Bacon
Swift's Premium Sliced Bacon.
Swift's Premium Lard r..
Swift's Winchester Ham
Swift's Winchester Bacon
Brookfield Farm Sausage
Swift's Silver Leaf Lard
! Jewel Lard Compound
Swift's Cotosuet
| Swift's Jersey Butterine
Swift's Beef Extract =:
swvrift's Beef Fluid
Swift,s- Premium Milk-Fed Chicken1
~ Il 49,.
Swift's Soaps.
Wool Soap
| Scented Toilet Soaps
! Swift's Pride Soap
| swift's Pride: Washing Powder
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Musical. Congressmen.

HERE would be no
trouble in organiZ-
ing a 6rst-class
male chorus for
concert work or q
light opera among
the members of
the house and SEN
ate. There are
quite a number OF
we'll known con-
gressmen who pos
sess voices a n d
musical knowledge
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Senator Allison's Caution:

GNATOR ALL
SON, of Iowa, the
father of the SEN
ate and the most
respected man in
that body, has for
many years had
the reputation Of
being the m o S t
cautious and con-
servative man in
his public utter
ances in the SEN
ate. On most SUBJ
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Louis, St. Joseph, st. Paul and Fort
Worth. The same methods Of purchas-
Ing cattle, sheep and hogs prevail at
all cities. At Chicago, which is the
largest market, there are about two
hundred and fifty buyers, representing
packers, local slaughterers in various
cities, and exporters. OF this number,
less than a score are employed by
Swift & Company.
The farmer ships his live stock to
Chicago, consigns them to a commits
sion firm at the Union Stock Yards,
who sees that they are unloaded and
put In pens. Then the buyers inspect
them, make their offers to the commits
sion dealer, who accepts or rejects as
his judgment dictates. All buying must
be finished at 3 o'clock each day, and
the buyer must pay spot cash. If the
commission man has no satisfactory
offers, he can hold his stock over to
the next day. He gets his commission
from the farmer, and naturally strives
to get the highest possible price for
his client.
| Wholesale Distributing Houses.
A wholesale distributing house is a
giant refrigerator, but instead Of
shelves there are trolley rails, from
which are suspended hooks to hang
the carcasses. Some of the houses cost
as much as hundred thousand dol
lars to build and equip. AS a rule
they are of pressed brick, the insides
being lined-foor, walls and ceiling
with highly polished hardwood. The
floors are covered daily with fresh saw
dust and all are kept spotlessly clean.
There are over three hundred of these
wholesale houses in various cities OF
the United States, and the public is al
ways welcome to visit them.
Packing Plants.
| All the Swift & Company plants are
located at the great live stock markets,
in the heart of the great agricultural
sections, where can be purchased the
finest grades of cattle, sheep and hogs.
We have seven packing plants, employ.
ing at each from two to eight thousand
persons.
| The following gives the locations
and sizes of the different plants. g.
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The :'Panhandlers. -

HIS is a bad year
for ''panhandlers".
at the capitol.
There have been
fewer arrests by
the capitol police
OF men who en-
gage in 8 dy
transactions an
attempt to bunco
congressman out
of small sums of
money than there
h q We been for
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Got the Wrong Answer.

The sluggard having gone to the ant, pur-
suant to instructions, had returned and
was making his report.
"Watching the blamed things contin-
ually fussing over something or other, and
never stopping to rest," he said, made
me more tired than ever. r.'-Chicago Trib-
une.
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Got His.

"There is cnly one ordained missionary
in the world for 900, 900 heather, your ex-
cellency," said the cannibal chef.
'Well, I got mine," said the cannibal
chief, rubbing his lips.-Yonkers States
man.
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Between Friends.

First Comedian-Did you score a hit
with your new specially?
Second Comedian 1? Why, the au-
dience gazed with open-mouthed wonder
before l was half through.
"Wonderful! 1t is seldom that an en-
tire audience yawns at once. STRAY
Stories.
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Knute Nelson of Minnesota.

NE Of the busiest
and most pains
taking members of
the senate is Knute
Nelson, of Minne-
sofa. He all S
himself a farmer,
but there are few
lawyers in that
b ody who: give
great constitution
al questions any
closer study than
he does IT is in
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Washington 5 H NJ I: \. LETTER |. [:
MR.. CRANE THE UNsUsPECTED
JOKEsMITH OF THE SENATE.
CONSERVATIVE MEMBER
A New Manner Of Dealing with one
Glass Of Offenders s-wisconsin Man
Finished Musician Congress-
man Longworth a Singer.

ASHlNGTON. - If
one were looking
for the jokesmith
Of the senate, he
would hardly pick
out the solemn
looking w. Muir
ray Crane, of Mas
.sachusetts. That
qu i e t, serious,
businesslike g e n
tleman gives no
outward evidence
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many years. Capt. MegreW, chief Of
the capitol police, gave his detectives
and police explicit instructions to look
out for this class of frauds. { Hereto
fore when one of the fraternity was
discovered plying his trade, he was
simply elected from the building and
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Photographers must think that peo-
pie dress we'll, as a rule. They never see
anybody who isn't in his best clothes.-
Somerville Journal.
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A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. :,
Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles.
Druggists are authorized to refund money if
PAzoQ1NTMENT fails to cure 6to 14days. SOC
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:'"The man who promises to lay the world
at girls feet" remarked the Observer
of Events and Things, "after marriage
often finds it difficult to place ton Of
coal at her disposal."-Yonkers States
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Necessity or avariee gives most men an
object IN life, and enthusiasm some few
others, but there are still quite num-
Der Of qs who are being slowly bored to
death.-Puck.
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I am sure Fiso's Cure for Consumption
fayed s NS my lite thgse years 2g9:-Mrs; Ihos.
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It Cures While You walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
hot, sweating, callous,. and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by ali Druggists. Price 25c. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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Swift & Company, H.; :. ::
Year 1905 Sales.

Year 1905 Sales.
The total distributive sales for 1905
exceeded
This total is realized from the sale
Of fresh meats (beef, mutton -. and
pork, provisions, produce (poultry,
butter and eggs), soaps, CLUES, oils,
bones, fertilizers, feathers, castings,
hides, woods, pelts and other by-prod-
ucts derived from cattle, sheep, hogs
and poultry.
Margin of Profit.
The industry is operated on mar
gin Of less than cents to each dol
lar of sales. Swift & Co. do not sell
at retail. Their entire output is sold
at wholesale to many thousands of
dealers in various parts of the world.
There are hundreds of local slaughter
ers throughout the United States, who
buy their live stock in competition
with the packer doing an interstate
and international business. Likewise
the packer must sell in competition
with the local slaughterers. There are
no secret processes in the industry, no
complicated and expensive factories,
and as live stock can be purchased in
almost every hamlet and city, and the
preparation of meats is simple in the
extreme, local slaughtering will long
remain a factor in the production of
fresh meats and provisions.
Economic Advantaxes.
The large packing houses will, how.
ever, always have these advantages:
Locations at the chief live stock cen
ters, with the opportunity to buy the
best live stock; manufacturing in
large quantities, at the minimum o1
expense; utilization of all waste mate.
rial; refrigeration; mechanical appli.
ances; highly efficient business man.
agement. These advantages are re-
hected in the quality Of the packers
output, a quality that has reached its
highest development in the products
bearing the name and brand OF
Swift"
Purchasing Live Stock.
The principal live stock centers are
Chicag4 Kansas City, Omaha, St.
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PurchasinE Live Stock.

The principal live stock centers are
Kansas: City, Omaha, st.
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The total distributive sales for 100
exceeded
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07

trDon this scene, the Earl and his wife enter when the quarrel between Cars ton and Hawkins has reached It's clt- max They leave but not without rec- ognition and not without Diana, the Parts wife, being convinced of the iu- uocence of the man who saved her husband. Hawkins is killed later by Nat II-Riteh an Indian maiden, Who loves carston, and who later becomes his wife.
 IL Is later that the temptation comes 10 Carston to go back 10 England. The Earl has died At the home the utle position and the woman he loves await him. He puts away the temptauon. Then comes the struggle Tor ms p9y' and again he puts himself In the back ground But the parting is too much for the Indian wife. Bereaved or her child. she shoots herself, and the play is brought to a close, ieaving the ses quel to the imagination of the au-
 In the strong part of Csrston Faverr sham Is great. It is q role to which he is peculiarly adapted. Ip figure, manner and appearance he ills the, re quirements, and his talent is equal to the demands. strong, with the concep- tIon of the character which meets with that of the audience, he carries the part through. As the dashlng, care less, and carefree Englishman, and la ter as the man who sia tried under fire, it is all the same. EMyarkham makes the man is it was Intended the man was 10 be made. He iF aiways equal to any part, never above IT, and never falling
 iu his support the star is fortunate Few actresses have come to Mont romery In recent years that have lent more reality tO their roles than Mss Opp displayed in her presentation Of Diana last night Tn thh emotional DOT lions she was specially strong and tha parting scene ia the first act when Eiea
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07

believes the man she loves is snlitN and again when she hugs that mans son to her breast. Miss Opp was ef- fective 10 a degree.
 Hawkins of w .S. Hart was one of the strongest of the play. With sardon- ie grin ana humOr, with the daredeyl{ carriage and mockery Of the required ''bad man." his acting received nlnce applause. Another who came in for q large share o9 approximation was Thee- dore. Roberts, as TaDSwana, the Ute chief.
 Harold Russell. as Big Bill, CarstQn's foreman, and Emmett Shackleford, Ser tram Marburgh and Mitchell Lewis. whg played the roles of Shorty, Andy and GrOuehy, gave much of the Western atmosphere to the production. The work Of each was strong and worthy of deserYing comment As Little Hal. Carston'a son, little Evelyn Wrigh' proved herself an important factor in the play.
 Every seat in the Montgomery Thea ; tre was sold for the performance, and many were turned away after tho house had been nlied to it's capacity.
 Arthur Dunn in %The Little, JakeT,p will be the attraction aG the Montgom- cry Theatre tonight.