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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
DRIFTWOOD
BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG

Its one of the faults of mankind to never practice what we preach. Did you ever see a woman who would admit that her picture flattered her?
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 At any other time of the year Christ mas would seem just as inopportune.
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 A guilty conscious can only be- long to the wealthy. cooks.
 No mans opinion can be exactly cor rect if 1t differs from our own.
 < < < whats a record making speech. paw" asked the youngest son One that makes most of the pages in the Congressional Record. of course my son. rspiiea ssnasCr e t COrn0ON Echoes of Last Summer. why Is she so fond of bathingT ''Her father is q Baptist" i One More. Everybody works but Bon | He sits round all day
 Swearing that he will not L.. 4 Work in e 2 cafe g a 1 No Doubt.
 ''I see they are going to simplify the menus in New York cafes. "5Oi,ns to .S give IS us soup with out any
 % % g -.- Explained, q was just reading of that man who was fined S2.50 for beating his wife and S10 for beating his mule; that's an "oh, no. there's more of the mule to heat than there Is of the wife" If there is any Rough Rider who hasn't been appointed to something good will he pleased forward his name? & Se &
 An Indiania woman died while wait ing for street car, says an exchange We wouldn't be surprised at few deaths that way along some of our rail roads.
 are getting fewer. They've been doing that ever since cannabalism has been the style in savage lands. and others in factories; either kind can make things pretty hot when they ig- nite
 | Platonic love is no compliment to either of the parties. .. q" It's very hard for girl to chew wax and look intelligent; B & women drown their sorrows in tears. men drown theirs in drinK.
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 Every since the world began women have made the mistake of praisinR some other fellow before the one they're with.
 man never has the gout so badly that he can't kick about Ills meals.
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 Star Dust. We sat alone in the moonlight Under the silent trees. There was no sound in Nature. Not even a passing breeze. Up in the velvet heavens
 Pricked in the mighty scroll Twinkled the stars like opals
 From the Land of the Wandering
 Soul
 We sat, and sitting, wondered At each bright world above. If they held human passions :.. And beauty and life and love. Then our mortal brains grew weary For we could not understand. But felt her cool slim fingers Slip into my hand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08

these latter days hardly any kind of business is exclusive. The depart- ment stores where something of all merchandise can be found. have made a change in mercantile establishments. Many of them have a department de- voted to books and stationery. but as they also sell goods of all other kinds, the result is that real bookstores have largely departed from among us. Be- sides, 1t Is rare indeed that one can find a man who, like Joel White, has a genuine love for the business, and who delights in hunting up and exhibiting rare and valuable specimens of the book-ma ker's art. That Is not looked on as good business now, and 1t not popular. We are not likely ever again to see in Montgomery a "book-shop" like that of Joel White.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
What Win Teddy Do to Hint

Macon Telegraph.
 David Robinson. a negro man of Scranton, Pa., Is stated to be on the way to Washington fired with the ann bition to shine President Roosevelt's s shoes free of charge and while the President is wearing them. The dis patch which conveys this information says:
 'He bears with him letters of recom- mendation from Congressmen, Judges, County officials and prominent lawyers in this part of the State. and will strengthen his request for the favor by recalling to the President the fact that he served in the 9th Cavalry during the Snanish-American war, that he was in the thick of the charge up San Juan Hill and that during the affray he was assigned to hold the Presidents horse '"
 When that "nig's>shows up In Wash lngton Teddy Roosevelt will either have a case of "drv grins" or a ''cuss- ing" spell. It ought to be enough that Colonel Roosevelt was not on San Juan Hill in that charge. but for this 'coon" 10 come along alleging he held the horse of the Colonel of the Rough Riders when the charge was on is too much.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
Hercule. on the Iathmus

Teddy" upon his arrival, boarded the railroad coach and rid" across His "Ismus" Gas now speld), and waded out nine miles, into the Pacific Ocean, the man-eating sharks and numerous marine gup-chuks that he was game" On turning round to foot 1t back to shore he discovered school of whales real good kick into the. gang but was only partially successful. as his Rough Rider spur. which he happened at the time to have on, caught Tn three-acre bunch of seaweed and his effort landed only eleven full-grown whales ashore, including the big bull of the flock.
 On his way back on the train he jumped off near the Culebra cut. grab bed Il 0O0 workmen by the hand in exactly three-quarters of a minute, "D-e-i-i-g- h-t-e-d" for each man. Then, seizing one of the five-ton steam shovels, spit on his hands and began to dig toward the Atlantic Ocean. He feet into the bosom of Mother Earth at his first motion, and the Pan Ameri- can republics took 1t for another earth quake when the vibrations were felt. Within just 12 minutes and 17 seconds he had dug that "Ismus Canal" one mile and three quarters.
 While awaiting for his train to con vey him from the cut he held 'Ievee' with the workmen, which numbered some zoo, English spessESinnns Snns ,,Perrsssennss shirt-taii- op-consuming animated Chi nese pig-tails, the latter warmly greet ing him with "Hoopla, Teddy. him belly good Melican man" During this brief interval and in sxSsIy 4. Al .rst sseGnSa5S I,StS three of the coolie pigtails to do the white House washing up to the end oi the next Presidential term.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
sATURpAY. DECEMBER g. 1908.

They have a law up in Connecticut which prohibits a man having more than five dead cartridges in his pos session at one time, and The Hartford Times thus aliudes to some of the ;~ ~eerkings of the law:
 If a man goes off on shooting trip of three days, and gets eight par eats one every day. and so has but five 10 carry home, but If he prefers to eat them all at home, he is liable to ar- rest and a solid fine. If he has a he may give him three, even if it is understood that they shall be returned later, and the two men may safely carry home the ten birds Still, again. a day and gets threo cartridges, he may eat them or keep them in his house, as he prefers. If he keeps them and meantime goes out and gets three more, he will not be molest- Cd in bringing them home. but whom he arrives he is in possession of six birds, and can be arrested If the dep uty finds 1t out. Such accumulationS above the legal limit are likely to be made if one goes after and, perhaps. has 1t Tn mind to give game dinner to a number of friends" or merely to keep birds on hand against any un- expected occasion to use them, or to &nake a present of some of them.
 We suppose the only safe plan for the sportsman when he goes out alone fg to kill his five birds and then strike g swift gait for home. If several go out together and some are more lucky than others, they can divide the kil! 90 that none will violate the law. Fun ny laws. they have in the old Nutmeg ! state
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
WALKER MONUMENT UNVEILED.
Stone Now Marks Grave of Gentle
 "AIurmurer."

Stone NOW markB OFHNG OA OC0AAN
 "Murmurer."
 Birmingham Ledger.
 A group of earnest newspaper work. CTS, most of whom had known and ed at the Southside Cath 1.ic cemetery yesterday afternoon and eiicated the monument erected by the B!rmingham Press clT5 t0 tRe Waer memory or M were simple. but most mpr. s3ive and formed a fit tribute to the nan whom thev commemorated.
 tLe Morris hotel corner t o'clock and proceeded to the cemetery in a hodv. Rev. Father Covle, -s't of St. ceased had been a member, accom- panied the members of he cub. Ar rived at the. cemetery J, sa Rountree, committee, presided at he exercises.
 A short. but beautiful prayer 9y Father Coyle. opened the exercises FolIogging gadlass.s this came bT g the smtb 5afr president of the Press ub md man aelng editor of The Birningn.m News, Richard F.. Johnston, chairman of the of The Birmingham Ledger, and Will liam Ryan managing :ditor. of The Age-Herald Each of the Shree had his life and referred in touching terms to the sweetness and 'Sindn ss of his disposition. Father Coyle, who made the fourth aQQreSSs ndQ not hHO"It MI Walker in life, but knew and spoke oF tho endearing friendship which had existed between MT. Walker and the late Father O'Reilly, Father Coyle' s
 A prayer by Father Coyle closed IT The late Luclen Julien walker wos well known and widely beloved in the newspaper world and among the gen. eral public of Birmingham His writ ines in The Age Herald. under the ti- tie "Nfurmur of the World" signed "Murmurer," were read ar annrecia ted all over the South. Mir. Walker held a consular position in Ireland un- de~ the Cleveland adminlstra lon. He was about to start a weekly paper in | Birmingham when death seized him.
 The inscription upon the monument "Tucien Julien walker. born March i 27 1857: died May ', 1901
 journalist. Diplomat and Scholar l He lived for his friends lone. o,,... | 1906. .'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
nanorts show that there was 9 wal

Reports show that there was wave pf genuine Arctic weather all over New England last Tuesday. It is stated that four men were frozen to death ot whom accounts had been received next day. and probably others suffered a like fate, but had not been reported Al Troy, Vt, the thermometer reg sstered eighteen degrees below zero, and at other places the temperature was from zero to 12 degrees below. We fin this favored region can't realize what such weather means.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
THE OLD BOOK STORE.
From The Springfield (Mass.) Repub- lican we copy the following for its relation to someth nearer home.


 From The Springfield (Mass.) Repub- lican we copy the following for its relation to sOmeth V nearer home.
 he pass,nr of Sid Nv E. Bridgman the Northampton bookseller, Is a re- hinder that the old time book store has become virtually extinct in this country. The store of which Mir. Bridg man was long the head dates from the early years of the Republic, and, like others of that time. and a somewhat later period, it had pronounced lit- erary atmosphere. The scholarly men who lived or visited In Northampton were wont to gather in this establish ment to discuss affairs just as other villagers have been wont to assemble in a corner store from time immemor- ial. Philadelphia in its early days had such book stores where men of literary note In that city and the Mid dle and Southern States went to pro- cure important books and where the conversation was much like that in Boswell's Life of Johnson," between the leading literary man of London The old book stores of Philadelphis were at their zenith In the first half of the nineteenth century, when Phila- delrhia was a center of the book trade of America, having the trade of the wealthy Southern planters, who had money and spent no small amount on their libraries. Later New York and Boston came to the front as publish. ing centers. The early American book shops had their prototypes in old Lon don.
 All who have lived in Montgomery since the time when 1t became the Cap itai of Alabama-except the very younger gerenation-will remember Joel White and Whites Book Store For almost three-score years it was a feature of the city. and reading the above extract brought 1t back wildly tn mind. IL was a veritable storehouse 1 of knowledge and when the lawyer or | the student. the minister, the teacher | or the general reader, wanted book and could not find 1t elsewhere, they would go to Joel White to find 1t. If by chance. ne failed to have it on hand he knew where to get it. and would | procure it on short notice. Not only ] did men from all parts of Alabama come eo him for rare and valuable | books, but his store was constantly visited by strangers who had learned 1 that it was the best place to get the l literature they wanted.
 It is a great pity that such book stores as Joel Whites are no longer to bs found except very rarely lr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
sbunnipg the Horny Hand.

COffeyVlIIe. haTl., IndeeHuehI,
 We are educating our young men for idle gentlemen. trying to make law yers, preachers. doctors and clerks out of material that is needed for black smiths, carpenters. merchants and oth- CT honest "hewers of wood and draw big one to teach boys and girls to he lieve that labor Is dlsgraceful and 10 do nothing for a living is more be- coming to society. There are sons and daughfers now being educated to play the the .ieading lady and walking gen tIeman" in the great drama Of lire who will light out for the poor house or inc penirentiary before the curtain drops on the last sad act of the play to which they have been educated by their too indulgent parents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08

one J. Hamilton Lewis, sometimes by irreverent people referred to as J: Ham, is not satisfied with the numer- ous oficials now elected by the people, but wants to include the members of the Presidents cabinet in the list. Possibly he thinks he might get into the cabinet that way, but we doubt St, though he has been pretty suc- naasfi1l politician.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
THE JAPANESE ISSUE.
The Presidents Attitude on the Frisco
 School Issue.
How to Trent Treaties.
Washington Post.

Washington Post
 The President suggests that the criminal and civil statutes of the United States be so amended as to en- able him to enforce the rights of aliens under treaties, This proposed enlarge ment of the Federal power Is certain to engender bitter opposition if pressed, for no power may be gained in this direction that is not taken from the States. It will be seriously questioned whether mere acts of Congress can re apporton the powers distributed by the constitution The suggestion will be made at once by the advocates of States rights that no treaties should be made which attempt to deal with questions now In the control of the States. It will be asserted that the President already has ample power, without further legislation, to enforce the rights of aliens under such treaties as do not encroach upon the powers of the States. Such treaties are tf.e undisputed supreme law of the land. Treaties which attempt to confer ques- tionable rights upon aliens must take their chances in the courts, like all other laws.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08

Count Boni, we are told, has accept ed a position "as special writer on The Paris Figaro. We don't know the sal sry, but will wager 1t isn't as good as 4hat offered him by the New York res aaurant man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08

If, az claimed, the President has the satisfaction of knowing what he Is talking about when discussing canal affairs, he also has the satisfaction of feeling that he has the advantage of most other people in that respect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08

The information Is that the Thaw trial may have to be postponed be- cause an important witness is out in Africa studying the monkey dialect. if he learns the language he should be a valuable witness in that case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08

The Philadelphia Ledger propounds a dimcult question when 1t wants to know if there is no way to redeem the honor of that city. We suspect the pawn ticket is lost.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08

represent the sentiment in the United States toward the Japanese and sucn as to create In those people a radically wrong impression regarding us, is not formaEce. The extreme position he takes looking to hitherto unri opposed power, and his threats to use the mill. fary arm of the Government to enforce that usurpation, are startling even Tn the apostle of centralization that now sits in the White House. They were hardly to be expected even from man who has thoroughly demonstrated him. self so radical a Federalist and who, In the same message, takes 1t upon himself to tell the courts Of the conn. ,. try that he hopes tkey will go the limit in federalizing the constitution by their construction of 1t.
 The Constitution in the Way. Baltimore Sun.
 San Francisco has not deprived the children of Japanese residents of prop CT educational facilities. Good schools are provided for the Japanese at the expense of the city. What the Japan- tenance of separate schools for the children of Japanese residents. This segregation has wounded the pride Of exclusion of Japanese children from white schools as violation Of the treaty.
 The President cOntendS that lI ls H. logical for the people of single city to perform acts which will plunge the whole country in war and yet the Fed eral Government be limited in dealing with or preventing the crime which has brought the country to war with friendly nation. But the difficulty seems to be with the constitution, and until that Is changed the anomaly IS likely to continue.
 Has Not Helped the Case.
 Washington Herald.
 It may be reasonably doubted wheth- CT the President has contributed any thing toward the final settlement of this most troublesome question. He has accepted the Japanese contention. which will please the Government of the Mikado, but what of the rights of the State of California? The President has not indicated with precision his intended course of action with respect to securing to the Japanese their sup posed treaty rights. nor has he ven' tured an opinion, except by inference, as to the important questions of treaty interpretation and of constitutional power which have arisen out of the Japanese protest. The President has assumed, on behalf of Hhfs Government. what may be designated in diplomatic terminogoly as ''correct attitude" It canot be asserted that he has said the last word on this delicate matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08

"Who says I'm going to resign?" in- dignantly asks Platt. Evidently some people are laying themselves open to li- bel suits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08

Daily average for October. ..,........ .13.SSO Sunday average for October. ....... .l7.s0s E s. Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. gaya:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiser's circulation for the month of octo- Der. 1906. is true and correct and compiled after all returns from newsboys. news agents. spoiled and leftover copies have haen deducted. E. a. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn Co and subscribed before me this ATtb day of November. 1908. (SeaL) F. ". JACKSON.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
A Step in CentrallaatiOn.

OOUFItT- JOUTHaI,
 The most startling chapter of the message, if anything in message by Theodore Roosevelt could be startling, is his deliverance on Japan and the action of the San Francisco public schools in barring out Japanese stu dents. The fact that his excited re- marks on the subject are such as mis-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
Real Head of the House

There's a man at the door, pa," call ed little willie from the lower hall. "Tvho wants to see the boss of the house."
 'Teii Bridget" promptly called his mother.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08

"why not get right with your own conscienceT asks The Nebraska State Journal. All right. Suppose you try 1t and tell us how 1t works.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08

The President may hammer the swollsn fortunes as much as he chooses but wa can say with Hamlet -Four withsEs are unwrpnE"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
ADVERTISERS.
swORN-TO CIRCULATION.

BWUhN-IU OAhN UI@AAAURSs Any day in the year you Uan look right haEe and find this sworn Detailed state msnt of The Advertisers Circulation For the preceding month.
 The net paid-for circulation during ooeo- her was as follows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08

The news from Washington that the Republican leaders are persuaded that the session of Congress which opened yesterday will be all too short for the introduction and passage Of a Dill TOT tariff revision, is only what has been anticipated. It lacks even the interest
 what the Republican leaders will say next fall it requires no great penetra- tion to forecast. They will be saying then that tariff revision is impractic- fore the next Presidential election.
 It is within reasonable conjecture that the people may wake up about that time and announce that life Is too short to wait to have the tariff reform ed by it's friends"
 Of course no one is surprised at learning that there will be no tarit re- vision at this session. The excuse that the session is too short is weak one but 1t must serve. Possibly some bills may be introduced and some talk in- dulged in as a sop to those of the Re- publican Party who favor tariff leg islation, but that is all, The President having failed to recommend or demand such legislation, the stand-patters will feel themseves absolved from any ob- legations in that direction, feeling that they are in line with Roosevelt when they allow the matter to lie quiet
 And yet there is strong sentiment among Republicans, both In New Eng land and in the West, which is grow Ing very restive under this condition of affairs. They may have strength enough to cause some trouble in Con- gress, but they will not be able to ac- complish anything. The fact is. that the prospect is very slim for any use full tariff revision by the friends of the system, as they call themselves. Its friends are too well satisfied with 1t as 1t is, and derive too much benefit from 1t to interfere with it. Perhaps the friends of the people will come into power some day and then something 1 will be done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
THE SYMPTOM IS SAFE.

This is the way The Boston Globe looks at it:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
Immigration Bureau.

Greensboro RecOrd. ,,.---
 We hope that the next LegiSlature ment for the State and put good men in charge of 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
e NC NC WHI Find Applicants.

Governor Corner will have a few off, Aces to hand out, and he will find no | trouble In finding the woods full of "original Conner men,, "=- ....
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08

The South loses one of it's. greatest in the death of Samuel Spencer.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-11-02
DEAD MAN IN A SACK
IDENTIFIED AT FORT SMITH AS
JAMES MckEEHAN.
TwemIey, Under Arrest, Lays Crime
at the Door of Mckeehan's
Father-n-Law.

Fort Smith, Ark. - The muir
dered man whose body was found in
the Arkansas river at Pawpaw. l. T.,
tied in a sack, was James McKeehan,
brother-in-law of Twemley, who con-
fessed his completely in the murder.
Twemley says that his father-in-law,
James Harris, and McKeehan came
down the river in two households.
Harris and McKeehan had quarreled
frequently because of the non-support
of Mrs. McKeehan by her husband.
Twemley says Harris killed Mckee
han. The two put the body in cot
ton sack, weighted it with 20-pounI
piece of railroad iron, and sank it il
the river at Pawpaw. Harris took Mrs.
McKeehan and departed for Eufaula,
while Twemley and his wife drifted
to Fort Smith, selling one of the boats.
including it's furnishings. Blood was
discovered upon one Of the quilts by
the purchaser, who believes Mckee.
han was murdered in the boat