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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-16
Jno. L. Cobbs & Co.
Carpet Department
Third Floor
Cake Electric Passenger Elevator.)

We are not much given to Boosting Of what we
have done or are going to do-but we do feel just
bit pufed-up over the success Of the Opening Weeks
Sales in this department We don't mind telling you
that the sales were away ahead Of what we had any
reason to expedition which we are very grateful. as
also for the many compliments paid us on the beauty
of our stock and the general arrangement Of the de-
partment.
We extend you cordial invitation to call this
week and have us show you through
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-16
Down Stairs, too, We're Ready.

oil hammer us in posses o will
to nhqaed in
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-16
Ladies Skirts
New Styles

This also is first showing These skirts
are made Of the new soft toned Invisible Blaids,
Of every new material and shade in the new
plated models. A very attractive Skirt
style.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-16
Carpet Prices.

This week will many sales Carpets and Squares Houkeepers
will get shape for the coming Fall and Wmterand the first things
be thought floor covering You pick here
anything needed in this line
A splendid grade Of Brussels Carpets Csc yard
Beautiful patterns Wilton Velvet Carpets at Csc yard
$25 and ST IS quality Administer Carpets Sl.00 yard
(An made, laid and lined free)
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-16
Junior Suits
For Girls

We show Monday for the first time some
specially attractive styles Of Junior Suits for
School Girls. made Of the new Autumn plaids
and mixtures-just right Prices are $3.50.
$500 and $3.50.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

PHILO HALL, the gentleman
who ~ the Crawford -Pettigrew
machine places as a companion
candidate with our man Bentley,
was around denouncing the rail
roads and intimating that legis-
lators and officials were bribed
with passes. However it was
accidentally discovered that Mr..
Hall himself was doing all of his
travelling on passes, and since
the discovery the attorney has
been eloquently silent on the
matter, as the newspapers have
been pounding him to give up
his passes or make confession OF
his bribery. The insincerity of
the man is thus plainly set forth
He was denouncing other people
for doing exactly what he was
guilty Of himself. Not only that
but he has been collecting from
the state several hundreds OF
dollars q year for mileage which
the railroads were furnishing
him free. In one of his speeches
Mr.. Hall excuses himself by say.
ing that a man who refuses q
pass offered him lis either q foo
or q demogogue.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

shall ect a candidate to present t.
the state convention, or whether they
shall allow Thomas l.. Bouck and
William F. Rabbit to select cali
didAte for them. 1t is certain that ii
Mr.. Pinckney can secure majority
of the convention he will ask the
privilege of selecting the delegation.
Will he select them himself? Em
phaticalIy, no They Will be read by
Mr.. Pinckney from a pre- arranged
slate drawn up bv William F. Rab-
bitt and Thomas l.. Bouck. l am
making a fight for the people of Grant
county against this sort of machine
politics. l am willing that the peo
pie shall select the delegation. Ii
the convention decides to endorse me
for congress / will endeavor to the
utmost of my ability to secure the
nomination, and if nominated will
serve them to the best of my ability,
and the whole people of the county
and not any clique or set.
Ny office is open for any and every
one to come in at any time. and
would be Pleased to explain my posi-.
tion. There are no machine meetings
being held by the anti machine fol
lowers. Everything is open and
above-board. The machine a.e hol'
ing secret meetings behind locked
doors between two and three nights Il
week. No voter is in their confidence
except favored few who they can
use.
l belieye in a square deal for the
whole people, and not deal where
the only winners are William F
Rabbit. Thomas l.. Bouck and few
other office holders IN Grant county.
J.. II. BENTLEY.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
Animals That DO Not Grow Thirsty.

There are many different kinds of an
imais in the world that never in all
their lives sip so much as drop of
water Among these are the llamas
Of Pata gonia and the gaZelles of the
far east. A parrot lived for fifty-two
years in the ZOO at. London without
drinking a drop Of water. and many
naturalists believe the only moisture
imbibed by wild rabbits is derived
from green herbage laden with dew
Many reptiles-serpents. lizards and
certain ba ira chians-live and thrive in
places entirely devoid of water. and
sloths are also said never to drink. An
arid district in France has produced a
race of nondrinking cows and sheep,
and from the milk of the former
Roquefort cheese is made There is a
species of mouse which has estab-
lished itself on the waterless plains of
western America and which fiourishes
Notwithstanding the absence of mois-
ture.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

There is no living creature, according
to Philadelphia surgeon, that has a
heart with SO much vitality as frog.
especially the species commonly known
as the water frog. 1t is generally
known that the aquatic frog will sur
vive for months after the hind legs
have been removed. or course he can
not hop about as he could before losing
his principal means Of transit, but his
fore legs help him to crawl wherever
he desires to go. When began to learn
surgery l made special dissection OF
q frog one day. laid the various parts
Of the body on table and discovered
that life was extinct within few
hours in every organ except the heart
The heart showed valvular motion for
a day after it had been severed entirely
from the body. am not aware that
any other creatures heart is possessed
Of such vitality. - Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
A Pair of COddlers.

A man with a curious fondness for
who, in the seventeenth century, made
himself ridiculous by his vagaries. He
always wore nine of these articles to
keep off the cold and, furthermore. nine
pairs of stockings. His mode of pass
ing the night was more remarkable
still. He caused to be constructed for
himself a bed of ricks. beneath which
was a furnace so arranged that he
could regulate it to the degree Of
warmth he might require, and his bed
was fitted with only very small open
ing through which the abbe used to
creep when he retired to rest at night.
Even more ludicrous was the con-
trivance which the great French mathe-
matician, Fourier, designed and used
for the protection of his health. He in
cased himself in species of box, the
interior of which, by some mechanical
means, was kept at the only temporal
ture at which he felt he could live with
out inconvenience While enveloped in
this clumsy affair he was necessarily
confined to one spot but he provided
means for the freedom of his head and
hands. Even the ills of asthma and
rheumatism, one would have thought,
were preferable to existence under such
circumstances as this, but the French
mathematician, we must believe was
of a different opinion-London Stand
ard
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
INSURANCE..
The Beginnings Of This Now Common
Mode of Protection.

The Beginning. Of This Now Common
Mode Of Protection.
The practice of insurance was known
to the ancients, being In vogue at the
beginning Of the Christian era.
The insurance Of ships was undoubt-
edly part of the business Of the Hanse-
attic league, which was formed about
114O by the port towns Of Germany to
protect themselves against the pirates
Of Sweden and Denmark
The custom Of dra wing out insurance
policies originated in Florence in 1923.
although regular chamber Of insur-
ance was formed at Bruges early in the
fourteenth century, and the practice
was in general use in Italy in 1894 and
In England in 1860
Fire and life insurance is of much
more recent origin. Some Of the an
cient guilds provided compensation for
any of their members who suffered loss
from fire. but the insurance of goods
and houses as distinct branch Of busi-
ness cannot be traced farther back
than 1861, the year after the great fire
Of London.
The first regular company, the Hand
INLAND was founded in 1896, and five
other companies still existing were
started in the quarter of a century
which followed Life insurance was
first undertaken by the Amicable in
17O6.-London Standard.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

Hammers are represented on the
monuments of Egypt twenty centuries
before our era. They greatly resem-
bled the hammers hOw in use. save that
there were no claws on the back for
the extraction of nails. The first ham
mer was undoubtedly stone held IN
the hand. Claw hammers were invent
ed some time during the middle ages.
Illuminated manuscripts of the elev-
enth century represent carpenters with
claw hammers. Hammers are of all
sizes. from the dainty instruments
used by the jeweler, which weigh less
than half an ounce, to the gigantic
hammer of shipbuilding establishments
some Of which weigh as much as fifty
tons and have falling force Of from
90 to 100. Every trade has it's own
hammer and it's own way of using 1t.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
Our contemporary,

Our contemporary, the Re.
view, was worried some last
week over the "honest caucus
law, intimating that party lines
would have to be drawn and par
ty nominations made for the
city election, aud denounced the
measure rs having been concoct-
cd anc passed "by a lot of
scheminx republican legisla-
tors. How easy it is to de
nounce something we don't un-
derstand. The last clause in the
law, II our brother would read it,
provides for nomination of city
officers by petition. It says:
s4Other than party nominations
may be made by petition as pre-
scribed by section one of this
act.
The nominations for city
Offices ia Milbank will be made
by petition just the same as they
have been in years past.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

Editor Herald-Advance, Milbank.
South Dakota. Dear Sir:-1 would
like to ask you a few questions
through your columns. When he
Advance referred to Court Script No.
234, why did it not inform its readers
that Mr.. Brennan did the work of
running the culprit down!
That Mr.. Brennan made a trip to
Sioux Falls. and with the help of the
city officials, caught Conn, and
phOned the sheriff of Grant county to
come at once!
That Mr.. Brennan was obliged to
go to Minnesota where he had located
the stolen property, and was put to
considerable expense in recovering
the same.
Now. is it not fact that if the
sheriff of Grant county had done the
same amount of travelling and phnn-
ing that Mr.. Bremen did, would it
have cost the County twice or thrice
as much as was kind to Mr.. Brennan.
Now, if the Herald Advance
expects that the voters of Grant
county are the kind that will decide 4
question before both sides are present.
ed for consideration, why you are an
E. Y. Mark. Respectfully, A TAX
PAYER.
The above is from one of those
characters who is ashamed to
sign his own name to a political
article. He is one of the gentle
men whom Mr.. Bentley has
picked out for county Office,
when he makes the redistribu-
ton, and it is necessary that he
be loyal to his boss. The simple
fact that Brennan travelled to
Africa or Hindostan to secure
his property did not make the
county in anv manner liable for
his expenses.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
Needless Wear.

Many people wear themselves out
needlessly. Their conscience is a ty-
rant. An exaggerated sense Of duty
leads person to anxious, ceaseless ac-
tivity. to be constantly doing some
thing, overpunctual, never idle sec
ond Of time, to scorn rest. Such are in
unconscious nerve tension. They say
they have no time to rest, they have so
much to do not thinking they are rap
Idly uniting themselves for probably
what would have been their best and
greatest work In after years.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
A Short Sermon.

No time or place is sacred to the en-
thusiastic joker. Duclos tells in his
memoirs how the prince archbishop of
Cologne asked license to preach in the
royal chapel at Versailles when visit
ing Louis XIV. himself. All the court
assembled. 1t was April 1. The prince
archbishop mounted the pulpit in state
" fashion, bowed from side to side and
stood a moment as If collecting his
thoughts, then shouted april foolsv
picked up his skirts and ran.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

In another column we publish
q statement from Mr.. Bentley in
reply to the letter of Mr.. Rab-
bitt last week. As both now
have had their say hereafter
they will have to find another
field for their encounters. They
were formerly in q close politi-
cal partnership and their person
q grievances simply indicates
how far the best Of friends may
drift apart. Mr.. Bentley fails
70 understand that Mr.. Rabbit
= mt : candidate for Office, and
that the people Of the county are
not interested IN his personal
quarrel with the latter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
Legend Of sambur Lake.

One Of the features of Jeypore, in In
dia, Is the wonderful Sambur salt lake
concerning which there is curious
legend. The story runs that an old
fakir long ago told one of the rajaha
that II he wanted to be rich he should
ride horse as far as he could go with.
out once looking back, and the land az
far - he could travel would become q
1eld sf silver. always provided he did
1T turn. He re1e Tor thirty miles,
81 tAe4. curiosity ovegeo0ing hin, b
1ooted baek. NTH - lagUlt tAat. -
soDol @ -. nlns1 4s1a e saavse u
loan1 . 49, salG
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

In the state distribution of in
surance taxes to fire companies,
which is based on two per cent
of the premiums paid in the
town, Milbank's apportionment
amounts to $118.57.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

ssThe Minneapolis Journal has said
some commentary things about Mr..
Bentley the past year, but the Herald
Advance takes no notice of the same. "
Mr.. Bentley In his Twin Brooks
News.
Yes, and for these ICON o. en-
tary" articles the bill of the
Minneapolis Journal has been in
the hands of a lawyer for collec.
tiOn for some time. The "com-
mentary" articles are at so much
. line.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
Cruel.

II made these biscuits myself, Da-
vid," said Mrs. Copperfeld, with hon
est pride.
''They look very NICE Dora," replied
David, picking one Of them up and
making an effort to split it. "And they
are still hot. How long ago did you
ah!-cast them?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

1.-THE Herald Advance further states
that Mr.. Bentley knew nothing of the
sceneDf the tragedy, and did not talk
Of the case with John Constant, broth
Or OF the deceased, which would have
been criminally careless on Mr.. Bent.
leys part as states attorney. if true
The above is from Mr.. Bent
ley's apology for his failure as
prosecuting attorney, and now
comes the prosecuting witness
and under oath saws that Bent
ley did not talk to him five m in
utes before the case was taken.
Here is Konsta affidavit:
State of South Dakota
County of Grant
John Konstant came before me an d
being first duly sworn. says that he
was the complaining witness in the
case of the State of South Dakota vs. .
Sietse Boekhout, and that he has new.
er talked over all the details in this
case with L. II. Bentley, but his con.
versatiOns were had with Thad L.
Fuller, attorney. Mr.. Bentley con.
ducted the examination of this affiant
when on the witness stand in circuit
court. That this afiiant was in Mr..
Bentley's Office upon three occasions
to talk over the case With him but Mr..
Bentley was too busy with other
matters and did not talk with afiant
70 exceed five minutes before going on
the witness stand.
JOHN KONSTANT.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10th day of March, 1906.
lSEAL1 JOHN w. LIGGETT,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Grant County, S. D.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

We cannot see the motives OF the
actions we condemn, we cannot know
the trials and temptations of our broth
ers inner life; therefore how Is it pos
sible for us to criticise his actions fair,
N1-HOme Notes.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

II suppose" said his friend, "that
when the investigation takes place you
will be represented by counsel"
"Yes," said the statesman, "and I
suppose III be misrepresented by the
opposing counsel"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
Additional Locals.

"Sandy Lyon" one of the old
time conductors on the H. 4 D.,
has been compelled to give up
his work on account of failing
health.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
A ThOughtful Answer.

whats the first step toward the d.
9esion of the food ?" asked the teach
er Up went the hand Of black hair
ed little fellow, who exclaimed with
eaGerness: Bite it off! Bite it or"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

Until comparatively recent times the
only harrow was large pile Of brush
Or tree branches, dragged across the
Aeld by q team Of oxen.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23

Let us read with method and propose
to ourselves an end to which our stud
les may point. The use Of rec ling is
10 aid us In thinking.-Edward Gibson.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-23
A Pity Indeed.

Snipkins Gust returned from italy,
And so, you see, did not "see Naples
and die" Miss Awfly Bored (absently)
What pity.-Ally Sloper.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-10-26
The Under side of Fish.

Experiments have been made with
ldounders in order to determine whether
the whiteness of the under sides Of
those fish is due to the exclusion Of
light, and the presence of color on their
upper sides to exposure to light. The
fish experimental upon We're kept liv-
ing in glass tank, having a mirror
placed beneath, so as to reflect light
upon the under sides of the fish. One
Of these prisoners survived for three
years under conditions so strangely diff
ferent from its ordinary habits of life,
and all Of them exhibited the develop
ment of spots of pigment on their lower
surfaces. The experimenters conclud-
ed that it Is exposure to light that
causes the celebration Of the upper
parts of the bodies, not only of foun-
ders, but of other fish, and, conversely,
that 1t Is to the comparative absence
Of light that the whiteness of under
sides of fish is due. They extend the
same principle to explain the colorless
condition of the skins of many animals
that pass all their lives in caves.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-10-26
Trust to Nature.

A great many Americans, both meN
and women, are thin, palo and puny, with
poor circulation, because they have i'll
treated their stomachs by hasty eating
or too much eating, by consuming alco-
holic beverages, or by too close confine-
mcnt to homo, Office or factory, and in
consequence the stomach must he treated
in natural way before they can rectify
their earlier mistakes. The muscles in
many such people, in fact in every weary,
thin and thin blooded person, do theif
work with great difficulty. As result
long. The demand for nutritive aid is
ahead OF the supply. To insure perfect
health every tissue, bone, nerve and
muscle should take from the blood cer-
tain materials and return to it certain
others. 1t is necessary to prepare sie
stomach for the work of taking up from
the food what is necessary to make good,
rich, red blood. We must go to Nature
for the remedy. There were certain
roots known to the Indians of this
country before the advent of the whites
which later came to the knowledge of
the settlers and which arc now growing
rapidly in professional favor for the cure
Of obstinate stomach and liver troubles.
These are found to be safe and yet cer-
tain in their cleansing and invigorating
effect upon the stomach, liver and blood.
These are: Golden Seal root, Queens
root, stone root, BloOdroot, Mandrake
root. Then there is Black Cherryb bark.
The medicinal principles residing in these
native roots when extracted with glyc-
crime as a solvent make the most reliable
and efficient stomach tonic and liver in
vigorator, when combined in just the
right proportions, as in DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. Where there
is bankrupt vitality such as nervous
exhaustion, bad nutrition-and thin
blood, the body acquires vigor and the
nerves, blood and all the tissues feel the
favorable effect of this sovereign remedy
Although some physicians have been
aware of the high medicinal value of the
above mentioned plants, yet few have
used pure glycerine as solvent and
usually the doctors prescriptions called
for the ingredients in varying amounts,
t0ith alcohol.
The uGolden Medical Discovery" Is q
scientific preparation compounded of the
glyceric extracts of the above mentioned
vegetable ingredients and contains NO
alcohol or harmful habit-forming drugs.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-10-26
Bird Songs.

Naturalists have long been puzzled
rs to how birds learn to sing. Does it
come natural to a bird of a certain
species to sing the song common to its
kind or does it learn to initiate what
ever song it most hears during the
early days of its life? Experiments
made by we'll known student of bird
life proved that most birds simply learn
by imitation. He placed young linnets
TO be reared by skylarks, WOODLANDS,
ttlarkS and other breeds, and in every
case the linnet learned the song of his
foster parents. Again, number of lin
nets were reared where they had no
chance of hearing the song of any
bird at all. In due course they began
to sing, but their song was entirely
original. The cuckoo, however, seems
to be an exception, for although it is
almost invariably reared by foster
parents of any species but its own,
it always sings to perfection its own
peculiar song, quite uninfluenced by
the vocal efforts of its guardians.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-10-26
Origin of the Strike Fund.

The earliest mention of strike fund
occurred In the strike of the Partisan
stocking weavers in 1924, when
crown a day was subscribed for every
striker and all blacklegs were merci-
lessly boycotted. But the biggest strike
under the ancient regime" was that
Of the silk factory hands at Lyons
IN 1744, when 1900 men went on
strike and so alarmed the mayor that
he conceded everything they asked and
wrote to his brother that he had ia
tete cassee par cette vile canaille."
The ''vile canaille," however, had had
their moment, and it was no longer
theirs. Two months later the king
sent down 10000 soldiers pour re-
METRE rordre dams la bonneville de
Lyon" and we hear no more of strikes
till the supreme strike of 1889.