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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
MRS. SANGSTER ADVISES
 GIRLS ABOUT NOVEL READING
The Masterpieces Every Girl Should RadA Bad Book Has No More Right in Girls Library Than Bad Man Has to Be in Her
 Companys-How Mary Johnston Acquired #%i Skill as Writer.

Short Life" which cannot be passed by. Even though you read the peerless E"Jungle Books" of Rudyard Kipiing when you were little thing, you must read them again now that you are old enough to observe their singular and unequalled charm. It Is a good plan to preserve alive ones liking for tho real chiIdren's stories, the fairy-lore of the world.
 Among American authors you will not neglect Hawthorne. because his works belong to the classics Read i, preferably, -The House of Seven Ga. bies" Read Mrs. Stowe's Pearl of Orr's Island.'' and Sarah Orne Jewett's Country of the Pointed Firs" Any book by Mary Wilkins Freeman will be sure to please you. and Kate Doug lass Wiggin in "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.a and Rose O the River" makes bid for your favor. Sarah Alexander Scheffer in "The Day Before Yester- day" and Beyond the Chance of Change" has written two stories that every girl will enjoy.
 Make 1t rule of your life from which you will never deviate. not to read d book which Is said to be unwholesome or bad A bad book has no more right to be in a girls library than a bad man has to be in her company. Unless books have about them a wholesome. stimulating atmosphere. waking UT what is best In us. and quickening our powers. so that we shall live better lives and do better work among our friends. we would be wise to let them alone.
 A novel is simply a picture of daily life and manners in the time which 1t describes. The most successful writers are. those who see most clearly and paint most vividly in words. It may be. Janet, that you will yourself, in some future day. join the crowded ranks of novel writers. If ever you do, your work will be colored and influenced by the books you are now reading. A good style both for writing and con versation. is formed by the reading Of well-written books.
 Of the gifted author of ITO Have and to Hold" brilliant story of our history, I was told that when a child she was too fragile to attend school steadily, and that most of her educa- ton was obtained as she sat curled up in a corner of the sofa in her fathers library. She had full liberty to read whatever she lived. and she filled her mind and memory with stories of those picturesque days, when the new world was conquered for civilization by the brave pioneers who came across the sea. The result was that Mary John ston, when she reached womanhood, wrote books so true tp life, so realistic and dramatic that thousands of people. old and young, read them with fasci- mated delight.
 If ever you are in doubt about book and it's fitness for you. ask somebody in whose judgment you have confidence, whether or not you would better give 1t the share of your time that it would take. All through life we are the bet ter for now and then acting upon the advice of experts. Your expert may be your mother or your teacher of English literature. Having asked an opinion it is just as well to abide by 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
What Sulphur Does
For the Human Body in Health and Dis-

For the Human Body in Health and Dis- | ease.
 The mention of sulphur will recall to ! many of us the early days. when our mothers and grandmothers gave us our l daily dose of sulphur and molasses ev- cry spring and fall.
 It was the universal spring and fall blood purifier" tonic and cure-all. and l mind you, this old-fashioned remedy was not without merit. The idea was good, but the remedy was crude and unpalatable. and a large quantity had to be taken to get any effect
 Nowadays we get all the beneficial effects of sulphur in a palatable. con centrated form. so that single grain is far more effective than a tablespoon full of the crude sulphIr. In recent years. research and experi- ment have proven that the best sulphur for medicinal use is that obtained from Calcium Calcium SulphideJ and sold in drug stores under the name of Stu arts Calcium Waters. They are small chocolate coat ed pellets and contain the active medicinal principle of sulphur in highly concentrated. effective form.
 Few people are aware of the value Of this form of sulphur in restoring and maintaining bodily vigor and health: sulphur acts directly on the liver and excretory organs and purifies and en-
 
 nation of waste material.
 Our grandma others knew this when they dosed us with sulphur and mo- lasses every spring ard fall. but the crudity and impurty of ordinary flow CTS of sulphur were often worse than the disease and cannot compare with the modern coa 'el:rated prepara tions of sulphur, of which Stuart's Calcium Waters is undoubtedly the best and most widely used
 They are the natural antidote for liver and kidney troubles and cure con- stipation and purify the blood in a way that often surprises patient and physi- elan alike.
 Dr, R. NJ. Wilkins while experiment ing wita sulphur remedies soon found that the sulphur from Calcium was su- perior to ary other form He says: For liver, kidney and blood troubles, esp, ciallv when resulting from consti- patton or malaria. l have been surprised at tIae results obtained from Stuart's Calcium Waters. In patients suffering from boils and pimples and even deep seated carbuncles l have repeatedly see them dry up and disappear in four or five days, leaving the skin clear and smoth Although Stuarts Calcium Waters is a proprietary article, and ,ld by all druggists, and for that rea- son tabooed by many physicians yet I kn ,w of nothing SO safe and reliable for ronstipation. liver and kidney trOu- bleJ and especially in all forms Of skin disease as his remedy
 A: any rate people who are tired of pills. cathartics and so-ralled oIood pu- rihcrs." will find In Stuarts Calcium Waters a far safer. more palatable and effective preparation,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
BY MARGARET D. sANGsTER.

fcojyright, 1908. by Joseph B. Bowles.,
 shall not caution you against novel reading. Janet. for the very best or reasons. am very fond of a novel n,vsalf. and a great wait of pleasure would go out of my life if knew that should never more read anothef. There are novels and novels. Gooo many of them belong to what may be either silly or stupid, and 1t IS foo.isn to waste ones time upon them put among the thousands of good books that are issued every year, good nov els have a high place, and If only as supplementary reading to throw an H. lunnination on your studies. they are well worth your attention.
 What. with mathematics and Latin: physics. and botany. astronomy and literature. German. French and music. schoolgirls time is pretty well occu- pied She must devote a portion or every day to exercise out of doors or in. for without the gymnasium In winter and sunshine in summer no giri can expect to acquire splendid health that every girl should enjoy. Then. too. d schoolgirl does not stay out of bed after 10 o'clock at the latest. She must have two hours of beauty sleep before midnight So you see. Janet. that you and Gladys, Victoria ana Ethel. must choose what books to read and what ito leave unread, There are many amusing and quite respectable novels which would do you no more harm than cambrie tea. But. on the other hand. they would do you very little good You may as well leave them out of the reckoning until Von have more leisure. Every schoolglri desires to make acquaintance with the great masterpieces of fiction. She r,ust at least know by their titles the principal works of Sir Walter Scott. and must be familiar with some of his characters such as Jennie Deans Tn "The Heart of Midlothian. and Row ena and Rebecca in "Ivanhoe. Giris used to be enthralled by Scott, put .he fashion of novel writing changes with every generation, and notwithstanding his magnificent genius, he seems pro- lix and tedious to many of the girls of our day. Yet if any of you de- termine to read thoughtfully through the introductory chapters of novel by Scott. you will come under his spell, 'and your interest will not flag until you reach the last page The exeep- tion to this is in the case of girls who have been spoiled by dipping too early into sensational romances.
 A schoolgirl should read The Vir- .ginians." "Esmond," "Pendennis." and "The Newcombes," by Thackeray. and she should reap great sheaves of pleas ure from David Copperfield," Dom bey and Son." Little Dorritt," and the exquisite "Christmas Stories" by Charles Dickens. Very likely she will find George Eliot too profound and philosophical, until she is older, but she may with profit and delight read all of Jane Austen that she can find in the library, including Pride and Preju- dice" Sense and Sensibility." North anger Abbey" and Emma" Mrs. Gask- els inimitable "Cranford," will be a delight to any girl. It is one of the books that you are always supposed to have read There are a half dozen books by Mrs. Ewing. among them "Jackanapes," and "The Story of
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 fected oy fuctuations in business conA ditions. such as supply and demand. The railroad men In charge or tramc conditions are on the spot and are in- timately acquainted with the sItuatioh in the localities in which they have jurisdiction. They are ready upon the instant to respond to the needs CT eV- cry situation.
 How much the element of times en- ters into the adjustment or treight rates is well illustrated in the South. The Interstate Commerce Commission has thus far been able to do little to- ward tampering with the adjustment
 few days ago an officer of the Com mission admitted to me with tinge or regret that, up to the present tlme tne railroads have been able to do very much as they pleased in adjusting rates on trans oceanic business because these rates are a combination of the ocean rate and the railroad rate and It hao been impossible for the Commission to put its finger on the adjustment or rates between those two factors as the ele- ments provided by the water rate was beyond it's control. Shippers Of lumber know that the rates are adjusted 70 the ports every twenty-four hours py telaeraph In consequence the shipper has enjoyed the benefit of the lowest combination compiled daily from ocean quotations of the. various ports anq from rail tariffs from shipping points to these ports. Say. for instance, that the steamship rate from New Orleans to Liverpool Is 22 cents per 100 pounds and that the rail transportation from Decatur Ala, to this port Is l5 cents. If at the same time, because or scar city of vessels at Pensacola, the ocean rate from that point Is higher, then the railroad running to this point will decrease it's own charge to such an ex- tent as to equalize the increase In the cost of the ocean transportation, thus keeping the through rate at the same level proportionately as that via the other port. The object of this adjust rnent is to maintain the railroads ton mage at the same level regardless of the expense of the ocean transporta- ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21

Washington, Jan. 13.-It is my GUS | 4o,, ,vhen visiting a state or city for | inc purpose of studying it's government t' | to make my first formal call on the head of that government The. hrS' man YOU meet in the street can usual- | ly direct you right. but he won 'hce ' tha 6rst time. We Americans are charter -blinded we think our cohseitu" tions describe our governimentI con | seouently. the first direction of the frst man you meet in the street is to his Governor or the Mayor. Since my subject is the actual government, not | the paper thing I boned over in col lege, my inquiry Is for the actual, not | the figurehead of the city or the State. And the moment that is made clear to the man in the street (almost any man in almost any street) he will exclaim "Oh, you mean the boss" Then ne will smile and name his boss.
 Why the smile? It is no laughing
 matter. Wherever there Is a boss. there our representative Democracy has ceas-
 ed to exist We do not see 1t so. We call ourselves a practical people and we say there must be boss. This Is
 a theory, and false. Leaders there must be- but our leaders do not have to De our masters, rulers. bosses. DO they
 think not but I don't know. All
 am sure of is that wherever there Is
 a boss, there a revolution has happen
 ed; slowly, gradually. without shock
 of violence, perhaps; but none the less
 practically, a revolution. And where
 in our cities and States has not this
 second American Revolution happen
 cd? Who is the head of your city?
 Who is the actual head of your State?
 Who is the actual head of the govern
 ment of the United States?
 Usually easy, sometimes this question is hard to answer. What citizen of who is the head of his State govern ment? Senator Thomas C. Platt the Republican boss. used to be, but he grew old and in a moment of weak ness and folly, he broke the cardinal rule of the boss system. He named for governor not safe man. but his po- litical lieutenant. Benjamin B. odell. Tn any State where the governorshlp controls good graft and large patron- age. the governor can be the boss. Gov
 ernor Odell was boss. And if such governor in such a State. wants to be, and knows how. he can go out of of flee and still be boss. Governor Odell
 knew how: boss Platt had taught hin'.
 Governor Odnll chose for his successor A man who was really and truly safe.
 He made a certain MT. Higgins gover
 nor, so EX-toNerHof Oueil lVH'"'hru
 the head of the actual government of
 the State of New York. But boss does
 not represent himself alone; he repre-
 sents the chief sources of the corrup
 tion of his State. Big interests arc
 often in conflict among themselves. and
 if is ever q difficult and delicate task
 to adjust their differences to the sat-
 isfaction of them all. Big things were
 at stake in New York, and the con
 fict there became acute The interests
 MT. Odell failed to satisfy. appealed to Platt Platt couldn't do much, but
 dethroned king is a rallying point for the enemies of a rSlng prince, so the
 business bosses fought hard back of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21


 very low. and in exchanging saluta- tions and farewells sometimes bow several times. When the parties are seated on the floor, they rise to the knees and bow the head to the floor. Servants also when they bring food to those who are seated on the floor, drop upon their knees, and lowing. present the tray.
 In speaking of other people. desire to emphasize one conclusion that has been drawn from my observation here, viz., that l have never seen more quiet, orderly. self-restrained people. have visited alliof the larger cities and several of the smaller ones, in all parts of the islands: have mingled Tn the crowds that assembled at Tokio and at Yokohama at the time of the recept- lon to Togo, and during the naval re- view; have ridden through the streets In daytime and at night; and have walked when the entire street was a mass of humanity. have not seen one drunken native or witnessed a fight or altercation of any kind. This is the more remarkable when 1t is remember ed that these have been gala days, when the entire population turned out 10 display its patriotism and to enjoy . vacation
 The Japanese house deserves a some what extenoeo description. IS ouilt of wood, is one story In height, un- painted. and has matched or a tile roof. The matched roof is cheaper, but far less durable. Some of the tenn ples and palaces have a roof construct ed like a matched roof, in which the bark of the arbor vita is used in place of grass or straw. These roofs are often foot thick, and are quite impos- Ing. In cities most buildings are roof a nf nat Iah ho been used for hundreds of years. Shin Kles are sometimes used on newer structures, but they are not nearly so large as our shingles, and instead of being fastened with nails, are held in place by wire. On the business streets inc houses are generally two stories. the merchants living above the store.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Baseball Evanwellst's Success.

Billy Sunday. the baseball evangelist, recently was paid ss.s57 for six weeks work in holding a revival at AIedo. III It Is said Sunday is the best paid evangelist that ever worked In the Mid- dle Western field. He collects mora money. considering the sizeof the towns in which he works. than Moody and Sankey ever collected. He goes about his work in a buisenesslike way. ai- ways consulting leading men of the town before starting in with his meet inEs. Then he makes contract with the committee that seeks his service. stipulatins what kind of building he is to have, that 1t must be well lighted, It's acoustics correct and it must be well heated If the meetings are held in cold weather He never accepts any money until all other ex- penses are paid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21

bility, irritability, nervousness, sleep lessness, melancholy, ..all-gone and apt-to-be-left-alone. feelings, blues and hopelessness, they should remem- Der there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound at once removes such troubles.
 No other female medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement.
 The needless suffering of women from diseases peculiar to their sex is terrible to see. The money which they pay to doctors who do not help them is an enormous waste. The pain is cured and the money is saved by Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound.
 It is we'll for women who are i'll to write Mrs. Pinkham. at Lynn, Mass. The present Mrs. Pinkham is the daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham, her assistant for many years before her decease, and for twenty five years since her advice has been freely given to sick women. In her great experi ence, which covers many years. she has probably had to deal with dozens of cases just like yours. Her advice is strictly confidential.
 'and Succeeds Where Others Fall
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
Empr.sn of chinn Is Vain.

The Dowager Empress of China has been compared with Elizabeth of Eng land and Catherine of Russia. Her force of character has enabled her to maintain her authority inall the tur- moil and intrigue and rebellion which has beset China In recent years, She has absorbing vanity, in which she is like Queen Elizabeth. and a German artist who has lately painted her por- trait has been describing the experi- ences. The painter made a portrait as true to life as could be, but this was entirely unsatisfactory to the royal patron. She is over 70 years of age, but she wanted a painting of a woman in the full bloom of youth. The artist had to depict her as a woman of s6.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
THE PRESIDENT IS PRESIDENT
In the Land of Boss Ru Where Governors and Mayors Figure Heads Theodore Roosevelt Found to Be What He Was Elected to be the Executive Head of the
 United States Government
United States Government.
By LINCOLN STEPHENS. (CopyrinEht, 1906, by Mcclure Phillips & Cob

their political bosses. Now the force that keeps such fights within bounds Is the fear of publicity. The insurance scandal brought a demand for publici- ty. If Governor Higgins had held out, as he expected to do, against an inves- tigation. all might have gone we'll But a safe man is timid man, and the very weakness that makes him good man for governor" in good times. renders him dangerous (to his boss) in a crisis.
 Governor Higgins caved before the de-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21
WHY RATES CHANGE.
The Roads Have to Do it to Meet Conn
 petition.

UtIITIUns
 Business Magazine
 Far reaching in it's possibilities of destructiveness to Southern industries as Is the institution of mileage rates, the granting of the power to Gov ernment commission to adjust rates carries with 1t other dangers. Not only Is such a commission debarred from adapting rates to the special needs of localities. Lut its whole system of op- eration nndSt necessarily be inelastic and unbusiness!Ike. Rate-making, as now carried on by the railroads. is ef-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21

Chronic Cafnrrh of Throat and Lungs.
 Mrs. Virginia Caviana. room S2. Cam-. bridge Block, Portland, ore. member of Companions of Forresters and De- gree of Honor, (branch Woodmen of the World), writes:
 T was chronic suffered with ca- tarrh of the throat and lungs for a long time before Peruna was recona- mended to me
 "on the advice of friend I gave Peruna a trial, although I thought at the time that it would be just like other medicines and do me no good T was pleased to find that I was mistaken and my improvement began in less than two weeks and continued until at the end of four months I was entirely well and certainly looked like another person.
 T had gained nearly fifteen pounds. had splendid appetite and am indeed grateful for what your medicine has done for me. Success attend you.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21

Mrs. Addie Harding. f21 W. Brighton Ave. Syracuse. N. T., writes:
 T have been a user of Pertna for the past twelve years. With me it Is a sure preventative for colds and many other ills.
 TWO or three times a year am troubled with my throat, a kind of raw smarty feeling lasting three or four days and turning to something like bronchitis or croup. I have always had to have the services of my physi- elan two or three times in each case
 About two years ago. when I felt a spell coming on I tried Peruna to cheek 1t. and to my great delight was not troubled with the smothcred and chok- ing feeling and never have been since.
 T earnestly recommend 1t to all. In my home can always be found bottle of Peruna."
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pains down through my limbs SO I could hardly walk. It was as bad a case of female trouble as | have ever known. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, however, cured me within four months. Since that time have had occasion to recommend 1t to . number of patients suffering from all forms of female difficulties, and find that while 1t Is considered unprofessional to rec commend patent medicine, can honestly recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compcund, for have found that it cures kernale ills, where all other medicine fails. IL ts grand medicine for sick women.n
 ! Money cannot buy such testimony as this-merit alone can produce such re- suits, and the ablest specialists now agree that Lydia E. Pinkham's vege- table Compound is the most univer- sally successful remedy for all female diseases known to medicine.
 When women are troubled with ir- regular, suppressed or painful periods, weakness. displacement or alteration of the female organs. that bearing down feeling, inflammation, backache, bloasing tor hatulence). general debili- ty, indigestion. and nervous prostra- ton. or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness. faintness; lassitude. excita- Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Cont
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Peruna is a safeguarA,--a pre- venfivey--a relief forsall the ea- tnrrhal ailments of winter, whether acute or chronic.
 If you, who read thIs, are suffer ing from n cough or Il cold, buy bottle of PerHna and take 1t accordt- ing to directions. It will relieve you.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21

shippers would be at a great disad- vantage in making contracts for ueilv. cry abroad
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article, and must defer until the next a description of the Japanese customs as we found them in the Japanese homes which we were privileged to visit W. J. Bryan