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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
DRIFTWOoD
Pasa Around the Cider.
BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG

Pass Around the Cider. Pass around the cider, in tde 4og hres Pass around the cider--an' let ali bless. .nBs HOW. Baby Joe's. cfewin' an jumpin' in Anybody'd think he wanted it the same as me.
 Granny's knittin' stockin' by the chim- The light transforms to silver her head of snow white hair. Bob and Jim are crackin' of the hicker- Pass around the cider--mercy sakes tits better'n wine. Pass around the cider-here's the pitch CT brimmin' full, That's right Uncle Abner, take good old generous pull. .,. It's good l know--l made it--and thar aint no cause to doubt Gee whizz such a pie cider almost makes you whoop an shout Nav susie fetch them aoughuu.s; they are pretty middlin' good. Bmilina made 'em--some how she all Not, any rsss more SSSs'i igthanlx you. Uncle Ab- ner pass year mug. When you drink this cider seems jes like the whole world ye kin mug $ No Archibalde, apes are not kept in an apiarY. 4 If woman eyer gets to be president the. message tol congress will be even more verbose.
 People ask foolish questions some times for instance a woman has been known to ask a man If her hat was on straight ., Even wise men become utterly foolish kr IoWA affair.
 When a girI marries her puppy love she isn't supposed to lead him a dogs life
 When a girl is blue people think she's in love. but apt as not It's indigestion ed over by their husbands as they. get used to facing the music every night.
 The DifFerence. May: What l ke is q man with Fay: "And what like Is man who knows enough to go home at reason AO'' mus q @ %
 His Opinion. .'DonF you think Christmas Is good nv; Wei. er2santa Claus is--I ought to know
 CeFtuinAy. ''when rroposed to that rich young thing sne declined to answer" "Weu cheer UT; you're all right sn long as she doesn't answer 10 decline
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 4 Failure. "Why didn't ynu pav Daubieigh for making bust of your wife'sT That's why"
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 Different Then. N'Ts he a man of .muHh VIII powerT' s"Yes, when his wife isn't around"
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 Don't.
 Don't swear at the roller skater
 Where his body filings The doctor needs the money
 To buy his Chr'stmas things.
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 Those N'OI,-rn. 'T thnught saw your wife down tcyyn. She's blonde isn't sheY' "she was when I left home this '''0' % ss g
 Stems. I sigh for the days of the peekahoo When the uprner zephyrs wen sfrhing through Sueh weather this theV wouldn't do When the wind Is going "oo-oe-ooo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
TODAY N HISTORY

Name Day: Christmas. Sun rises at
 The com1nen cement of what Is usu- ally called the vulgar era, was Tour years prior to the uate now used aS the beginning of the Christian era.
 9s-Christmas was first celebrated as a festival
 161S-The first house erected at Ply mouth, Mass. by the Puritan settlers after having spent more than a month in selecting place for settlement. The company was divided into nineteen f, miles, and to each person vase as- signed a lot, half rOd In width ana three rods in length, for houses and gardens.
 l777-Vermont became an independ. ont State. 1t was first settled Tn lF2s and claimed as part Of New Halnp- shire.
 ls04-Kosciusko, with other Polish prisonersn liberated by the Emperor Paul, when he came to America
 ISl6-Freaty between the United States and the Dey of Aigiers.
 1S5S--J ohm Macrae Washington brave American military officer, was sWept from the wreck of the oan Fran cisco. aged 60. After the close of the Mex can War he commanoed an e&peal- tion across the pIa4ns Of MeXico lu the Pacihc and acted as military GoYernOr one ear.
 1S6s-President Johnson issued a sec ond amnesty proclamation, declaring internationally and without resefNe' faI paroon and amnesty, to eVety per son Wno participated m the War be- tween the states.
 I86S-se cretary Welles accepted the transfer of League Island by the clty of PhiIade4paIA 10 the Goyernme1t Tor d navy yard
 1S6S-Russia drged the United States | to take part m the Turco-Greelan con terence.
 1Sf4-Edwin Booth played The Stranger" at McNlcker's, Chicago, and | was rOundly scored by the cfltlcs.
 lSS7-Baniel Manning dead. 1905-JSseph Raymon1 Fournier Pre- fontain, Canadian Minister Of Marine and Fisheries. died at Paris, France.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

Canal Commission needs them. and de- liberately permita their importation to meet the exigencies of construction. It would be easier for the Chinese coolies to break into the UnIted States in the teeth of the exclusion faw than 1t would ss for them to invade the Canal Zone with the only available ports of entry in the Bay of Panama barred by agents of the government
 Tt is as idle to argue that the gov ernment of the United States cannot prevent the exodus of coolies North from canal territory of the Union as 1t Is to contend that the government Of the United States. as represented in the Canal Commission, cannot regulate the admission of coolios into the canal strip. American labor will not do on the canal the work the Chinese will do. which assertion is sustained by tho fact that out of the twenty thousand day laborers now on the Isthmus, and In the employ of the Commission. all are aliens The positions that require skilled labor are occupied by Ameri- cans. They will he occupied by Ameri- cans until the canal is finished. The Chinese cannot take them. for the c'hI nese cannot All them. Fns places tho Chinese will take are pAces AmerIean laborers will not have at any prlce the Commission is able to offer. If Amei Jean labor will not dig ditches in New York. 1t surely win not dig them ip Panama.
 These are elementary facts vitaiIy affecting the building of the canal. Trey are respectfully submitted to thr consideration of intelligent labor men who will not be slew to comprehend their significancA."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
WHAT SLATE PAPERS
 ARE SAYING
Manta the other FeIlow'n.

wants the Other Fellows. Every man af fai' mas hls own place in this world, but the 1T, Is we all want rhe other fellows. DoG't stnnd tO LOse. The tr.:sts are not l4--elv t1 lose very much by raising wages, since they control the cost of living and, in taeI
 High Prices Unba.aneed HiIn. A Minnesota man worth $I00,0oo killed himself because he feared poy- erty. do must nave put in most of nis time studying hls ~recery R''ls.
 Teddy is still Smiling. Tusca l0osa Tines-taaze te.
 Coneress sat upon eddy's new spell gressional enactment to make our teddy appear crestfallen.
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 Bad scPt of Cttlzem. A man wno simply oneys the law thrOugh fear of punishment and Who is a citizen of low type and nenaee to hts country
 ~. +-A -AnnIston'H Sseel 1Froapecea. Alfntston Hot Blast.
 Annistoa will be steel e-ty yet. Brown ore is the one esse 1tial, and the
  nwns inexhaustible fo.ds of the rich- est of brown ores.
 TOO Busy iO Take Notice. Aitnoush Richmond Pearson Hobson says that the Japanese cold capture thc Philippines in day, the Japs gre. tend to be too husy to take day om to ,ttend to tho matter.
 Nc Credit There. 1"aGlshif "eredit is iS better than money," says Ja mes ;. Hill, President of the Great Northern Railroad. But you bet If or cattle along his liae you will have to put up cash Or its equivalent.
 TalInl see Grows. Tallassee Tri-CounJy Weekly. On January ls;s Tal,.,Tee ., Sit pSSiston1esss mes Now we want t. e reappolntment of our postmaster, a better postonce bui.d- ing and good water worKs. RejOieIng in Proper Way Is All Right. Washing ton County News. Northern man recently expressed great surprise that s9 g-pcn wIlsHsS id,ss and remarked that the .Ueople or the North ho4d religious services on Christi day ,bs, ana f90 fo0k a5S 1Siy ySroite ''h SS
 ie $ &
 Doing themselves Harm. Huntsyi le Mercury.
 The aders among the negroes 10. cated in the Northern States are last scaling their own fate in til 1t section. Irrational and incendiaryz speeches and resolutions against thes Pres dent can hut add to the alrea } increasing feeI- ing Ol hostility in that seetloh
 9s & g
 Tn Harmony With the Season. italy mas risen to explain that the trip a alliance still obtains, ani tn 1t she loves England. France. Germa' y and Austria and that they love le another, and therc can't be anS war. srch ovidences nf peace are so In har- rnuny with the spirit of Christmas tide.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
E a Busy Man.

One Of the busiest unen i0 the coun- trv is Dr. silas Weir Mitchell. of Phil ade'rhia. who at the age of seventy-siV is hvin ~ine out his ei@hteenth book of fiction. Literature was his choice when a young man, but on tho advice materia rnedica. Later when he had be- come 2 Datholoeist of reuown, he con- sidered his own case and advised Dr Mitchell to become Novelist Mitchell cne.ni7ed everywhere that the science of ,ucdioiae is worthy of the term whUa tho phvsician- novelist has repu- taf.au wherever the American nove' can hone for pIace. He now his eighteen nnyola ro his credit. besides several books of poems. short stories wi bout number and over 100 wo"ks on scienti- fie and professional topics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

The distirctinn of being the tHllest
 mar in the United States army belongs 10 Ernest D. Peck. f'vst lieutenant
 in the engineer corrs, He Is six feet
 four' md one-half inches in hsi~ht. Lieutenant Peck is n9tive of Wis corsin. ard was graduated from the Oshkosh high school. He entered the nnVitarv academy at West Point in
 1897, and unon his g~aduat'on in 1901 assienmert to the select army of the service. the corps of enein eers Tieu-
 tenant Peck is now on du'v at Yell w. stone park, Wvoming and has super vised the building of Q military road
 known as Peek's pike. He Is called
 Pike's Peek by his comrades in the service
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
CbIckens a. Lny Members.

John Herman. an energetIc Metho- dist church worker. has organized the chickens in the neighborhoed of Wes- lev Methodist Episcopal church, ne1T Sykesville. Md. into missionary so- cietv to raise funds to aid the church. Each hen Is a lay member. so to speak. and the farmers of the neighborhnod a~Tee to turn over to the church each and every egg that their hens lay on Sunday and only those laid on that day These eggs are to be taken to the Epworth League meeting and placed in basket
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
nrrrERENCE nF OPINION.

The New York American declares positively that the admission ot Chinese eoolies into the Canal Zone will be d direct violation of the Chinese exciu- sion act. The Brooklyn Eagle, however. which is generally we'll informed, de- clares that the admission of coolies will not violate the exclusion act for the exclusion act does not apply to the Canal Zone. More thousands will not .o,Iow the nrst thousands, unless the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
TWO POEMS By MAUD sCoFTELD BEEsON, Tn December Century.
In December.
] December Century

O sullen sky, and leAfless tree,
 And brown field freezing fast, And wintry wind, you chill not me, For am home At last! At last! Dear home! My heart and ] Perpetual summer know. Blow, icy blast! Within leaps high The fire of loves own glow. I kneel before the grateful flame, And, shielded, sSfe and warm. Forget the bitter way I came And feel no more the storm. tA home at last! At home to stay! Oh, mercy unsurpassed! God grant all wanderers and the way Into their home at last!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
1,hn rnrannnl Encfor.

A remarkab-e group 0F articIes on "The Personal Factor wi be pub ushsd in The Youth.s t5o GomnaniOG ia, fSs tSs ej~ v-first year Of that ever yOun 2 and vigorous period cal. The Rt. Hon. James Bryce, NJ. P. will write ol The Personal Factor in History Cap tain Af7han on "The Per oDal Factor in tbe Navy" Woodrow W lson, Presi- dent of Princeton university.. on The Personal Factor in Education, zen. \. " Grkelv on The Persona Factor in Military life" and Hannis Taylor, formerly United states Minister to Spaln, on The Personal Factor in Di- plouacV"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

The dispatches state that the Ala bamiaus in New York enjoyed their 4i,- nuaI dinner in that city Thursday night, which suggests the question, don Ala bamians in New York dine but once a year--Columbus Ledger.
 Ws beg to inform the esteemed Led ger that Alabamians in New York. as elsewhere dine every day in the week, Sundays included. They don't always have such a good time as they did at that New York spread, however.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
Christmas Eve.

The clock points almost the first hour
 of morn, .... .~.-.. .:. A little, and the Christmas day Is born Peace over ali; the city's sounds are
 still; quiet Presence seems the place to fill Dear Christ, an unbelieveing soul would
 pray One prayer to thee on this Thy hols
 day. Help her, thou power that makest aiS
 for good- Help her to stainless keep her woman
 hood! gentler spirit grant, and (grace
 above DeserD make her, unworthy. worth his
 love-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
4sBuu Runn Russell Now s7.

Sir William H0ward HusseII. betfer known in this country as Pull Run" Russell. of The London Times, entered his tightly seventh year few days ago. took tS Journalism earnestly and com- biutI with it more than keen Inter est in military tactics The result was that at thirty-four he was acting as special representative of The Times in the Crimea, and from the beginning of the campaign there he became pure iy and simply the war correspondent 10 tha end of his active career.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

The Albany Herald remembers that something was said a year or two ago about a discovery or invention by which whiskey could be made Into small loz- enges, one of which would make good drink, and it seems worried that noth- ing more has come of it. Is Albany a dry town?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
WHEN NEW YEAR BEGINS.

Naval Observatory Will Flash the Ex-
 act second 10 Every S<cGASn.
 Washing ton Posl. -.
 The Navel Observatory will send out this year, as usual, Iour serles oI New ears i've teIegraphic time slgnaIs 10 announce the exact instant or tiIe De- gaming of the New Year in each or the four great standard time zohss or the United States, naInely: Eastern' Central, Mountain, and Pacific.
 The system followed w.LI De like that in use daily at noon. Each series be- gins five minutes before the hour, and the last click, following a silent inter val of ten seconds, marks the exact hour. In making this. announcement last night Admiral Walker, superln- tendent of the observatory, said:
 The first series will begin at ll:So a. n, 10th meridian time, December S1, and end at midnight. Eastern stand : ard time. The other three will follow at intervals Of exactly one hour. ending our time corresponding, respectively, to midnight of Central, Mountain and Pacific standard time.
 Tt is of interest In this connection 10 remember that exactly at 9:SO a. m, December 3l, in washington and New York, the New Year Is beginning in Guam. At our II a. Tl., December 3l, if is be-, ming in Manila. At II p. m., December S1, in Porto Ricc, At a. m. January, 1, in Chicago and St. Louis. Al a. u January 1. in Denver; At 8 a. n., Jqnuarv 1, in San Fr9ncisco. At a. m. January 1, In Sitka. At 5:80 a. m., JanuarY 1, in Honolulu and at 6:3o O. m, January lin Samoa"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
order was Temporary

WashinBtont Dec. E4.-It was stated at the inter'or department today that the notice sent to the Indian inspector at Muskogee recently resembling a pre- vious order for the shutting down of all oil and gas wells in the Osage Iia- tion was of 8 temporary character only, and that the department is wait ing for further Information from In- spector Wright. The matter has no con nection whatever, it Is stated, with the report of Special Commissioner Foulke on land frauds in the territory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
ORDER RRscINDED.
Chs and OH Wells Not to be shut
 Down.

GauS ana OAA WNAA N~A NS W S~-
 Down.
 Muskogee I,s IT.. Dee. 24.-~Indlan Inspector J. c. Wright yesterday re- ceived notice from the Interior De- partment. resembling the recent order to shut down all oil and gas wells in the Osage nation. The wells. with the exception of three. were closed by deputy narshals a few days ago.
 The first order followed n investi- gation bSN the government, it being charged that over 4.SO9 acres had been leased to one company or operato- which Is against the rules and regula- 2 tions of the department.
 The Indian insrector Is now prepar- ing B report on the oil and gas sltua- ton in the osage nation at the re- nuest of The Secretary of the Interior
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

The New York Times concludes that the Presidents canal message is very much like some of Hearsts campaign speeches, especially iY the number of "Fs" that it contains. The letter "I'' forms an important portion of the ReOsevelt simplihed spelling.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
sanlinn nnt snnken.

State ZooloEist Surface, of Pennsvl- var,ia. is preparing to send to ch comfy in the state for use of isa sohcals a collection of snakes found in Pennsylvania. with chart showing ra anlificatfons of the snake and the ,reogra phieaI district situation of the various species The snakes will be used for educational purposes, so that the teachers and pupils may be able to recognize the varieties from their ap- pearance and tynow whether they are poisonous or not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

After all the years of doubt and un- certainty, Lawyer Patrick Is allowed to keep his head to eat his Christmas tur- key if they give hlm one, which he might net have done if Governor Hig- gins had not commutsd his sentence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
THE SHEA EXPOSITION.

The recent trial and confession of Cornelius F. Shea has been published abroad in all It's trcacherous venality and rescality. A recent editorial ifspThe St Louis Globe-Democrat is so much tu the point that We copy 1t entire Under the words, Graft of Labor Leader Cost Labor Immense Sum-" that pa. CT says.
 The confession of the magnate in the Leamsters UnIon uf Chicago reveals d case or graft which recalls that vita Whieh the name of Sam Farks in New icrk was connected two or three years ago: according to this Chicago labor leader the Garment Makers Union ot that city gave Sl,sV0 to the leaders of the Teamsters' Union to start a symp. athy strike of the Teamsyers in aid of the garment makers. The strike was called, and the $l,5oU, lac says. was di. videC between himself and tour ether leaders of the Ieamsters.
 Everybody remembers the Teamsters' strike in Chicago of year ago, an which Cornelius P shea, the head of the Teamsters, repeated the roir of Martin Irons of the Missouri Pacific strike of 1886, and strutted and frettsd his little hour on ths stage and then was heard no more. The pers5n who Is doing the cOnfessing states that he and the rest of his associates had no griev- ance- They were on good terms with their employers, and would have re- mained so If they had not deliberate ly challenged trouble. The man who has turned States evidence says that he was opposed to the strike. but the bribe of s1,500 precipitated It, and the country knows tho rest. The strike lasted several months. in one phase and another, was in acute stage for several weeks resulted in the loss of several lives, entailed much humiliation on Chi cago, and cost maTy millions of dol lars In the destruction of property and the interruption of trade.
 Here is another warning to labor un- ions to exercise care ln the choice of their officers. The object 3f the unions is good They have rendered a valu- able service to their members in pro- noting fraternity between men in dif- ferent employments and in securing for labor a just share of the profits due to the cooperation of capital and labor. But many of the unions have been af- 1icted with incapabls and corrupt men at their head. who have cost them heav- ilv in cash and in thA alienation of the sympathy of, the public. Samuel Cont ners. in his absurd and futile roiitical .forav iE the Congressional canvass just Tended. hit labor uniOnlsm hard blow, though of a different order from that which Is dealt by the corrupt revela- tions in the Teamsters' strike In Chi cago. Incidentally this exposure in the Teausters' case Is another illustration of the vice of sympathy strikes"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
DramatinatiOna Yet to Come.

A new light romantic opera, 'The Vicar of Wakefield" has been founded on Goldsmith's novel and arTanged with songs and lyrics in three acts. Jane Aueten's Pride and Prejudice" has been done into A play There still remains Young's Night Thoughts" and "Pil- grin,s Progress" which no doubt will ha si4rnad into Christmas pantOmineB
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25

Daily average for October. .....s.., .ES,Z Zzo Sunday average for octo&or. .......' 'aLsSS
 
 E | Noble. Circulation Manager Of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sWoTn. saya:
 The foregoing statement of The Advar- Users circulation for the month of octo. Ger. 1906. is true and correct sna compiled after all returns from newsboys news sgenfa spaIisd and leftover ropsas have bean deducted 2 & NoRLE
 Circulation Manager Sworn to and subscribed before me this S7f% day of November iaoS (gsal) F. W JACRsOS
 Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
Eneounter with Insurgents.

Guines, this province. today announced that a patrol of rural guards has had an encounter with Ave mountain in- surgents. The two parties e, Changed shots with the result that two of the insurgents were killed and two were captured. The fifth man ees3I
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
twelve Months Ago Tonight.

Twelve months ago this very night.
 mid loving friends l sat Around the board went laughter, jest
 and song. We thought not of the future, for there
 lived in every heart The presence of a manhood, pure and
 strong. But, oh! the pleasant stories, the laugh
 ter and the wit That woke the sleeping echo of de-
 light. Not a shadow of a sorrow came be-
 tween us and our joys, . In our happiness twelve months a8s
 tonight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
d precnciona ChiId.

There is living at Reeire: near Pr nambuco, Brazil. a child Of five and two inches in height and who boasts of a raustaehe and c deep bass voice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
Don,t cro.. Your T,ec,

The prevalence Of appendicitis Is an admitted fact" said surgeon. good deal of this trouble. That sounds sfranga doeEn't itf Nevertheless ts is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25
Not the Place, But lhe Man.

 St. Paul Pioneer P ess
 Secretary Bonaps rue at dinner in Washington descrll eG with a smile letter that had come .o him in explana- tion of the exclusion If sailors in uni- form from dance haits.
 This letter." said lue secretary, "in- formed me that the Jackies were kept out of these halls because they were too attractive, because they captured all the ladies. and civilians were left in the cold.
 ''That reason was an using, striking. flattering, but. somehC ~, it was not quite satisfactory.
 Tt suggested to me the remark that A stageldriver made to fl Iend of mine { My friend, a trem endot g admirer of Edgar Allen Poe, boarded :he stage to drive to Fordham. where, n a small cottage, Poe wrote Bern ,ce, Ligeia and other immortal tales.
 "Ihe stage driver vas cf an 'inquisi- tive turn. He said to m! friend: Why are you so anxious to go to FordhaIn. slrT
 i" Because Poe lived theres said my friend.
 The driver grunted
 Poe wouldn't ha' been much thought of if he'd only lived at Ford ham, he said. It wasn't on that ac- count he's famous; il was on account of them there Voems and tales