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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-19

Marriage licenses were issued by Probate Judge J. B. Gaston yesterday to J. B. Weaver and Sarah Jane Cutts. and to Lean L. Leckie and Mary Ellen Garrett
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-19
News i'm Brief

A petition in voluntary bankruptcy was filed yesterday by Jerry Hudson. of Montgomery. The amount involved was merely nominal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-19
It Went to Totherow and Company of Mont
 gomery.

C. C. Totherow & Co. of Montgom- cry were yesterday awarded the con- tract for the construction of the two- story. south wing of the Capitol build- ing.
 The cost of the addition will be s51.- 129 .0o, and under the contract will be completed December 1. The contract was awarded at a meeting of the Cap itol Commission held yesterday morn ing at f0:30 o'clock in the office of the Governor. All the members of the Commission were present except State Treasurer J. Craig Smith.
 Five bids had been received and these proposals were opened as soon as the Commission was called to orr der. The bids were as follows:
 C. C. Totherow & Co.,. ..... .$51.i23.0o Algernon Blair. .. .. .... 51.750.00 B. C. Bynum Co.,. .. .... 5S,4s5.00 A. J. Shafer. . :. ........ 6l.s00.0o F P. Heifner. Atlanta. .. :. 6s,771.50
 The bid of Totherow X O., being
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-19

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 Little thin enamel Cascaret Box, half as thick as your watch. round-cornered. smooth-edged. and shaped so you don't notice Its presence.
 Contains six Candy tablets-Price Ten Gents Box at any Druggists.
 Be sure you get the genuine. made only by the Sterling Remedy Company. and never sold in bulk. Every tablet stamped "CCC."
 TREE TO OUR READERS.
 It has been arranged to mali free beau IuI little Frencb-designed GOLD-PLATED tFinket bO hard enRmeled In pretty oI- orE. n handsome ornament. most liberal of fer ever made, an2 we want every reader to have one. Ten ats in stamps Is asked as a measure of { faith and to cover cost loaded.
 Send today. be sure to mention this paper and write your address plainly. Address steriiBg Remedy Company. Chicago or New 1Ork
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01

such a petty crime! oh, it is horri-
blel Oh. that | could convert these
misguided men and bring them to a
realization of their errors before it is
forever too late!"
He left the room. Outside he
climbed into his buggy, stopping first
to speak gently to his horse. The in
telligent creature arched her beautiful
neck and pricked her ears at his we'll.
loved touch
He drove on hastily, stopping only
when voice from out the black
darkness brought him to a halt
Say, stranger, give me lift?"
Certainly; climb in They drove
on.
The moon rose and diluted the black
with pale yellow The minister turned
to look his chance companion in the
face He bore the scrutiny well. His
firm. strong face bred instructive trust
at first sight.
Rev Joseph felt the mans power at
once, and he poured forth his tale of
horror into this sympathetic bosom.
1 Hty NAEu Win GaCl ObHGl III utuOuDC-
ing the crime of lynching. The gentle
minister was holding forth in no un.
measured terms when, at a place in
the road where overhanging trees shut
out the moon, he felt a singing SEN
sation at the back of his head
When he recovered consciousness
he was in his own bed Nick Jackson
and several kindred spirits We're
lounging about the room Mic saw the
brown eyes open. He tiptoed with
elaborate care to the bed and said, in
a whisper;
"Feelin' better now, amt yer?'
My horse! Did he escape with my
horse?"
Yes, an served yer blame right,
| too. Didn't yer know that yer had the
| cussedest boss thief in the country
a-ridin' with yer-the very man we
wuz after? Yer warn't ter blame.
though"
What will you do with him If you
catch him?" came family but eagerly
from the bed
Our ltery an debatin clubd hev
lynchln bee, of course" responded
Mic
Rev. JOS, n set his teeth grimly.
"Are sou gpte sure you're doing
everything ptrole to catch him." he
said. -Chica Record i,oa aid
a
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
Courtesy in Copenhagen.

Copenhagen, Denmark. is a city of
canals and Cleanliness land of pure
delight, free from beggars, organ
grinders, and stray dogs. The inhabit-
ants thereof are born courteous, and
seem never to have recovered from
the habit When a passenger boards
car in Copenhagen, he exchanges
greetings with the conductor; gen.
tleman, on leaving the car. usually lifts
his hat in acknowledgment of a salute
from that official. When fare is paid,
the conductor drops it into his cash
box, thanks the passenger. and gives
him a little paper receipt. He offers
change with preliminary BE so
good" and the passenger accepts it
with thanks. If. in addition, transfers
are required, complimentary ex-
changes go on indefinitely Yet there
is always time enough in Copenhagen.
-Four Track News.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
The Part of True Wisdom.

The freest government, if it could
exist, would not be long acceptable
if the tendency of the laws was to
create a rapid accumulation of prop
erty in few hands. In the nature
of things, those who have not prop
erty and see their neighbors possessed
of much more than they think them
to need cannot be favorable to laws
made for the protection of such prop
erty. When this class becomes nu-
merous it grows clamorous. 1t looks
on property as it's prey and plumber,
and is naturally ready at all times for
violence and revolution. 1t would
seem, then, to be the part of political
wisdom to found government on prop
erty, but to establish such distribution
of property, by the laws which regu-
late its transmission and alienation,
as to interest the great majority of
society in the support of the govern
ment.-Daniel Webster.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01

A bucket OF potatoes, to be eaten
out OF three times a day" is a not UNI
common prescription to supply from
our dispensary We have great
trouble to keep enough, says DR.. w T
Greenfell in Boston Transcript
Often a bit of fresh beef is easier
to give, for we kill our oxen in the
fan and cut them into joints. Then
we fill our old barrels with clear
water and drop in the beef 1t
promptly freezes solid and is pre-
served at least from December to
July.
| was much amused to notice that
some rats had singled out in the store
one Of these barrels for attack. After
patiently gnawing through the wood
they came down to the block ice, but
in many nights working they had
got very little "foryader."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
USED RUsE TO SECURE MONKEY
Animal was Unacquainted with Quail
tiles of Opera Glass.

A professor well known in the sci
entific world recently hit upon novel
method of capturing a pet monkey
which had escaped from the house and
taken refuge in the branches of tall
tree.
He looked at the animal through a
pair of opera glasses, pointing the
small end at him, and then retired to
short distance, leaving the opera
classes o. the ground. The initiative
monkey descended from the tree, and,
taking the opera glasses, gazed in a
similar manner, at his master, who
seemed to the deluded ape to be many
Yards distant.
The monkey, continuing to look,
through the same end of the opera
glasses, supposed his master, who
was walking slowly toward him, to be
still long way off, when the pro-
fessor, reaching out, secured the
chain and led the victim back to his
cage.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
The ACCllmating Of
Rev Joseph Strong

Rev Josenh Strong was IN his study.
when tall. iana figure topped with
a wide-brimmed hat appeared in the
open window ard leaned comfortably
on the sill
That there is who ! am, said the
stranger, throwing toward the aston
ished minister, with dexteTous twist
Of his hand. an expanse Of pasteboard
bearing the words Me Jackson, Esq.
And the very old Nick am, too when
] gets worked up. proceeded he.
peditatiyely. feeling the pistols at his
belt.
Rev. Joseph Strong remembered the
name of Mic Jackson as that Of an
elder in his church. He shutdered
apprehensively The elders next
words, however, fell reassuringly
I've come around, parson." he said.
fer to ask yer to jine our litery and
debatin society. We'd like powerful
to have yer fer ther Office of chaplern."
Rev. Mr. Strong had been in this
town In Oklahoma but two weeks
two weeks of constant shock and sur
prise to the young enthusiast, with his
dreamy eyes and sensitive mouth
Somehow he could not get his bear.
ings, He gave eager consent to Mics
invitation, and that gentleman went
his way.
Rev Joseph went hopefully to the
next meeting of the society He felt
that he had perhaps misjudged these
burly, uncouth men, and his gentle
soul was full OF contrition After his
opening prayer, fervent with feeling,
Mic Jackson, Esq, in his capacity as
president, arose and said:
Owing to unforeseen contingencies,
our litery progrum kin not be Civ and
rendered this evening. A boss thief
has been cotehed, and 'cordin to our
constitution an bylaws, yer all knows
what we hev to do"
1t was apparent that they were fully
conversant with the role it behooved
them to assume, for significant looks
We're exchanged and a long coil OF
rope was produced from under the
presidents chair The audience dis
appeared precipitately. and left Rev
Joseph TO startled and hasty thought
The miscresntsl What can | do
TO stop this villainous undertaking?
To hang man for stealing a horse
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
Did You Know This?

Say, dyou know anything bout
bosses, hey? Dyou know they'll eat
pork? Well, they WILL when it's fed
EN- an they have to. The heaves
stops. subsequent, though they're an
all fired sight wuss afterwards. Belle
went right onto meat diet, hog-meat
an oil cakes. Yep, linseed oil-it'll
fat rail fence. Belle took on weight
amazin' Gurus thing bout oil cakes,
though; once a boss has been fatted
on 'em, an then grows pickid agin,
there ain't nothin in Gods worldll
put flesh onto him a second time.
You can try as much as you're a mind
to; it aint no use. American Maya
zine
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
Where Shelley Wrote "The cenci.'

Where Shelley Wrote "The cenci."
On the walls of the palace on the
Corso, where Shelley lived for a time,
until the death of his child, the
Roman municipality have affixed the
now usual tablet And this tablet
shows very curious little misunder-
standing, and divergence of verbal
habits. between Italy and England.
Here. says the inscription, Shelley
wrote The Cenci But the words
Of the Italian are La Cenci" Now,
no Englishman could possibly read
Shelleys title but as a family name
The Cenci" in the plural. That an
Englishman should call Beatrice 'the
Cenei' in the feminine singular, as
one may speak of la Duse" or ia
Patti" is altogether inconceivable. To
the Italian municipal mind it seemed
that Shelley naturally called his hero
inc and his tragedy La Cenci."
What a pity that none but editors
decline English articles!
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
OLD TIeHTFIsT NOT CAUGHT.
Cieve Ruse to Secure Draught OF
Beer Was Wasted

Near Vineland, N T., there lived a
German farmer who brewed his own
beer the superiority of which he was
continually proclaiming, though no
other percon ever enjoyed an oppor-
tunity of testing its merits. A young
neighbor made a wager that ho could
trick the farmer into giving him a
taste of the much-vaunted drink The
youth visited the German one Sunday
afternoon and the conversation was
deftly stored around to home brewed
beer The young man Doasted that
his father brewed beer that could not
be equaled The farmer at once We
hmently ordered UP mug of his own
fayorite brew. When it appeared, the
German raised it to his Fps, and, the
other hand pressing his stomach,
drank every drop without taking
breath. Then holding the empty mug
to the disappointed young fellow he
said gravely
You say your fader's beer ISIS so
better as mine, Jost sehmell dot
mug!"-Lippincott's Magazine
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
Travels Of Winged Seeds.

Most persons probably think that
winged seeds from trees travel to
great distances on the wind. But the
studies of DR.. Ridley, of the botanic
gardens, at Singapore, indicate that
winged seeds have a far narrower
range of flight than do powder" seeds
and plumed seeds. The greatest dis
lance Travelled by the winged fruit of
a forest tree, observed by Dr. Ridley,
was 100 yards. Under the most favor
able circumstances, he calculated, it
would take this plant 100 years to
spread 800 yards, 100000 years to
spread from the Malcy peninsula to
the Philippines, if a long connection
existed
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
MALICE IN COMIC VALENTINES.
Philadelphia Judge Declares Missives
Are Offensive.

The Philadelphia comic valentine
case has reached another interesting
stage. 1t began with the sending OF
the offending missiye last February
and was then enliyened by the recip-
tents lawyer demanding that the
sender be brought into court to an
gwer to the charge Of criminal libel.
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Both
the complainant and defendant are
women and related by marriage and
the proceedings show an added bitter
ness on this account. Several months
after the charge was made the grand
jury returned bill Of Indictment and
then the lawyer for the defendant
filed demurrer to have this indict-
ment quashed But the judge refused
10 sustain IT, Re declared that yalen-
tines Of the character of the one under
discussion, In which the recipient was
alluded to as a scandalmonger. a busy
body, mischiefmaker and a person
of unrestrained mendacity, afford am
pie grounds for suits Of the character
instituted and that when such a libel
Gus valentine leaves the sender's pos
session 1t is clearly in circulation ac-
cording to the letter Of the law.
It is possible that this Philadelphia
case viii prove warning and a de-
terrent for those persons who under
the cloak Of anonymity use the So
called comic valentine as a means OF,
venting their malice. If so, 1t Will not
be prosecuted in vain
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01

AT a recent entertainment in a
Brooklyn school, relates the New
York Sun, the deaf and dumb mother
of one Of the ittle boys in the audi
enee sat Eex1 20 him while he inter
preted the rccitetions for her. An
other mother, hearing that the hus-
band of the a7jicted woman had all
his faculties unimpaired, remarked
with a touch Of pity in her tone
Il don't see how man could mar.
nv a woman whose voice he never had
heard and never expected to hear"
Maybe" said her husband, that
is why he married her"
The wife pondered bit, and then
exclaimed: "Wretch!
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
CUTTING THEIR WORDS sHoR,.
Writers Of English No Longer Use
Extended Sentences.

'"rhe English sentence grown short
er and shorter" said an essayist
Spencer, Sir Thomas More, Lyly and
Sid ney used sentences Of the average
leT 9Th of S. words. Nowadays the
sentences on the average journalist
are Only Is words long. Pacon intro
duced the short sentence. At time
when everybody else was using SO
words he took %. Praise be to Ba-
con-
Macaulay used very short SEN
tence. Its average length was 20
" ,rds Dickens average was rs.
Tqackeray's was 81 Matthew Arm
offs sentences are long. but beaMi-
fully balanced They are Of 81 words.
Henry James are longer and, though
intricate, graceful and well worth puz-
cling out, for in each of them pow
erful meaning IS concealed. They
are 39-ers.
"Kipling's sentences contain 81
words, George Moore's "a. H. G. Wells
%. Upton Sinclair's o."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
WIFE HAD HER TRlsuLATioNs.
Hard Time indeed With Such an Un
accommodating Husband.

John asked his wife as he was
beginning to dream that he had pat
ented something and made million,
did you lock the door?"
Yes"
The pantry windows open!"
No faint ! shut it.
Hurry down and turn off the gas
stove. I'm almost sure Hulda forgot
and left it burning when she went to
bed
mo, s all right. | looked
You didn't fasten the side screen
door Go and hook it or it'll flap all
night and keep 10 awake"
IS all right. | hooked it."
John Pritchard, get up quick Don't
you know that | shan't be able to go
to sleep tonight unless you go and
look around to see whether you
haven't forgotten something? My
goodness, it's wonder you haven't
driven me into nervous prostration
long before this
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
Remember Your umhrslla.

How do you manage to keep your
umbrella from being spirited away :?
And how do you avoid leaving them
on trains?" asked a girl who was a
frequent Lost advertiser On this
occasion she was e@ult,ng in the sur
prise of seeing an answer to her en-
treaty for the return of her rain
shedder when you sit in a car"
said her companion, place the UNI
brella on the outside, between your
self and the aisle. Thus the umbrella
is fence, 1t bars you in. When you
jump up hastily to get off at your sta
ton. you fall over the umbrella. You
cannot forget it,"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
The Advice Of Experience.

It has sometimes been remarked
by the student Of childl!fe that the
only child learns to read sooner than
the child belonging to large family.
There may or may not be psychology
cal reasons for this; but the story of
the small boy of five, who was strug-
Cling with his alphabet blocks for the
first time, may be enlightening to
those who wish for reasons. The
small boy was really rather interested
than otherwise in large A that full
filled its usual function of standing
for an apple tree; but he had broth
er who was nearly eight. You leave
'em alone" advised the brother; IF
you once begin to read you can never
leave off"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
For Sleeplessness.

When you are too tired to sleep
which is the most distressing of the
many forms Of sleeplessness, a cold
sponge bath Will often stimulate you
Just enough to let you fall asleep nat
urally.
Or, if your sleeplessness is caused
by thoughts crowding in on you thick
and fast-more so as you struggle
against them-try putting your feet
in hot water and keeping them there
for full ten minutes BY that time
you will be relaxed and able ito turn
off your think which is the pleasant
prelude to sleep
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
Climatic Conditions Exnlained

Since the earth is much farther
from the sun when it is summer in
the northern hemisphere and winter
in the southern than when the sea.
sons are reversed, it might be sup
posed that the climate would be more
extreme in the southern half of the
earth than it is in the northern The
actual difference is made slight by the
fact that the proportion Of land to
water is much greater in the northern
hemisphere.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
GOOD PROOF or HIS SKILL.
Floor PoIisher Surely Left Nothing to
Be Desired.

Frank Miles Day. the well-known
arcnitect and essayist Of Philadelphia,
stepped carefully from Persian rug
Of duh green and old rose to another
rig Of rich blue. for the polished foor
between was dark and smooth and
slippery like ice.
Rather a good polish there, I
think said MIR. Days host.
Remarkably good, indeed said
Mr. Day.
The host just then slipped and
nearly fell, and the architect, with
laugh, went on
A friend Of mine has beautiful
floors, and the other day sent for a
floor polisher.
l want these floors polished, he
said to the man, as he led him about
the house. They are, YOU perceive.
hne ones. They ought to come out as
lustrous as rosewood DO you think
you're capable of doing them justice?
Give me some proof of your thorough
competence.
+" That's easily done, sir the polish
er replied You just go and ask Col.
Snow, next door but one. about my
work. He'll tell ye Why, governor.
on the polished floor of Col. Shows
dining room alone five persons got
broken limbs last winter, while two
ladies slipped down the grand stair
case during the Easter week ball and
one dislocated her hip, while the other
fractured three ribs. You ask Col.
Snow, sir. ] polished that floor and
that there staircase of his'n
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
Min sne 49, n. roada.

Attorney Genera Na5dy has di-
rected that suits bc brought against
a large number railroad com
panies to recover penalties for viola
ton of the safety appliance law
through failure to keep their equip
ment in proper condition. The largest
number of violations attributed to
any road is So against the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad company
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
Ten Cents on a Dollar,

Swiss hotel keepers are trying to
arrange ten per cent scale of tips.
They complain that the scale of gra-
tuities has risen greatly owing to the
reckless generosity of Americans. II
they can reduce it to ten per cent,
well and good but II they wish to
keep Americans from giving more
they must first employ class of serv-
ants who expect no more from Ame- !
leans than from other guests.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
Never Gets BY.

81 always hate to pass an ice cream
saloon when I'm walking with my
girl"
when I'm out with my girl I've
never happened TO pass one"
That's strange. How do you man
age it?"
II don't manage it; she does. She
always insists upon going in. "-Cathc-
lie Standard and Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
Produces Criminals.

"The liquor traffic tends to produce
criminality in the population at large
and law-breaking among the saloon
keepers themselves. Theodore Roose-
welt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-01
One More Unfortunate

Zones SAYS he is out for the dust.
We'll he was getting it when | saw
him last
THAT so? Much Of it?"
~All OF it: he was being rolled In
Jinx's automobile