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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-11
These Three Are Good.

BEEF, WINE AND IRON.
 This preparation has long been prescribed by physicians, made from fresh Beef, Citrate of Iron and pure sherry Wine.. In cases of physical exhaustion and m impoverished condition of 1e blood. Splendid for coRvales- cents. %5, 50 and &I bottles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-11

Sing a song of reaches, Eating bac,: of books, They eat the sugar in the bin Almost eat the cooks. Telephone to Andrews, Ask 'em for relief, Please send up some Hoopers
 food,
 Let the time be brief. Sing a song of Ratlets. We sometimes call 'em mice Always eating bread and cheese. Almost eat the ice. Phone to Mir. Andrew,
 Send Rat Biskit, quickl Feed 'em with it when 1t comes, Never use brick. Sing song of Buglets., Some call em "wingless bugs, They prey on women, man ana
 child,
 They almost prey on rugs. Phone to Andrews Dr. z Store. Mention your comp aint. They'll send some drugs to XIII
 the bugs,
 It doesn't make 'em faint.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-11

Sing song or MOInietSN
 The ''pesky" little moth. Eating holes in garments,
 Always eating cloth. Phone to Andrews Drug Store, For camphor balls and flakes. Give 1t to lem day and night,
 Never give 'em cakes. Sing about the Water Bug.
 He fattens and he grows. Alufost eats the kitche- sink And the garden hose. Phone to Number Ninety,
 For some poison stun, Have to fight 'em all the time, Have to treat 'em rough. Sing a song of Pleas and Flies,
 Sing of Ants and things, Sing of "Skeeters," Chats and
 Slugs,
 Each one, trouble brings Phone to Andrews Drug Store
 If very much distressed. No other way will win the day, Or bring you peace and rest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
COLLEGE AND THE DRAMA

The costly costumes, modelled after paint
ings on ancient vases, and all the accesso-
ries at the command of q wealthy uni
versity, with archaic vividness repro
duced the first Athenian production of
more than two thousand years ago. In
this and other recent instances we fin
a return to the collaboration between
teacher and pupil known in the days of
Udall and our first English comedy"
The author of the article in Appleton 8
goes on to describe the growing recogni-
ton of the actor by the universities that
have given them degrees, and invited them
to lecture; the increasing number of grad
yates going on the stage; and the effect
of dramatic interests on college morals
notably In the decrease of drinking. The
article in Appleton's concludes with these
words
THE results, already realized or soon to
come are easily discoverable; healthier
public sentiment regarding the acted
drama; a deeper knowledge of dramatic
literature and the history of the stage;
a more tolerant attitude of society toward
the actor as an individual human being;
a more decent treatment in stageland or
men and women of education adopting
the theatrical profession: an Increased
strength in our native playwrights; the
disappearance Of buffoonery in dramatic
criticism; scholarly capacity in theatrical
management; and above all, because
causative of all, the training of new
generation of playgoers, knowing true art
and approaching dignity and cleanliness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
NIAGARA POWER IN SYRACUSE.
Current Brought From the Cataract 1865
Miles Away.

From the Syracuse Herald.
The operation yesterday of several of
the trolley lines OF the Syracuse Rapid
Transit system by electrical power trans
mitted from the Niagara river can hardly
be called an experiment, for no doubt was
entertained of its practical success; yet
1t was an event of exceptional signif1-
canoe and importancefi not alone to the
people of this city, but to the vast cor
porate interests to which the power prob
lem is an engrosslng study. We believe
It makes new record in the long dis
lance transmission of electrical power,
at least in the measure of horsepower
that is to be utilized, If not in the num-
Der of miles covered by the communica-
ton.
In a few days all the cars of our local
traction system will be moved by the
strength of the current that rushes, 165
miles away. toward Americas greatest
cataract. That in itself is a marvellous
triumph of human genius over the forces
of nature. But 1t is something more than
a scientific miracle 1t may have far
reaching consequences in Fastening the
day when electricity will generally be
substituted for steam as the motive
agency in the operation of railroad sys-
TENS and the machinery of American in
dustry. The part that the Niagara river
will play in this transformation will ne
cessarly be limited, but the distribution
of it's power over a broad area of the
empire state will surely stimulate the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
TO CUT COTTON; NOT PICK 1T.
Progressive Growers Say 1t VIII Be
Harvested Like Wheat.

With a suddenness almost startling
manufacture has taken southern labor
away from agriculture. Consequently,
says the Southern Farm Magazine, men
have been set to thinking out machines,
not so much to supplant muscle as to do
the work for which muscle has become
less and less available.
The progress that has been made was
shown last month by test of five differ
ent cane leaders in Louisiana in the pres
ence of a number of sugar planters, who
were as well satisfied with the results
that they had difficulty In deciding which
of at least three of the machines was
preferable.
One of these loaded 34O0 pounds Of cane
in minutes and So seconds; another, two
tons of cane In 6 minutes and IS seconds,
and the third, two tons in minutes and
As seconds. One mule is the power needed
to operate the leaders, though one %
them is arranged so that gasoline en-
CINE may be used.
All these machines, as we'll the new
cotton harvesters, cling to the idea OF
substituting a machine for muscle in the
actual picking of cotton. But 1t is believed
that the real solution of the problem will
not be reached until the idea of picking
cotton in the fields at all is given up. The
advanced cotton growers advocate cutting
the plants entire and harvesting them by
machinery much as wheat is harvested.
The plants will then be threshed and
gnned. This idea involves changes in the
methods of planting cotton and In the
handling the growing plants which may
appear radical at first glance, but which
1t is believed are practicable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
HALF HOLIDAY MONDAY ACCOUNT LABOR DAY

able to crack, much less to break the
slant the laws Of gravitation asserted
themselves over the swaying Mr. Leroy.
With a lurch and a stagger he sought to
save himself, but fell heavily against his
spouse and murmuring. M, hlc. darlin
melted with sigh to the floor. The next
the door slammed with bang that shook
the foundation. leaving me alone and
busted.
"A few days later when I passed them
On the street neither spoke.
THE following week | sat through an
opera in Denver with young woman Wis
iting from the east In box, radiant In
a handsome new gown. sat Mrs Smith
Poor woman. circulated my compan-
ion. Hers is a most unhappy life. | over
heard her yesterday at a tea telling how
some human fiend was leading her hus-
band into all kinds OF horrible vices. sim
ply from envy of his happy home life.
The poor man, she says. confesses ii all to
her afterward. BY the way know exact
ly what she paid for that beautiful gown.
She bought 1t at Nine. Junots when |
was in there the day aftsr my arrived
II recalled that she arrived the same
evening l didn't get to Cripple Geek.
II wasn't at Nine. Junot's,' l replied.
but / can guess that riddle myself. She
paid s245-and paid cash.
Why / didn't know you, a mining
man, knew so much about women and
clothesr she cried.
~ DON'T was my answer, about
clothesr'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02

~ NE of the most suggestive articles
of the month carries the above
- title, and is published in Apple
toms Magazine for September.
'Of all the changes" says the author,
(which recent years have marked in our
colleges and universities, by way of ex-
banded curriculums and broader social ac-
tivties, none is more significant than the
new attitude toward the drama, change
which manifests itself alike upon the
scholastic and the social side of college
life.
THE viclssitudes of the college theatre
have resembled those of the theatre at
large. From medieval days, logged into
submission or living in permitted lawless-
ness, the student ever has been the acton
and playwright. Supposedly suppressed,
the drama of his world has thrlved in Sc
cret, as in the outer world under Puritan
rule, ard, because secret, has degener-
ated Time was, as now, when teachers
and pupils united in its creation and sup
port Until Cromwell's day, Oxford and
Cambridge entertained their royal guests
by dramatic performances directed by
learned doctors and the masters of arts,
their colleges surprising the facilities
even of the London theatres, and their
students forming the sanest of existing
companies of players
american colleges had no early expe-
riences with theatricals. All were gov
erned by theological interests, and were,
indeed training schools for the pulpit.
Love of learning, save as means to an
end was rare. During revolt against
the narrowness of laws and life, dramatics
were born amid the resulting excuses,
and, although bitterly opposed or treated
as IL non-existent, in reality secretedly
increased. Even less than century ago
college president would have shamed the
heathens rage, could he have dreamed OF
today's professors prancing in white fan
nels across the tennis court, or delighting
in directing the rehearsals of a play by
Congreve.
Theatrical freedom, nevertheless, led
further dramatic clubs at several col
leges, notably Harvard, Columbia. Prince
ton, and Pennsylvania, appearing in pro-
fessionally coached musical extravagan-
Gas, the words, lyric. and score often the
work of undergraduates Many were
cleverly concocted and skillfully inter-
preted, but they seldom rose above music
hall Stiffness, ana, althousn the Idsclna-
ton of college theatrcals on this sump-
tuous scale is admitted and none but a
'mucker' would decry the road tours So
cial dongs, their general influence was TO
be deplored. The more serious undertake
ing of the classics under direcs faculty
supervision originated with Harvard's sue
cessful production of the 'Oedipus Tyran-
nus OF Sophocles, arousng profound In
terest throughout this country and in Eu-
rope. A quarter century later the classi-
cal department again scored by the pre-
sentation of the greatest of the Greek
tragedies, the 'Agamemnon' of Aechylus.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
What Some Corporations Have Done.
From Leslle's Weekly.

From Leslies Weekly
No statistics are obtainabIe showing
how much the railroads and other combi-
nations of so-called "grafters" pay out
yearly In the employment of resident ply
sicians for their employees, In the free
distribution of good literature. In the
maintenance of reading rooms, club
houses, gymnasiums, kindergartens, and
night schools. but there are some figures
of their outgo in certain directions which
are not without Significance. During the
year 1908 one great railroad organization
paid out In relief to employees 1854 3g1. 81;
In pensions, $794,0 10; in hospital service,
so, 80. In railroad Young mems Chris
tian association work, $6l, 692. 4S--a total
of 81 ,230 $3.50, more than a cool million
from this one concern. The total expend-
iture on railroad Young Mems Christian
association work by ten great railroad
systems In one year amounted, according
to the figures for l903-the latest avail
able to 1918. 692, and by this time the
annual expeditures Of these railroads in
this direction probably approach round
half-million dollars. One railroad reports
y7l1.00O OF stock held by employees. Anoth-
er big railroad reports veneht disburse-
ments for several years of an annual
average of 1915 1876. This same road
has paid out $500 900 in pensions since the
establishment of the pension system q
few years ago. Another reports $50. 900 an
nual relief payments, another s35 900. An
other road has loaned to It's employees
on mortgage within the last few years the
big sum of Sl.207, 07S06 With this money
1905 homes have been buiitn 1912 have been
bought, 443 have been improved, and liena
on 1885 properties have been released /,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
Let Me Train Your Boy for Business.-If You
Have Boy, Have Something
to Say to You!

will teach him spelling and English
grammar; | will teach him to write
plain, rapio business hand, such as is
required by business men; l will teach
him commercial law; I will teach him
all kinds of bookkeeping; | will teach
him banking; l will teach him these
subjects so well and thoroughly that
there will be demand for his SER
vices as soon as he can get my en-
dorsement. This knowledge of COM
mercial subjects will be Of untold ben
eft to him when he enters business
life. It will mean quick advancement
for him. Is it not your duty to see
that your boy is equipped with this
necessary training?
II the statements I have made In
this advertisement impress you as
being sound and you are interested In
the matter, telephone me or call In
person, and we will talk the matter
over. By my methods of individual
instruction, pupils may enter school at
any time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02

When your boy leaves school for
business, his employer won't give a
rap whether he can recite omers Had,
or tell in what year some Roman en-
peror reigned, but he WILL want him
to be able to add up bill of goods
correctly, or be able to figure out the
interest on a sixty-day note, or take
his letters in shorthand and transcribe
them correctly; or tell the difference
between a correctly written business
letter and a piece of love poetry. This
is the kind of knowledge on which his
salary will be based; his ability to do
fancy stunts in trigonometry or to re-
cite Latin phrases won't count for
much.
For more than ten years in my Bir-
mingham school l have been making
a specially of commercial subjects. I
will teach your boy just those things
which business men demand. l will
teach him to read figures as he now
reads words; will teach him how to
add, subtract, multiply and divide;
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02

discovery and exploitation of other
sources of electrical energy and the in
vention Of new processes for making them
effective In the service of man.
To the average citizen 1t must seem
that there will always be danger of an
interruption of the electrical current
transmitted over this long connecting line,
and time alone can tell whether this the
DRY has any serious basis. Meanwhile,
the local power plant will. of course be
available for use in possible emergencies
Whether 1t will have be retained as a
permanent auxiliary to the main source
of traction power remains to be seen.
That, however, is but an incidental prob
lem, and no doubt in good season 1t will
be satisfactorily solved
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
Cost of the Pope's Wardrobe.

From the Chicago Journal.
The outward robe of the pope is red,
and made from the wool of the lambs of
the convent of st. Agnes, near the Porta
Pla. The cloak and cape are lined with
purple and trimmed with gold lace; the
combrero, or hat, Is red, and has a gold
cord and tassel. Beneath the clok Is
worn an alb, made also of wool of the
lambs of St. Agnes, and grit about the
waist with a sash of white MORE an
tique, garnished with gold fringe. The
pope's hands are covered with kid nit
tens and his feet are burdened with
pair of slippers worn over his ordinary
shoes. The total value of his wardrobe
is said to be $150000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
vEIL1NGs, IA YARD
LONG AT ACC.

A big assortment of colors to
select from. IA yards long, big
values even at 75c and $1.00.
Cut for Monday selling 1Qo
to. =. =. -. .......n.. "
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02

A big lot of Kimonos at a
sacrifice for Monday selling;
big line of colors to select from;
practically any design you
want. Monday special I OK
price. -. 49,. ....... A.OO
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02

NE of the most suggestive articles
1 of the month carries the above
- title, and is published in Apple
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
an Irish eviction, and cried in arrogant

an Irish eviction, and cried In arrogant
tones:
BET " all I got gains y'r pile
.I set in all my chips for felt sure ne
was bluffing and my time had come-ana
# had For that walking whiskey sun
sbowed down four duces, remarking with
sleepy grunt: ,,,
Had 'em all time Thash ALI
you've sold your soul to the deviil
I cried In an outburst Of temper at TINS
/wretched outcome of my enorts'
.Mavb So he replied with drunken
,eer. but yr bad luck. know. You been
throwin' rocks at church. Thash what
Resh stop shtop it, and he sank into
tho dreamless slumber Of the very drunk.
Smith Falls to Sleep.
eft was nearly morning when, after q
dismal drive through the darkness,
sledged NJ. Leroy up three flights OF
stairs and. propping him up by the door
NJ his fiat. rang the bell After an age OF
silonce who's thatT came through tho
door in a voice like cracking thorns.
Smith stiffened up.
".Mr. Smith | answered in confidence,
feeling I surely had thanks and gratitude
coming in chunks from that section OF the
family.
'aRut Smiths feeble pipe. 'Yesh, s me,
m, dear wasn't reassuring. Then the
door opened disclosing pink wrapper,
framed in darkness and surmounted by
much wandering hair. / saw face like a
thunder cloud made flesh to dwell among
us. and the lightning snap of the eyes
comnleted the Illusion. My courage
shriyeled and vanished like dividends on
wet mine.
Mrs. Smith, said. in voice hardly
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-02
Smith Makes WlnnInc.


And to my disgust ! saw that the
spades were the trey and five. That
creature had made him a winning hand
against my three acesl
II was somewhat nettled at being de-
layed in the good work, but instead of
quitting right there I kept on, forgetting
that luck sticks to drunkard like a
bad reputation.
And Leroy proved that proverb. He
held hands that were marvellous, hands
as terrible as an army with banners
hands big as a catcher's NIT, hands like
the hand Of providence While mine
were not hands at ALL but more like
feet
II played close, I played daringly. I
played judgement calls and then switch
ed to lunches. And every style was
worse than the other. At the end of
forty minutes he had as much money as
I did and Just as the full hour rolled
around he raised a pat straight of mine
on a bluff. got raised back, saw 1t, drew
three cards to an ace and king--and
came out with a full hand, leaving me at
the end of the struggle with about forty
dollarsi
And I was to have been aboard the
train by this timel The next hand, with
piece of outrageous luck that would
make the angels weep, he took away $40
more.
All that samaritan tOmfnyrOt had
cleared out Of my brain long gao. I was
fighting now for my life, my eternal
peace of mind; for who could ever sleep
calmly after being the under lunatic In
this sort of an asylum tragedy?
Il began to play a mean game; / did
everything but cheat And after a while
1t seemed that luck got ashamed of itself
and began to come my way some. Grad
ually I began to gather in few blue ones.
beat him out of $40 with three tens over
his three mines, and the very next hand
beat three tens for him with three lacks.
HE was getting soggy now, and / felt
that with hard work l might redeem my
self IL could only keep him awake. Ad-
ding chip to chip, I crawled slowly up.
THE clock kept striking but kept ham
mering feverishly away in silence at that
great stack Of blues through the watches
of the night. Fifty dollars I got and then
added twenty more; and then, after ten
thousand years I put another twenty to
that
my. It was hard work! But I kept up
my spirits with the thought of what my
disgrace would be II this liquor soaked
mutt did me up.
Then came the collision and the catas-
trophe. all the bitterer for the hope that
pat but did not raise before the draw for
little cautious now.
HE drew one card and did not look at IL
but. when I pushed s25 into the pot, he
Just showed in everything he had in front
Of him. making az complete a cleanup as
The evening world., 1906-06-08
M|LLER-RADTKE SYSTEM
PLAYERS J0LTED YESTERDAY
Their Mounts Did Not Figure Profitably and
Many a Follower Of These Riders
Went Broke.

TEN hends who take the choices as a
basis FOR taelr play aye well 10 the
good this spring
The records show that more than 50
per sent. o; races this season have been
Won by hrsi, second aud third choices
1t would seem from this tina, Players
who are continually seeking long-shots
are certainly UP against It. Take a
field OF a dozen horses. Three OF these
are choices and the balance are 10 20
/ or better. Which Of these must the
,ong-sbot player select? He has an
enormous percentage against him u
he tries to nick one on any form that
has been shown.
Long shots are possible when the play
or has some inside information. az. FOR
instance, In the case OF Oraculum at
Gravesend yes. erday. Jesse Lewlsohn
had Information conce nIng this TWO.
year-oid. which had never started he
fore He started in pounding tae rlag
NJ the opening OF the betting. getriuA
all rac q from u TO ! dowu 10 =
TO for DIS money AZ ,le close bo5S
makers were refusing tn take any more
money prurllum won very easily and.
Us victory probably melted LewleaHu
10000.
The evening world., 1906-06-08
WEATHER RESPONSIBLE
FOR SLOW WORK TO-DAY

L1sTLEss-Fiye mrlonss IN no, all
out.
TOMCOD-Five surlonss IN io5, driv-
ms Hardly worth rememberins
MISS MONROE-Fl,e clrlougs Ia
lpt 10 hauliiy Has speed. but stops.
RUNNING WATER-slN fluon. ia
ilN ~ hreyzing she is ln good form.
DoNTENT-SlN t~ir4ougs ~ Ills. gal
loplns. \ very nice ai.y and ia good
tItm
MASAN1ELLO-s4x ~fur!ongs IN 10.
el.lupn,g. Al ne needed.
lROcL EbS-Oue mile ia t.iS. an ont
AAtBtGJACk-Due ME in az. BAND
ilv \ air c3.t. bus won out.
FIfDRITi-One mile IN ! 80. han1lly.
AaN sin a cheap race.
ARGENTlNA-FoGr f|urlonEs IN O59.
HARDLY Very. ordinary, but TT for
what she can do
RUSSELL -Four furlongs in o.b2 10,
Oreczlug. \ very clever colt and NJ.
JOHN IYLE-StN furlougs In IIg.
brcczlng. Ready any day
HoLSCHER-Four furlonEs In o5i %.
brcezing Ready and In good form.
WlCkFORD-SiX furlongs In III 3-5.
hundi,v 4 nice colt and Is Or.
SUPREME-Six furlongs in liz hand
us. Gould ho som 20 the post any day
PAU MONOK-Fou f|lrlougs LOO 0Ie -.
handily Has speed and is ready.
QtILOLO- Four furl0ngs IN @ % Is.
all ont Has speed. but stops badly.
The evening world., 1906-06-08
BINGHAM BING! BANGS!
THE SUNDAY BALL GAMES
Orders Police to Arrest the Players Where
Money Is Received for Either En-.
trance or Programmes.

Poi',r Comm.ssioner Biaeaam ar-
noun eI t3-day faa; aiI brI games for
wlici admission w7s uail ana where
score caris gNre sotl would De siorpel
by rne police W sunday and ARRESTS
mas
Ia slaag tais announcement. 'ae
Commissioned stated tnat his action
was caused by the hundreds wh.ca
have poured into,hls oflce prostestns
agains, sunday ball piayins These
letters. the Commissloner STATED. cam
from persons in almost every oeeupa
ron.
Arrests Will be made o.; every game
In the Axe borougiis. tac COMMISSIONS
slated, and TIE cases taken 70 the
courts where tic Commissioner hopes
Is viii be able 70 secure a decision 80
that he may kaow Just where he stands
in the matto-
IL is understood that no arrests will
he msde *aere no admission Or score
cords are paid for. Nearly every po-
lice Inspector in tho department was
1t Police Headquarters to-day and It
is supposed that they were Informed as
10 wha, is expected % them.
Il was az washington Park las; Sun