The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-12
SidsrCaM Pencilings
A sIam on Hi. Apcestors .

| A Slam on His Ancestors.
 The man who will offer money for l yesterday, who is not at all that way | inclined. lis to me quaint mixture. l He is soft somswhere. and has not Sottom o esssn hs IS ss the very But isn't that an experience that is acquired only after a few hard earned dollars have been thrown to the | Invariably so," asserted Speaker No. | l. unless. perchance, he has, as l have, | inherited the knack of always being SHs Of money whsn such dpe9r to my paternai and maternal ancestors. descending from three generations, have never been inflicted with the dis- eosted. but am the rather inclined to | frown a message that reads 'skidoo' as | quickly as possible "As have said. this very excellent | quality has descended to me. Both or | my grandfathers. they say had the rep- utation of betng able to purchase | pork chop without 1t having any bone NY father snd tasaass mIsass grandfather. it is reported to me. wa 60 careful in the loan of his money. by depositi9g 1t in bank as .s;n tS travel .s a ! the bank that offered interest one was ofrered by the bank in his home "'Twere a disgrace for me to throw discredtt upon them by getting SO | called friend out of trouble; Whats friends anyhow so far as dollars and sense, the weaknesses of men make me tired. My boys shall not grow up to be such spendthrifts as ito squander their pennies on what they call friends; $ l No. sir: none of that for me nor mine" And as the great broad shoulders Of | the speaker slouched out of the room. | the casual acquaintance turned to the bSys WaS sysr ioM | in pace; mox humus habebit eum. | which is, being interpreted, May he rest in peace; the earth soon VIII nave | him."
 And the others whispered. Even so" And the Insurance Policy Had Expired. T smell something burning" When the insurance agent, In town for the conyentton of Fire Underwrlt. CTS, made the remark early yesterday l afternoon as he stood on Court sauare more truthfully tuan he Knew. He wasn't quite certain, so after he had snfffed once or twice and looked up his attention to his friend who wae telling him that Montgomery had been the capital Of Alabama ever since nc
 T smell something burning" he said again after his friend had begun to relate that Montgomery was also the capital of Montgomery County, and this time his friend remarked that he dld, too, meaning not that he had been capital of anything, but that the odor of lgnlted matter had likewise affect
 So they locked up and before and behind, !!Tbars and ,t just then exclaimed
 ment coming. Just then the fire in~ surance agents rain stick became a mighty blaze that signed all the hair of his hand and left what had but a mo handle merely charred rcd, smoked ribs and tarnished handle.
 When the insurance agent had been quieted he said that the fire losses re. cigarette smokers wer deplorably en- ormous, and he glared very fiercely in- deed at his friends as he said 1t. for something burning was smelled. had been using cigarette.
 Then he said that the policy on Ihis and he giared again very fiercely in-
 Then he said he didn't care to see the fire drill because they might throw water on him when they saw he didn't have an umbrella
 Not Enough Light on Dexter.
 T don't like to knock the city of
 
 to be in hard lines" said well known citizen of Troy last night, but 1t does seem to me that there should be more electric lights on Dexter Avenue. If it street. 1t would be so dark you could hardly grope your way along the side walk. You may think I'm joking, but If you will just walk from the postof- flee to Court Square. you will ind out that I'm not far wrong.
 1'T haven't kept accurate count of the arc lights in those two blocks--by the way, the two most important blocks in to bet that there aren't over four lights on those two blocks. Now there ought to be four lights at the corner of Law renee. there ought to be four lights at the corner of Perry and there ought to be at least six or eight lights at Court
 "The city has allowed--or rather, forced-the, property owner to put In enough light to keep his store from the darkness of the night.
 "I take pleasure and pride in saying that the business portion or Troy IS better lighted by the municipality than that of the city of Montgomery. Oh, tell you we believe in light"
 "It's in the Phone Wires.n
 They were school girls. certainly not of the Montgomery Fire Department as the engines, the hose wagons and lad der trucks swept around and took po- sitfon on Dexter Avenue, transfiXed them in delighted astonishment yester- day afternoon when the exhibition run was made for the Underwriters They crowded close against big show win dow and literally danced In their ex- citement, as the stream from the noz- gle sputtered through the labyrinth of overhead wires
 One of the little misses was tugging at the sleeve of the other calling out excitedly:
 "oh where is the Are? Where Is the fire? don't see the fire"
 Her companion replied with excite ment and fine scorn:
 "Why, goosie. can't you see? It's in the teleph9ne wires"
 For several weeks from today J. L. Lambert, of the Seaboard Air Line passenger office at the 4New Exchange Hotel will have charge of the freight Air Line route, J. H. Ketner, the rail roads commercial agent, has been | delegated to do special work by the railroad officials that will keep him away from Montgomery during the next two weeks.
 Hon. W. E. Fort, Private Secretary | to the Governor, has been invited to make an address at the grand rally Of i Red Men at East Tailassee on July {. MT Fort had not determined yester- | day whether he would be able to ac- cept the invitation.
 Mir Henry Frauelfch of Selma spent