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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
DRIFTWO0D
BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.

At the Wharf. The ship puts out to sea And leaves my babe and me;
 Oh, have ye no fears.
 For colleens tears I thought lay down and dee!' The good ship proudly sails: She'll brave the flercest gales.
 But no storm-tossed crest
 Like a grIef-racked breast No winds like a eoiieen's wailsF .
 In the Back Yard.
 First Dog--What's the matter. old chap? you look terribly frightened.
 Second Dog-B-r-r-r: killed a cat last week and tonight saw nine ghosts!'
 Broken Reflections.
 The pigpen Is mightier than the sword--or one would think so the way the armies of the world have put up with "em0almed meat; M t.
 At least one-fourth of the United States Senators are being treated for deafness. throat trouble or failing sight and the proportion in the
 We presume none of them are beng treated for lung trouble"
 < a ~ City Council at Evansville. provides that all dairymen delivering and sell. ing milk in that city must wash their hands immediately before milking their
 This oushtnI to be any trouble. as they. always keep plenty. of water handy.
 Among the 5000 car drivers in Vt- barons and four counts, anu stiii Amer lean dollars mary g < sors: s sn "ties'
 The last census year showed the pro- duction of eggs in the United Ssd .es 10 De 1.29S, 662, 43S dozen. The back Of the silver dollar ought to have d
 A Hundred Thousand Tonsg
 It Is estimated that the silver coin in circulation would weigh 10000 tons statistics.
 "A hundred thousand tons"-gee whiz-- kant believe it's so; W no'u u thought in this here world Was really that much dough. Lord, eff l only hao h ton, l gut my job Ter fife; Ia buy an auto-car an, gee Maybe I'd get wife. "A hundred thousands tons"--by gosh If had half that much, My friends l couLd accommodate, W ho try to much a touch: An, don't know. but wnit I'd go An, with an lndependent look, Butt into some church fair! 5s ig Ss In Society. ! The Storki qulIe we.colne A bird can be: I But he does play Ned With society. l La Porte Choronicle. . | Society Is like n flat Luxuriousiy fitted [ The Stork if what we hear is true,
 Is never there admitted. Houston Post. | Tn Society The bird they collar ! Is the bird you see
 On tue back of dollar. u 5 & F i It is a beautiful lesson the modes little wild violet gives us, and those ol 1 us who sigh for great things rp % | and those who never seem to know what they are "cut out for" mighi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
RaiIrOud Conditions |.

Nashville American.
 In response to inquiries made of the various railroads in Tennessee by the Tennessee Railroad Commission. the Presidents of these roads nave sought to answer the questions asked. Presi- dent Smith of the Louisville and Nash ville goes more into detail than the others as to causes of conditions re- ferred to, expenditures being made t0 remedy same. and dlihcultles encoun- tered in making such efforts. PreSi- dent Thomas of tue Nashville, Chtttd . nooga and St. Louis. and President Harahan, of the Illinois Central, eX- plain conditions on their roads, while the recent comprehensive statement of President Finley, of the Southern, GOV CTS the conditions on that system
 Why is there delay in the sh.pment there are various reasons. Amoug these arc. shortage of cars; delays in unloading cars on the part of the TO. ceiVer of the freight; larE, increase of tra tic; lack of trackage, or locomotive power ana terminal facilities. Where initial shipments are promptly made there Is often delay at terminal points, from causes already stated The rall- roads are anxious to do the business. They much prefer to do it promptly and to satisfy all patrons. The great volume of traffic has Increased fnstoI than the improvements and better nents, although the roads have for sey- eral years been eNpendlng millions in this direction. Additional cars. new lOCOHlOLlNeS. EeuuCliOn OL aucS anu curvature--for these many millions have been expended, and the eXpendiL- urG Is still being made-many orders being yet unified because of pressure of work on manufacturers.
 The roads have bOen anticipating in crease of traffic, but 1t has grown nos sn much bey ond their ant4cipdt4onS as beyond their ability to get orders for manufactured material hlled. Reduce tion of grades and cucN aturc is nld. at enormous expense. and reqLires time. Inc cXacClons Jf modern rti.- rodung demand the lowest poSsi bic graoE5 anu the straigh ct lines. This means Fl practical reconstruction Ut many lines.
 The idea that railroads are owned by a few individuals is erroneous There are thousanus of investors m this ril- s of property, including IarEIerS, me- chants, bankers And all clts1e of un- vestors. great and sm1li mere are tens of thousands of such persons. Tn moking costly Improvement. railroai ir must raise the money by i5Su ng hJuuS to sell these at far price in the fdc' of hos .i!e sentiment or leg sldt on itailroads cannot be inIured wtthom injuring the pdblic. rhlir true in e"' tual They are peculiarly anA cloaeIJ allied Justics snouiu be reQJirei o the railroads. but there shouIu be al ln.elhgent knowledge of what Justice freight transportatio ton there are many Vexauous deIaSs, but. so far as We cal see and we have ordinary knOwledC, nt the situation, the roads are doIn1 conditions, and are anXiouS to gIve tn, pest possible service. ~h. condition. are not the same on all roads, bul al .,re suffering more or less from certail worse on most of the roads in tho northwest than it is in the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
x chanss ,, h !! I.gs,ic Opinion.

There is a growinr conviction among conservative and far. sighted business minds that the retaiiatory policy in terests has gone plenty far enough. To push l. further may and doubtless will mean q reaction in public senti- of %nG sae ssoa by agitation and investigations of the past months; There can be no doubt hat suit of a too long indulgence in the pubic be damned policy popuiarized by the. railway magnate treebootsrs of an
 There has been and yet is wide spread sa .isfaction among tho victims of that policy in finding things pro. JectIng to utilize In every recent rail- suits are condonable If not wholly jus tinable. But the lime mas come when, while pushing to q Just determination vioiat.ons of the law and unfair dis examinations between shippers, there should be tolerated py me public no relaIiatory acts that will cripple the ness ahead of them. Tnis businesa is the lie plood Of trade ana industry tn the land, and so vial 70 the individuals wnS make up o"s paDnS .naa sna any aytsn. se son Of our railway systems would be blow at rationai prospeiity.
 The railroads are themselves the best judges of the millions and billIons neeoed to keep heir liaes abreast oi the oemands of ipcreased productive- ness and industrial enterprise, and 1t Is necessarily or captiously interfere wi ,h issues of securities designed to enable the railroads 70 accomplish what Is TOT the general Eais,i EoSdii n is sa good nTs as It's border wisdom:
 Boost! Don't knock!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

ter struggle for reelection Mir Dry den finally announces that his health has failed and that he will for the present retire from public life. It ts way It Is the cogs and levers of his machine which ars at fault. For some time they have emitted ominous groans. There has been an internal friction which no fabrication would relieve. The moral rehabilitation of New Jer- sey, which we owe to MT. Everett Colby and his friends. made MT. Dry den and his machine impossible. He goes to the limbo of the false and fu- tile and every plratieal corporation in the country will bemoan his fate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
origin of Huckey.

n Ia probable that the littIe boy m thn street who calls a hockey stick a GoI club is only speaking the truth q Jew centuries too late. There are many of golf sometimes called handy ball in the old accounts of it. developed into hockey with q flavor of football about 1t when it came south, and this is borne out by an old fifteenth century print of two bandy ball play CTS in which the stick used, called bandy because bent, lesemble1 hockey stick far more than
 golf club Tue Gentleman's Maaa- zine. in 1T95. aIEo mentions shinty as a scotch game similar to golf. and anoth eI writer defines shinty as "au inferior kind Of golf played by young people and in London callea hockey."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

study 1t with profit. one must go % lts field 10 find the little flower: TOT 2 # never tntrudes; VIII De s0unc n aitokefier hidden by leaves that have dfifted with the wind; but 1t VIII ps tt its poet of duty. t will be blooming and giving glory to the hand that mads protest becAuse its lot ik so humble. but It doas its part In making the worIo beautiful by contentedly dcing Us very best whenever God plants it--Madam Editor Tirnpson fTex) Times. ,.s.
 The Nervy Youth.
 Young man, forbid you the
 An right. sir; only wanted your daughterW
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

MT. Frederick J. Haskin, who occu- pies considerable space in several large daily papers, had this to say among other things in The Louisville Courier Journal day or two ago:
 An illustration of the nimble and caustic wit of Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia n Senatorial debate. oc- cured on the floor of the Senate dur ing a heated argument with Robert Toombs, also of Georgia. Stephens, all though possessed of one of the most powerful brains ot hts time. was lame and had weazened body. ToombS was one or the largest men in the Sem ate, and was of clustering, sputter- ing type. He had argued with Stephens untll he was hoarse, and became so eX- asperated that he threatened to fight. However. consideration of the size of his opponent deterred him. and turn ing he said T won't fight you, but could swallow you whole" Stephens quickly retorted: If you did you ' would have more brains in your stom- ach than you ever had In your head. "
 MT Toombs and MT. Stephens were such close personal friends throughout their lives that the incident above quoted could not have taken place. 1 Such a wor ly encounter. however. did i occur between Mir. Stephens and an [ other Georgian. when they were both young men. Another error fin the above IS in saying that the incident took | place between Mir. Toombs and Mir. i Stephens in the Senate. MT. Toombs was never a member of the Georgia State Senate, but Mir. Stephens did berve m that body. Mir. Stephens was never a member of the United States Senate, while MT. Toombs was one of the United States Senators from Geor- | gia for several years, MT. Haskin
 picked up an old, musty story. but 1t can't be disguised by placing the par
 tiripan@ in positions they never occu-
 pied,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

What Is the name of the junior Sem ator from South Carolina?" asks The Charlotte, N. C.. Observer, ITO the first person sending in an approxi- mately correct answer to this question The Observer will extend the compli- ments of the season." This may sound easy. but we had to hunt in the Con- gressional Directory to arrive at knowledge of the fact that Tnlman's colleague bears the name of Asbury C. Latimer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
NO NOR rGAGE REaUlRED.
R0ekefelIeF's Gifls to Re Distributed
 MaIhOUt Strings,


 Atlanta, Ga, Feb. l6.-"NoA institu- tiOn need mortgage itself to secure a portion of me educational fun0 m the nanus or the GenefaI Education Board.
 '"rhe statemenLs ot Richard H. Ei- nIUiids, editor Of fne Memphis kecord, are Incorrecl, proDAbiy because MT. Eumondss information Was Incoerect." Inns statement was maue touay py Robert C. Ogden, former Chairman of the General naucatIon Board, Wnich holds Hs a trust fund the $43,00O 0d0 given by John D. KocketeiIer to, as- sist In educational movements Tn the Unued States.
 Mir. ogden. who is President of the southern Education Board. arrived Thursday for conference wlth seveRal prominent Southern educators. He left tonight with President E. 4. AL dorman or the University of Virginia ana several others, for PinehurEt, N. C., where arrangements will be com plotted for a meeting of the Southern Board late in April.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

A shoestring is a small affair. how ever useful and necessary it may be. and few people think of what they are in the aggregate. One of those statis- tical cranks who are always figuring out things has made an estimate of the number of shoestrings used each year In the United States and arrives at the conclusion that if they were all united and stretched out they would reach 175,000 miles. That is some string. for a fact.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Houor to Re Paid General Forrest. LII

Rome Tribune.
 More than forty years after his won dertul acts of strategy. Gen. ". B. honored in this city he delivered from the enemy's torch.
 Yestspday the x. B. Forrest Chapter U. D. C., closed a contract with the McNeilI Marble Co, of Marietta, for an imposing monument The base and shaft will be of massive granite, thJ grey significant ana upon It stands an Italian marble figure Of life-like Dro- portions. General Forrest stood 6 rect , inches, and the statue will be Lfe size. The monument will have height of 25 feet and the broadest base 10 feet square. The purchasing commit tee signed the contract, winch is most liberal in it's terms. The statue will he made in Italy, and ten months na dst Lae stone. 2.-t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Left n Rad Taste.
columblana Sentinel.

It must have been as gall and worm wood to the Governor to have to return to the Legislature the bill reducing the passenger rate to two and a half cents because of the glaring errors and dc. fleets which the act contained, and gomery Advertiser Score one on the Governor and the Legislature for old Grandma. We'll warrant it left bad
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
L0ND0N's DEATH RATE. That City nanks Among The Most Heaitnful In The World.

4cAtA4xWs 1u Eme Wo8tos
 London. can claim to rank among. the most healthful towns Of the word. It appears from the bulky annual report for 1905 of the medical officer of health for the County Of London, that not 15,l per thousand m 1905 less than ever before. but that .on.y three big towns--BrIstol. West Ham and Leices- ter--cousd show q better. record More over. t was less than In any of the srea' cities, cities of Europe and America, sSs ssSSs same time. the birth rate was less than ever before. At 27.i per 1000 of the population. lt shows decline of C.. on the previous year. and of 6.5 in fif.y years. This decrease has not been equally conspicuous in all parts of London. During the decenniufi of 1S91-1y00 the birth rate was greater In the registration districts of White- chapel and St. George in- he East than in lS71-S0, resul- probably indirectly due to alien immigration. In all oth- CT regiseratIon districts the birth rate has declined.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Kinks American Inyestments.

King Edward draws more revenps in interest on American securities th4n George III. eyer extracted from thS American colonies, King Edwards holdings in the United states arc -tyTa ical !nvesteIuents hers of thousands q British eaptitaliSts' and the AmAricaf factories are only partial list of sim far establish built yb capital and mic aionaries sent from the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

The holiday crop of the week was a large one. especially up North. Tues day was Lincolns birthday and also Afardi Gras; the next day was Ash We'd nesday. and the next was Valentine Day. It looks like bunching the holi- dayF.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

osacers, He was taking for votes to ses1 So sh 6 Rs Rsspttss tss nsss
 dent of the RAiiroad Cvinmissionf And when .. bill was tntroduced in the Sen tive, Mrt .Corner's forces got busy and said no. NO. and the bilf died in-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

According to Judge Patterson, of New York. there are now IS,OOO prac- ticing lawyers in what is called Great CT New York 1ne Brooklyn Eagle es- inmates the present population at A. 500 GOO, which will allow one lawyer to each 250 inhabitants. And yet all this legal multitude cannot keep New York good
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
WHAT STATE PAPERS
 ARE SAYING

nsfzl Delfvery Boxes. Dotnan Home Journal.
 ornament Instead of an syssofe S Sy the roadside. Y Mobile Herald.
 read the name on the wason, @ to siu; the nsarss, ns:,rs phone and tell the owner Baldwin Times.
 going to MontgomerS hs yi to ranwaass aeip pass ss; iSsrs; ;s.ss es every very other mission: lon ssS wsS
 Had te Stay win rAem. Talladesa Mountain Home.
 Governor Conner accompanied' the Chief Executive was fearful sSou. iet- t ting the solons be from under his guiding eye for few days.
 They See From Afar. Birmingham Ledger.
 ,aidns. ghio wont g stand for nesro ofaee years it has insisted that the negro snorld ss given white mans henors--
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 People Want te Read It. Gadsden Times-News. ..- Very few of the Southern papers are printing the Thaw story es' t ts sent psrs aSbreviate their W reports, ss Hs tSe peo- s some S Sf ths Yellow 3Saraais shas rsvsl s1'A ~ # ss 4
 The Coosa Must Come to the Fseat. Birmingham Ledger. tI. Congressman Hea;n will get asothsf sssssy so,sssy of to Ss GoosS svs engineers reported against it. IT The Coosa Is too fine river to be shut up Py Eo,ss few tn Mar shoals It must open from Independent Farmers. Lafayette Sun.
 As intelligence and independsn1s system wanes in the same ratio and the country prospers approximately son. Mos. S ot t the faTpasrs a A D this secslon , for they can either pay cash or borrow
 The Law ShSuId be Invoked. ssa The Birmins snaIn American i1as discovered that some one has violay ted tss,,sn she sgs,dt spsrit and letter of the Aug how ths voters voted in the lats election for sheriff In that, county The American should put the detsss tives after him and have him bastina.
 Thaw's Insanity.
 One aiierist says he knows Harry Thaw Is insane by the shape of his nose. A number of other .alienists ssn ;snn tel the same pr aatthing else the size of his pile. However, the not of sound mind from the everlast- self since he began to spend that
 For God Roads.
 t takes money to build sood roaa. direct taxation. The bond scheme tlons. who get the benefits ofs tn. roads constructed in this age. shouIe hear their share of the burdens II hsS sy sassr Virtue S say ss or ae @ that property values will increase al good roads are secured. and this vii raise added revenues under the sam '@'' ~ ss S
 The Way to Get Good Reads. opeIilea News. 1s -G ,.IIss,,T: Hor " rSrns;sss; R Ay;sTs; sSssr % % s5 .s various good roads" bills are referred writes The Roanoke Leader. saying: My individual opinion Is we wiiI each county issues bonds and raises the. money to work the roade.s :. MT: Ave Avery is right m The sooner the face with the fact that good roads will be good investment for them. and conclude to make the investment the better. se>gt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

It is stated that Governor Sheldon, who recently assumed office in Nebras- ka, Iaid a high compliment to his pred ecessor, John H. Mickey, by remaining all of the latter's old appointees. That's not the way in the strip of land des!g- mated on the maps by the name of Alabama. On the contrary. quite the reverse
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Words and Act. auite DeGsrsnt.

GAQulDlAud c6nlluGl
 lf onr memory serves ps correctly. during the campaign, he said most ernphatica1l$ that he believed, and would urge, if elected that the people should he permitted to elect all pnoIc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
J0aFRaIIsm as II Is,
TIt-Rits.

Perhaps for concentrated inaccurheS of statement nothing can surpess tho following sentence when occurred tr an account of e burglary given 2 short time back in a paper. After, [ fruitless search all the money was re. covered, except one pair of boots"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

Atlanta has had the Nation-Carrie Nation--in Its midst and ed with out a cataclysm. Haven't heard all the news from Augusta yet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
IANUARY CIRcuLATION.

The Advertisers January Circulation fig- ures established a new high-water mark. TAA ftxureS given below represent the ac- tua3 bcna-fide circulation. from day to day' then the unsoid. spoiled and ief, over cop les are deducted in the final result !ae !a Advertisers circulation is unquestionaoN .ne largest of any morning or sunday ne"spa- >4f printed in Alabama
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

A soulful poetess warbles: T am a reed in stilly stream" When she gets married sne will not be so ''stlly." perhaps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
pitiful Nsu.icaI rro,llgr

Miecio Horszowski, the laIest musi- cal prodigy to appear in New York. Is very thin-legsed little boy who ap- pears In velvet knickerb1ckers and makes rather a pitiful appearance, as hls pale tace and long hair hardly reach as high as the music rest on the piano, while his long fingers give forth such compositions as Beethoven's concerto in minor and Chopin's "Fantasie Im- promDtu."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

Watering his stock is duty that a good farme- never neglects. Neither do some corporations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

'scharIsston will 6eht, declares The Evanlng. Post Of that city. Have you got a big navy ready1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

n S Noble. Circulation Manager or Tne Mnntsomery Advertiser. being duly sworn The foregoing statement of The Adver- fiser's circulation for the Honth or Janu. rYy. 1901. Is true and correct and compiied aftar all returns from nsws-bov~ news .s ~ensa spaffed and left-ov copies have T@e~ deAacted E s NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn S4oai land sub icrfbed before me this sth day of .February. 1907. s.- F. w JACKSON:
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

To kick a man when he Is down Is the way or the world. and it applies in politics, as Senator Dryden of New Jersey can learn by reading his own party newspapers. This from The Port land orey0nian is a fair specimen:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

For nearly six years Mir Dryden hss served h4nsef, and the trusts which elected him to ths Senate. with undertaking loyalty Nobody can ae- cuse him of breaking a promise to his employers or of subordinating their trI- terest 70 the public good After a bit-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
W The Law shsuid be Invoked.

Huntsville Mercury.
 The BirminSnarn American fa ted. the spirit and letter of the Aus tralian ballot by keeping a list. ( how ths voters voted in the lad election for sheriff In that county The American should but the detsy tives after him and have him bastina doed. -----T
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Inaependent Farmers..

kFd1HyBLtB BULL V
 As intelligence and indepeudaucs grows among the farmers. the credit system wanes in the same ratio ana Most of the farmers In this section don't have to call anybody "Boss'' nsw, Tor they can either pay cash or borrow cheap money. ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

Murzl nelivery Roxes. Dothan Home Journal.
 Every rural free delivery box shouia be placed on neat post and made an ornament instead Of an eyesote 6y the roadside.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

It is a beautiful lesson the modest little wild violet gives us, and those of us us who sigh for grsat . tes1Es E rSSS SS; what they are "cut out for" might