The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-11
Sidewalk Penciiings
Ia n primordieI Instinct.

You hear a. great deal about the
UNIVERSAL passion and the instructive
matters. said the college graduate
who had become a street-car conduc-
TOR But so far as 1 can observe
II not primordia in m1xlns at ear ieas
an hereditary trait that has been in
nate In humanity since Stephenson ran
the first little choo-choo,
OF course we expect boys to jumI
on the cars and inasmuch as they sell
dom can pay their fares we also ex-
p pest them to jump off again; But the The
three score and ten. / always was
fond of .'opping' cars myself, but
never noticed what a universal char
vote my life to study Of rapid transit
in large cities / believe there is not
one man on my line that wants car
stopped for him: Some of them cannot
speed. but all of them wish a little
movement.
When they wish to board car they
ping at cor n We Il t seyt are af to
been stopped. There are men that ]
MES to Alabama by stage-coaeh tina,
feel and sometimes even express a
Keen disappointment when they make
ingress or egress from motionless
ing and Earring rejuvenates them. but
for whatever cause their senile agility
Is displayed, they disport. themselves
puerile 1t is glorious sentiment, the
thought that Industrial, mechanical
and commercial progress has not to-
tally eliminated the humanism or HUI
And then the street car conductor
furtively displayed a Greek letter fra
ternity badge. crossed the middle and
index fingers of his left hand, caught
the lobe of his left eas in his right hand.
said "Bous- mul-lah," and sighed with
disappointment when he received no
response.
It's a Boy.
:, The boy King of Spain has a son.
Vive lie Roi! Many the toast and many
the song sung last night by the mem
bers of the Latin races in Montgomery
in honor of the birth of the heir APP
parent to the throne of Spain,
pense for months" said a native son
of Spain yesterday as he looked across
the brim of a glass of madeira. Its
a boy-here's to him.
"Since the young King has been on
the throne he has enjoyed anything
but an enviable position. The day of
his marriage he came near being blows
up by bomb and since that time Spain
has ever been in state OF unrest. An
attack made upon some member OF the
royal family has been hourly expected.
Now that Alfonso is the father of a
poisoning family a peace may come.
Let us hope"
DR.. Thomas NJ. owen has returned to
Montgomery from the Shiloh Battle
field, where he presided over the cere-
monies of unwilling the monument
erected by the Daughters of the Con-
federacy of Alabama. On his way
home DIR. owen stopped in Sheffield
presiding at the historical meeting held
under the auspices of the Daughters
of the Confederacy.
Hon. j. A. Wilkinson. Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries, has ac-
cepted an invitation to deliver an ad-
dress at the commencement of the Dis
trict Agricultural School at Jackson.
4 4 u
Mr.. Frank Nunnelee, son of Hon. j.
H. Nunnelee, has removed his resi-
dence from Selma to Montgomery. Mr.
Nunnelee was engaged in the footprint
ing business in Selma and expects to go
into business in this city.
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MIR. M. j. Ross of Troy, spent yes
terday in Montgomery, stopping at the
New Exchange Hotel
Mr.. A. Nj. Troyer of Calhoun. was
registered at the Hotel summers yes
terday.
Mr.. w. B. 1vey of Evergreen, was
a visitor to montgomery yesterday.
Mr.. O. C. Parker. of New Decatur,
was at the Img g 8 yesterday
Mr.. r. C. Walden of Enterprise,
is a visitor to the city.