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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17
[ Wifelx Cheer.
Life.

'I haven't a pull with any one" said the unsuccessful man.
 "Oh. yes. you have dear" gaad his wife, sncouragingly: with the tooi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17

Virginia Eir4 found c diamond in the core of an apple she was eating, which of course almost put her even on the price she paid for it.--Indianapoiis NeWA
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

can stem the tide OF destruction that
threatens to engulf them. are alone
unconscious OF the approaching devas-
tation. that. like a great sea OF con-
suming flame. is threatening to enguli
them.
The country merchant and the farm.
cr-the simple. honest dwellers In the
rural districts. are the victims this
gigantic peril is reaching out for to
NIL Its rapacious nav. Each year its
grasp becomes firmer. Its power
greater. Only few short years ago
the catalogue house was q thing un-
heard OF, to-day II stands as one OF
Americas greatest institutions. And
with great fortune comes great POW.
cr. so now the mall order business
may well be classcd among the powers
of the nation. Its efforts are already
being felt at the national capital.
where our laws are made. and unless
check Is administered the passage
OF the parcels post bill will mark one
o! Its greatest triumphs.
But let us look Mt few OF the
simple reasons why the farmer should
patronize the home dealer. In the
FIRST place their interests are cen.
tered In each other. Every season Of
plenty on the farm means a prosper.
Gus year to the country merchant So
In the prosperity OF the farmer does
the country merchant expect to gain
The farmer finds. therefore. In the
country dealer. u staunch and loyal
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

Of the coveted glitterIng treasure from
him.
Again. the dollar spent with the
local dealer stays In the commum,y
where It blesses the spender over and
over again. The merchant pays 1t to
the butcher for meat. the butcher gets
his bread Of the baker and therefore
drops the dollar into the bakers till
the baker pays 1t to the miller foi
-four. and the latter buys his grair
from the farmer. 20 the dollar onct
more jinsles merrily In the farmers
trousers pocket. But spend It with
the mall order house and 1t Is gone
never to return. 1t goes to build W
the great commercial interests Of New
York or Chicago. Does It pay the
farmer to send his money to help
beautify and build up these great
cities? Has he not more interest In
beautifying and building up his own
section Of the country! II not. he
should. II 4 place Is good enough for
= man to live in and to make his
money in. 1t Is good enough for him to
spend his money In. Who helps build
the churches. school houses. streets.
bridges. ETC.? Does the mail order
house help! VIII they give . dollar
to educate the farmers children. or
donate anything to support the farm.
er's widow or orphans? Do they help
to pay the taxes. or add anything to
bring comfort or necessary improve
'ments In the country places? Then
why should the farmer patronize
them! BY actual test It has been
found that the same goods can be pro-
cured as cheaply. II not at more rea-
sonable prices. At home. Trade with
your neighbor. whose interests are
your interests. whose hand Is always
ready to assist you In time OF trouble.
Patronize those who patronixe you.
Use the fashy catalogue Of the mail
fire. and keep your money at home
where 1t will beneht you and your
neighbors over and over again. The
farmers dollar. earned by honest toll.
should not be added to the blood
money OF these great mail order cor-
porations. The farmer must join the
local merchant and the country editor
In battling this great peril that Is
creeping. creeping onward with great
rapidity. and unless these forces are
combined and their efforts prove in
creasing. the day Is not far distant
when the chance will be gone forever
the power will be too great to con.
quer.
IvER II. SMITH
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

friend and q defender Of his rights.
They pay taxes together. live side by
side. their children play and 90 to
school together. When the crops are
poor or misfortune comes. to whom
does the farmer look? Not to the
mail order magnate. but to his neigh
Dor. the country merchant. How
often does the mail order concern
take any interest in the political ques-
ttons or legal measures beneficial to
the farmer? Yet with their bright
hued catalogue OF pictured "bargsins'
they reach out an open hand for the
farmers hard earned dollar. And
does he get value received? Not
often. The first order he may. but
that is only bait. The business Is
not founded on principles. It Is not
builded ON honorable methods. Its
mighty walls are erected on graft.
The goods are shop-worn or shod1y.
or perhaps many kinds Of goods have
defects 10 cunningly concealed that
the naked eye can scLrcely see 4 diff.
feSence between these articles and
tn. Sc Of = much higher grade. You
are expected to send cash with the
order or have 1t ready when the
goods arrive with the big c. o. d.
ma * on the package. Your crop fall.
ure. or shortage OF money doesn't in.
terest the mail order house, your
creiit with them is good only 80 long
as your pocket book Is nlled. Your
order is made out and you pay for
goods you never saw. put. up and se'
lec:ed by men you do not know. II
thtlse goods do not prove to be worth
this money, II the shoes do not wear
vel. or the suit is shoddy goods, will
the mall order firm make them good
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
Oregon 70 d Rsmedslsd.

Sashin.ton.-The famous batti.s,Ip
Oregon II 10 be modcrnixed and 81 re.
tary Mctcalf has announced that he
hnd authorized the expenditure OF
fl.ooo.00O out Of the naval repair I md
for that purpose.
or the best type Of warship wien
she WAS launched. the Oregon In al.
most already obsolete and to max.
her equal 10 modern mcn.ofwar she
must bs extensively ovcihauicd.
The changes to be made will h.
similar TO those ordered for her sister
ship Indiana. the most important be.
Ing the substitution OF balanced rll,p.
'icai turrcis for tho present round
turrcis. which cause the ahir to hec,
heavily when all four Of the big -.
Inch guns arc pointed over the same
side Of the ship. The alteration vii,
bs made at the Puget sound naval sta.
tion. where the Oregon has been lyipg
siuce her return from the Chinese y,s.
t!on. and Will consume oas year.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
AROUND THE CIRCLE
KEEP THE DOLLARS MOVING IN
YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.
IT MAKES WEALTH FOR ALL
Buy Of the Man Who viii Iuy
Of You and Your Dollar
viii Come Back
Again.
tCopyrish, by Alfred C clark)

Copyright by Alfred Clark.)
As on the western prairies In
pioneer days. the trapper's camp are.
kindled to prepare his frugal mea. or
to warm him from the biting w'nd.
famed into renewed vigor. sprs nd.
hrst on the tiny blade Of grass to
neighboring blades. and thence to ,he
tangled masses all around until The
broad plains were one vast sea OF
seathing flame destroying all bef IRE
1t. so the mail order business. started
In the eastern cities on q small scale.
famed by the breeze OF judicious id-
vertising, has spread until II now GOV.
ers the length and breadth OF our land
and threatens disaster to the sma! er
dealers everywhere. The note OF
warning has been sounded, the light
Is visible in the sky. and yet. aprar-
emily oblivious to II all. the o! es
whose safety is being endangered.
heed not the alarm nor the signal OF
disaster. The country merchant and
the farmer. whose combined efforts
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
HAS CARRIED Y. .. MAIL FAR.
Vermont Carrier Has Ridden t25.ooc
Miles In Sixteen Years.

Bennington. Vt.-Thomas Halloran.
OF this town. has just completed his
sixteenth year as carrier Of the gov
ernment mails. after making 5.006
trips, each 25 miles long. This makes
his total mileage a little over l25.0O0.
Halloran was appointed to the serv.
Ice In December. 1859. Since January.
1890. he has covered his route in all
weathers every day but Sunday. and
the trip is no joke when the thermom.
eter is 30 or 40 degrees below zero.
Halloran drives two horses on alter
nate days. and as he keeps Sunday
after the old.fashioned New England
Idea. the man and beasts have always
been In the pink Of condition. Only
twice has the carrier been III enough
to trust his mail pouch to a substitute.
and each Of these sicknesses lasted
only one day. Thus out Of 5.0OS trips
he has lost but two. Halloran attrib-
utes his good health to his outside
work. and says he doesn't know what
II II to be bothered with q cold or
any Of the petty Ills that attack indoor
folk.
II Halloran had kept on In q straight
line instead OF making the small circle
about the town he would have en-
compasscd the earth hve times.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

Not often. Yet the local dealer will
do this. He knows his honesty ix his
best drawing card. So much for the
advantage OF dealing with honest men
and not with Erafters.
Still other Issues present them.
ness sub.stationx or branch houses
selves In this connection. With the
rapid growth OF the mail order bust.
are being established. These large
firms are daily reaching out for new
sections OF trade. What viii be the
result along this line? With the
growth Of the catalogue house comes
the death OF the rural mercantile
trade. Let them once destroy the
country merchant and the markets
OF the world Will be In the hands Of a
few wealthy capitalists. Their branch
houses will appear In all the country
towns and the farmer will no longer
be independent. His friend. the coun.
try dealer. who through competition
was forced to pay the value Of the
butter. eggs. etc. will be thing Of
the past, and In his place will appear
the fat, eloating face Of the capitalist.
In whose benumbed conscience there
Is no thought Of pity. whose breast
contains Instead Of 4 heart 4 great
lump OF cold stony gold. whose one
ambition is to build up = greater for.
tune than the world has ever seen.
and who cares naught for the tears or
trials. woes or weeping OF his victims
80 long a. he can squeeze 4 little more
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
Artistic 0uiidioo Saved.

Al Arezzo. the little osco-Rom,..
city. famous for the birth u the
musician monk Guido and of the poet
Petrarch. the very modern savings
bank has moved into the old Alber.
gotti Bacci palace. after having neatly
and scrupulously restored II at no 1T.
tie expense and with n great deal of
artistic taste and discrimination. so
that hapiy what might have been a
disaster Is this time most felicitous
revival Of ancient glory and model
o. reconstruction.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
SHOWED WIRE IN HIS asAar.
Doctor Performs Remarkable Opera
tion 70 Saws . Life.

Thiladelphia.-One Of those opera
tions 30 delicate that even surgeons
consider them with grave misgivings
was performed At the Medico-C Chirur-
gical hospital. when Profs. Mann and
Ashton fed so feet Of nne silver thread.
or wire. Into an aneurism Of the heart
Of Frederick Williams. . barber.
An aneurism is formed by a blood
vessel Of the heart dilating. 1t grows
until the tissues stretch and touch
the walls Of the chest. when It bursts.
causing instant death.
About 4 month ago physicians who
examined Williams regularly told him
he should stop work or the aneurism
would burst.
He was removed to the hospital
and has since remained in bed.
scarcely daring to move. As last
resort surgeons decided on an opera.
tion to save the patients life.
The aneurism was pricked. and as
ths silver wire was fed into the open.
I'M, through a needle. II was colled
around inside 30 as to form frame
work on which the blood could coagu.
lase
1t is hoped that the clot thus formed
may grow into a new tissue and form
a wall. 80 that when the aneurism does
burst the aorta will remain intact
Tile surgeon cannot yet tell whether
the operation was a success.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
IvER II. SMITH
Snakes Reared for rhsi, sk,n..

The idea that snakes are usele ~
creatures and should be extermina:ec
wherever found. will have to pas.
away. says the Shoe Trade Journal.
as In Australia they are now being
systematically reared for the sake Of
their skins. which have = considera-
BILE commercial value In London,
Paris and New York. Snakeskin is
the fashionable material for slippers
belts. bags. purses. jewel boxes. caro-
cases. dressing-table accessories. e..
Rabbit trappers supplement their
means considerably by catching young
snakes and extracting their poinscn.
Gus fangs. The blacks are also ex.
pert snake catchers. To them the
snake Is an agreeable article Of dict.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
TOWNSHIP WITHOUT A pAupER.
Poormastsr Says Annual Salary of so
Setter Than Fees.

MIddletown. y. Y.-"Weaith" Is
equally distributed among the happy
and prosperous people OF Mount Hope
township. Orange county. No million.
aires live there and ID. II. Holley. the
conscientious poormaAter. has handed
his resignation to the town boari
There ere no paupers In the aims.
house. nor In dwellings. md have not
been for several years" said the poor-
master. There is nothing for me to
do and. as ] receive fees. the once
does not pay me cent. what's the use
Of holding IT,"
II was suggested TO Mr.. Holly that
the poormaxter receive one dollar for
each oficial investigation he mskes.
Il know there Is not man OF vom.
On In the township who Is NOT self.
supporting" he answered. indi,nant.
ly. u will make no fake invesigz.
tons for the sake Of getting mcnsy"
To retain the services Of such G. 1ub.
liz servant the town board unsnil)us.
ly voted to Mr.. Holly = salary Of $50
year. He accepted II and will .on.
t'rue to be poormaster-whlch ocs
to prove that money. not wealth Is
equally distributed In Mount Hope
township.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
Musician Proud Of Family.

wassily safono6. the Russian con.
ductor, Is proudcr Of his eight chil.
dren than Of all his achievements In
the realm Of music. lie never allows
his friends to forget the existence Of
this happy family. which In still In
Russia. In order to illustrate his cn.
thusiastic talk about his children. Mr..
large photograph which shows the
family lined up like the pipes OF an or.
gan. l, is 80 divided that II folds into
size that can be carried In tho
pocket Wherever he may be Mr..
safonon never fails to take out tho
frame and exhibit his family to his
companions.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
Rare Chance for Thieves.

II Paris had Its brigands. as they
are found In some southern isles. they
would have had chance for splcn.
did exploit the other day when u pro.
cession Of three wagons was quietly
vending It's way from thee Care Saint
laxarc To bank near the boulevards.
The little caravan contained 0.000..
900 worth of American railway sccuri.
ties which had been shipped from
New York on the Provence and have
been deposited In Paris. II IN need.
less to say that the treasure was care.
fully guarded by detectives.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

Queen Maud Of Norway is fond Of
collecting pieces OF ivory. Tn. speci,
mems she most prizes are tusks OF eli.
plants shot by her father. King Ed.
ward. and the duke OF Connaught.
The czar Of Russia is represented BY
somc wild boar tusks taken from AMI.
mails shot by himself Among other
,usks and teeth are those OF wairu,.s
and lions. sharks and seals. alligator.
and s~ordhsh. shot or captured by
her maJcs,y's relatives or friends.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
Bone Turned Into ops,.

Al meeting Of the Geological socI.
ETY. of London there was exhibited by
Prof Scciy the upper bone Of the leg.
or paddle. Of = plesioKaurus which
had been almost turned into opal. the
mineral having replaced the substance
OF the bone. The fossil WAS found In
an opal mine In New South wal.s
The plcsiosaurus was . long hecked
inhabitant Of the sea in the age Of
IN" great reptiles. or jurassic tine
and sometimes attained 4 length Of
20 feet.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
The Fortune rsmesse.

A well known British noblcman was
actually engaged to Miss cou,ts. but
on her challenging him one day whcth.
81 II MAS her personality or her great
fortune which appealed TO him he
frankly acknowledged that although
he WAS much attached to her. her vast
property had been his special induce.
mrnt m betrothinx himself.
Her reply WAS characteristic: Let
Us then remain the best Of friends In.
.: I'd VI being the poorest NJ iovsrs. '
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

One OF the youngest members OF III.
United States senate viii I've Joseph
n. Dixon. III. scnator-elect from Mon.
iana, To succeed Senator William A.
Clark. He was born In North Caro-.
lima In 1867 and went to Montana In
1883. He was admitted to the bar
there and has been elected to con.
sress twice. though tn. state has
only one member OF the house OF rep.
rcsentatiycs
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

Some of the wealthiest spor,smen
Of Vermont are now engaged In a
moyemen, to stock the coyerts OF Yer.
mont with foreign game birds Among
the birds which II Is believed can be-
introduced into the state are the
daleypa. which Is native of Norway.
the cap.rcailxic. which is found In tho
highlands Of Scotland. black cock
and ring necked pheasants.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
ceuidn, nvr. n,. Pride.

''BigEleby tried to humiiiatc his
hired man the other day by shoveiing
the snow from his walk after the man
had made 4 bluR At doing IT.
Did the man pront by the humiiia.
ton"
No. He tried to get BiEsleby to
humilinte him again the next time 4,
showed and Bixsleby fired him"
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

A characteristic tale comes fross
Rambouillc'. France. In the old days.
when. at u royal shoot. u cock pleas.
ant sot M within range the cry was:
Goo nu Roy" and only the king drew
trigger Kings went. and the cry
went. too. bu' Felix fanrc heard
about II. and had Coo au Roy" re-.
vived for him. Felix I. President Lou
bet altered II to Coo au president" "
and nov. with his practical common
s-nsc. Prcsidcn, Faliirrcs has decided
that there shall he no cry at all.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

II is related that n loving wife
told her partner that he was a model
husband. and the husband repeated
the alleged compliment to another
who told him to consult his diction,
ary and ascertain what II meant. He
did so. and found that a model hus.
band is n miniature representation of
the real thing. And he lived unhappily
ever af,erward
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

Peat covers one seventh of Ireland.
sometimes reaching depth OF so
feet. the United Kingdom has 5000,
900 acres. of an average depth OF
IL feet; Germany's peat covers IL 900
square miles. and Scandinavia's sup
ply is thought to equal 5000. .oOo. 900
tons OF coal.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

Thomas Wiehtman. pioneer glass
manufacturer of Pittsburg. has been
in active business for three-quarters
Of a century and now. at the age OF
30. is to be found in his Office every
day. Mr.. Wightman Is interested in
two hanks and in other business enter,
prises, taking an active part in the
affairs Of all
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

A scientist reports that cold feet
indicate great intellectual power and
activity. The common supposition
that cold feet indicate unusual welch.
ing 'inclinations will probably con
tinue. however. to prevail.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
o.,,,s United In Msrrlsos.

Two dwarfs. named Carlisle Percy
Harley and Emily Maud Philips. 'rav.
cling with . cinematoGraph com .Any.
were married ~ Pontypridd. Wales
They are supposed to BE- the sw~ii~s,
couple ever married In wsi~-. for
their eomb.ned height 10 only iss: 4
Inches.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

The irony of fate was strikingly ex.
hibited when II. g. Wells. the author
OF various plans for improving locomo
tion. was run down and seriously in
jured by an automobile on London
thoroughfare.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

Germany is preparing to build sev
eral 25-0OO-ton battle ships. England
will. of course, reply at once with an
order for as many 26.000-ton fighting
vessels.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

History repeats itself In the arrival
os SIaniards In large number. In this
country Just nov. They do not come
TO conquer this time. however. bu,
10 become Ia time good American cit.
isens. They viii learn here not &c
put Oh tiii tomorrow what csu b.
done to-day.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

Those who are constantly travelling
In search Of pleasure and never fnd
II forget to leave themselves behind
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

A Cleveland wife suing for divorce
claims that her husband has been
drunk every night for l3 years. We
always said that 10 was an unluck,
number.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

America ships lemons to every
country except Russia. Japan recent.
ly handed to Russia all the lemons
that country will need for good
many years to come.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

A Kansas woman observes tha,
most men would pop the question
several months sooner II they were
mind readers" More light from
Kansas.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

There are more than 1000 different
editions of the Bible in the British
museum.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09

Those who cannot find happiness in
their present location will not be apt
- find II In future situations.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
% She Would.

We'll. little one" said the kind,
old stranger. what are you going to
bc when you grow tn liz = man.
u guess III be . freak" replied tss
wise little one.
n freak! Why"
Cause I'm . little xiri."
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-03-09
Fexee Prey e0 0ahIta.

A rat IL always = dciicacy to Rey.
nard. and the number hs kills in tie
course Of season must be enormc W
A vixon with cubs 10 perhaps the o -,
en- s xrtic Ia hunting them down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-04
EXPRESSIVE OF GRATITUDE.
Supt. Smith Complimented for Saw
ing Historic Trees.

Congratulations are pouring in upon
William - Smith, superintendent Of the
Botanic Gardens. for saving from destruc-
ton by vandals the "Crittenden peace
oak and other trees hallowed by history
ceived by Supt. Smith is one from William
Falconer, formerly superintendent of the
botanic gardens of Cambridge, Mass, and
now superintendent of parks at Pittsburg
Mr.. Falconer addresses Supt. Smith as
My Dear Boy" and continues: Thank
you SO much for the newspaper clippings
anent the Critic nden peace oak. Bravo,
young man! Keep at it, you and your
good friends You are right; your object
Is grand. unselfish. and the patriotic and
refined sentiment of the country is with
you. To cut down the Crittenden oak tree
would be sacrilege--a national disgrace.
To transplant 1t would be certain death.
have been tree man all the days of
my life. have transplanted thousands OF
trees. and in this line I know whereof ]
speak. Every time / go to Washington
visit this very tree. With all your hear,
and soul and might save it! You are its
Ike eper. and we are with you.
We'll do we remember your bold and
earnest eulogy on these memorial trees,
and the Crittenden oak IN particular, de-
livered before the Botanical Society of
Western Pennsylvania in the Carnegie
Institute here last spring. and how we
became inspired with your own entilu-
siasm toward saving those trees, now In
our beloved National capital and planting
others here at home in our dear old Smoky
city. And didn't We make the eagle
scream with joy when you promised to
send US some seedlings from the Critten-
den peace oak? No wkeep your promise. -