The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-12
Sidewalk Penciiings


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Did you ever take notice." asked
the Man on the Corner. that persons
who wear diamonds never have stone
OF even weight hTere seems to be
none of them weighing Karat
karat and quarter, a karat and a
half or anything of that sort 1t 10 al
ways a sixteenth. a thirty-second or
slxty-fourth over or under what Il ep-
1t point to inquire of eevrtone who
wears q sparkler' what 1t weighs. and
have never received an answer which
did not have a fraction tackled TO IL
Just to satisfy yourself that l am
right, the next time you see a. man
wearing diamond take him aside and
ask him how much 1t weighs. after
having passed out the usual amount or
hot air about how beautiful 1t is.
TIL jump off the. top of the new
First National Bank building. II he
does not give you an answer like TINS;
1t weighs one sixty-fourth less
than a karat and an eighth. or It's
a thirty-second and sixteenth over
three-quarters of karat.
II have put the question to hundreds
of people and none of them have ever
of even weight. You try this exper-
iment merely in order to study human
nature and you will ind l am tight. !"
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And the poodle Escaped.
"a funny Incident happened to one
OF our porters the other day, said
hotel clerk
'The negro read an advertisement
In newspaper Of someone Offering
reward of $40 for the return of a pre-
cious, pet poodle dog. In the notice
an accurate description of the animal
was given and the porter posted him
the alert that day and happened to
espy the poodle in the possession OF
another person who had found the ut
tie dog.
He had SO In his pocket, which ne ac-
cordingly pulled out and offered the
person for the animal The proposi-
ton was forthwith accepted and the
pectant of the 81 he was going to
make SO easily
by a string. he led the dog 10 the
hotel and found that the man. who
had offered the reward. had just Iaid
his bill and gone to the railway Q a.
ton to leave the city on a train. The
negro hurried to the depot and. while
within a block of the station the dog
string and escaped. The porter made
heroic effort to catch the pet, but
the animal ran swiftest. and Inc ne
gro has not seen him to this day. me
man who offered the reward mas gone
for good and the negro is just 80 out
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on for Weeks Fishing Trip.
jolly dozen Montgomei lans left
the Florida Gulf Coast The party Is
composed of N. Lobman, ]. g. Virden.
Joe Nachman, J. Sternfeld. Tom Har-
risen, H. panzigsr. Pat %1;,,I Ryan .so Tom
Haardt. James Miller and w. II. Tice.
The party will go to the fishing camp
at East Pass on board the steamer Eu-
gene and. at the camp, they Will have
a naptha launch at their DISPOSAL for
making such trips as they may cesire.
East Pass Is situared about fifty miles
from Pensacola.
Jack Spann, a Montgomery lad. has
secured a temporary appointment as
messenger in the United States Wealth
er Bureau Service preparatory to TAX
ing an examination for permanent
Wray Boyd, the former messenger. " no
resigned to take up work with the Y.
M C. A.
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Mr.. P. J. Minderhout has left for
Los Angeles and San Francisco. for
visit with his father and mother. and
to spend brief vacation
Mr.. Charles G. Northington. of Chat
tanooga, was in town yesterday, the
guest of his friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Pharr.
Captain, r. w. Booker. OF B.rming-
ham. former resident OF Montgomery,
is In the city.
Mr. James N Lee. Of Birmingham.
spent last night in the city.
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Mr.. Norman Macleod, Of DeFuniak
Springs Fla, is in the city.
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Mr.. w. o. Sanders. of Uniontown, was
in Montgomery last night
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Mr.. C. Reese. Jr, of Birmingham. is
in Montgomery
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Mr.. H. D. Boyd, of Eloa. Is visiting
Montgomery.