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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
Locals

Dad Henderson received his reglar monthly penshion from the government last week, so Hen Weathersby, prop. of our general store tells us. Dad promised to square up his subscripshion to the Bugle as soon as he received his pen shion, but as yet we have saw nothing of Dad nor his penshion and presume we will not either.
 Amri Haines sold horse last week to flake Peters of Sorrow Hollow for Sl5 Amri has been trying to get shet of this horse for quite a spell He was a awful vicious kicker. flake of course don't know about this. but he'll find it out in time.
 Miss Molly Tucker had pneuralgia in her face and applied a mustard plaster which blistered her cheek. Owing to these circumstances Molly did not play the or- gan in the choir at church services last Sunday amorning. The blister is better at this writing, but even so Molly Is not fit to be saw In publick and won't be for some time.
 Snide Peters, who moved to Pottowas- sic O. from this town some time ago, is back again looking for work. Snide says that times Is powerful hard over in Pottowassie Co. and that hereafter he's going to stick to Bingville, where there is more opportunities to gratify his ann bishion.
 Mrs. Martha Tucker entertained the sewing circle at her nome last Friday p. m. from to 5. Then the women pres ent, after working hard for Martha all afternoon, had to go home and get their own suppers. They're all purity mad about it, too.
 Lige Baker licked Doc Livermore in a game of checkers down to Hen Weath- ersbys store totner ev'g. Doc says he would of licked Lige if Lige hadn't of went and moved once when Doc dropped off into doze. Doc. who is turrible plucky checker player. has challenged Lige to another game
 These are all the local items we can think of at this writing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
Abe SOOporStiShiOuS

Abe McCracken called on Seth Dew berry. our lion-hearted constable to shoot his female black cat for him one day last week. Seth asked Abe why he didn't shoot her hisself. Abe told Seth he had shot her and killed her dead four different times, but being as she still continued to hang around the house he was beginning to get congratulations about 1t and was afeard to kill her any more. Constable Dewberry then went along with Abe and investigated. Sure enough there was the cat as healthy as you please. Seth hunted around a while and found four more black cats on the premises that Ioked exactly like her. It is Seth's opinion that all these black cats looks like their mother and that Abe will haft to kill off about five or six more before he gets shet of all of them
 Abe thought for spell he was getting delirium trimmins and he ain't drink ing man either.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
CALAMITY CORNERS.

Ezekiel Snodgrasse's hens laid him II eggs one day last week. How's them for eggs?
 Gid Hawkins dog "Tige" went and set down on sheet of fly paper which Gid had purchased to ketch flies with and it scairt the dog so when the paper stuck to him that he lit out and ain't been seen since. If you see a dog of his descrip- shion you will know who he belongs to. Bill Wilson is trying to sell the patent right for new rat trap he has got up. Bill offers to sell same for the sum of 75 cts. It ought to be worth that If it's worth anything, which 1t probably ain't.> Lem Miller, who is working over to Snake Bend, spent last Sunday at home.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
THE. BINGVILLE BUGLE ]!
 Ii the Leading Paper of ths o,uuty. BRIGHT-BREBZY- -BELLICosE-BUsTLINa

How doth the busy little bes
 Improve each shining hour-s By gathering honey all the day From every opening four.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
Shoe Shining PSTIOT

Harve Hines. our tonsorial artist, is seriously considering the propriety of es- tablishing shoe and boot shining dept in conjunction with his business of shaw ing and hair cutting. Harve figgers that he might be able to make odd nickel now and then by shining peoples shoes that would ruther pay that price than do 1t theirselfs We wouldn't wonder Harve is right about this. Why don't you try It anyhow, Harve? In our opinion Bingviue Is enterprsing enough to support shoe shining parlor
 LATER-Harve has decided to do so. See his advertisement in another col urnn of this issue of the BuRls
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29

nc cheapest advertising medium fin tha country. If you believe in advertising come and see us. For further information call on or address the editor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
Bad Luck Baking

Mrs. Cy Hoskins started in to bake four apple pies last Saturday. She got them all ready and put them into the bak- CT and then she went out into the back yard to pick a few flowers and Mrs.
 Ranse Hillyer come out into her back yard next door and asked Mrs. Hoskins if she had heard about the awful scan dal over to Hardscrabble where Widow Simpkins, whose husband had only been laid away nine months, was going to marry Eph Foster, and Mrs. Hoskins said she hadn't and run in the house and put on her bonnet and went out to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29

tell the news to Mrs. Lem Brown across the street and then she and Mrs. Brown went to tell it to some more of the neighbors and after she had been gone two hours Mrs. Hoskins jumped up sud- dint and started home shrieking, 70 my pies. my pies!" When she opened the baker door she found that all four of the pies was burnt to crisp and so, she had to throw them out Mrs Hos- kins says she wishes Mrs. Hillyer would keep her gossip to herself after this.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
Wanted To Rent

I will rent my 2-horse team out by the day and myself included for the sum of sS. If you have any teaming to do see me about it and perhaps we can come to terms. l might team for S275 per day If was dickered with long enough. Yours for teaming,
 AMzI GooKLNs.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-28

ed, she and I at once became the best of friends.
 Her brother was formally presented to me the day before the wedding. when we had all gone to look at the presents, and I saw in a moment that he had no suspicion of my identity with the sneak thief to whom he had given five-dollar gold piece
 My subsequent intercourse with him did not by any means lessen my admiration for big men, and at the end of year there was another mar. riage between the two families.
 It was only after we had been en, gagged several weeks, and under prom. ise of strictest secrecy that I con- fessed to my lover that 1t was I whom he had conducted down the stairs of his boarding house, and let out at the front door on that memorable sum- mer evening.
 He laughed heartily when he re- called the conversation that had pass ed between us, and to this day con- tinues to remind me of the difficult ties into which my woman's curiosity led me.
 As for the gold piece, my husband has had the date of our first meeting engraved upon it, and always wears it upon his watch chain.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-28

There Was SufHcisnt Light to Enable
 Me to Find the Writing Table. turned and followed him down the stairs
 As he reached the front door he stopped, with his hand on the knob. and asked
 Have you taken anything that does not belong to you?"
 Nothing" I replied, with convinc- ing earnestness.
 He opened the door, and slipping something into my hand. said kindly:
 Don't do 1t again. my girl"
 'I never will I returned, heartily. as l fled down the steps. not know ing whether to laugh or cry at hay ing been taken for a sneak thief. l concluded to do the former when looked in my hand and saw that 1t was tive-dollar gold piece that MT. Preston had given me
 Fearing that he might still be watching me, l walked little way up the street. and then when I thought ue WOulu pEOudDiy naNo iCioACu HIS vigilance. returned and rang our own door bell Fortunately Fred had not yet returned. and old Mary, who let me in, was satisfied with the ex, planation that l had gotten locked out. I went directly upstairs, closed the scuttle-way and retired to my own room, but it was hours before could get to sleep, for my evenings experience had made me almost hys- terical
 Fred could not understand why in sisted upon starting of for Maine the next morning, instead of staying over another day as had originally intend ed. He said that he had asked MT. Preston to come in to dinner that even ing to meet me, at which information I turned cold, and decided that should any untoward accident interfere with my departure I should retire to my own room with sudden and violent headache.
 Fortunately I got off by the ten o'clock train,- and late that evening arrived at my destination.
 Three weeks later Fred wrote us that he was engaged. and early in Oc- tober mother and 1 betook ourselves to Boston. where the Prestons lived. to be present at the wedding
 found Helen even prettier than her picture. and as Fred had predict
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-28
The Cause Of tho Child.
(Bv the Local Union)

Authorities on the child labor problem claim that fifty per cent of the child laborers of the coun- ty are made such by the drunk enness of their parents.
 No wonder the women are up in arms" against this monster of iniquity that claims five mil lion (Think of itD of our precious children of each generation.
 God give the mother courage
 To cope with beasts of prey But here is monster deadlier
 Than all that rend and slay. Help, Lord, our babes deliver
 Strike for them swift and soon Make haste and snatch them
 from
 The thrice accurSed saloon.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-28
of the 7th Congressional District T

Each of these coupons clipped from this paper and filled out with lady's name will count one vote for her in the State Fair Voting Contest.
 In addition to the coupons clipp- ed from this paper, votes may be se- cured by'sending or bringing to this office paid-in-advance subscriptions. During the period of this voting contest which is from July 1st to September 7th every person bring ing or sending to this office a paid in- advance subscription will have the privilege ot casting a vote for the candidate of their selection for each } cents in the amount paid.
 This State Fair voting Contest is being taken up by several papers in each Congressional District and one State Fair Queen will be elect ed from each of the seven Congress sional Districts in the State of Ar kansas.
 The total number of votes from this paper and all other papers in Seventh Congressional District will be sent to the standing committee of the Arkansas Federation of Wo- mans Clubs directly after Septem- Der the seventh and at a special meeting of this committee these votes will be audited and the suc- cessful candidate will be announced at once.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-28

the hall that might see it more dis. tinctly. Yes, my brother was right Helen Preston was pretty girl The wavy hair was arranged high on inc shapely head and curled in little nat. uarl rings around the face. The fea. lures were small and delicate and there was a certain expression in the eyes which made the picture seem strangely life like.
 l suppose I must have stood for some time contemplating this nleas. ing likeness of the girl who had be witched my matter-of-fact brother. and ] had certainly lest sight of the fsct that l was in a house where 1 had no right to be. 1 was recalled to my self by the sound of footsteps on the stairs.
 Hastily returning the picture to its place, l rushed out into the haY where turned out the gas, hopinA that in the darkness might escape observation. Then terror-stricken. I tried to find the steps which led to the roof, but in my hurry I stumbled and fell
 Who Is that?" asked mans voice quite close to me, to which question l made no reply.
 Then l heard the newcomer strike match, and in another moment the gas blazed up and I recognized my brothers tall friend.
 Are you living in this house?" he asked in surprise.
 T shook my head in the negative.
 Perhaps you are visiting some one here" he ventured again.
 No" l returned, not knowing what to say or do next.
 did not wish to reveal my identity which l should certainly have had to do had l attempted to leave the house by the same way that I had entered It. I was much relieved wher MT. preston said quietly:
 Let me show you the way out" and then in shame and humiliation
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-28
Tables Turned on Colts.

Little Rock, Aug. 2S.-Once again was West End park made the scene of slaughter, but yes terday-oh, how different,
 Like lambs the home guards were led to the shambles by the hard hearted Barons and cruelty butchered, 10 to o being the num- erical representation of the kill ing.
 Pickle Fotune and Benny Bow cock combined to start Big Jim" Keith on the downward path, and once he was headed that way the big twirler travelled with fearful velocity. After two chances to retire the side in the second had been lost Keith seemed to grow discouraged, and before the affair was ended his offerings had been punctured for Is biffs, the hard est by far that he has been rap ped this year Coming on ladies day. with the stands filled with the fair ones, it was dOubly hard blow for the Pride of Amity.
 RESULTS YESTERDAY.
 Birmingham 10, Little Rock O.. Atlanta 3, Shreveport } Q1 in- nings.)
 Montgomery 4, Memphis 3.
 New Orleans 3, Nashville 0.
 GAMES TODAY. Birmingham at Little Rock.
 Montgomery at Memphis.
 Atlanta at Shreveport.
 Nashville at New Orleans.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-07-06
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SELF-ELIMINATING.

William Jennings Bryan is talking a good deal nowadays, and it is to be observed that his talks are usually re- plies to Democrats who dare suggest something concerning the next cam pign. If Henry Watterson says he has candidate, Bill wants the dark horse trotted out right away. If some other Democrat urges the policy oi naming a candidate from the south, Bill protests that that section must not be considered. If Judson Harmon modestly hints that people want the tariff revised. Bill says. All right. but that isn't the main thing; we must go after the trusts and the rail- roads"
 This constant nagging on the part of Mir. Bryan, this taking issue with every other Democrat in the country on every proposition advanced, there by setting himself up as a party oracle and the only one. is doing more to make his nomination improbable than could be accomplished by years of or ganized effort. Prominent men in the party are getting tired of MT. Bry- ans bombast He had no sooner step ped foot on American soil after his trip arountd the world than he placed his party on the defensive by advo- eating the government ownership of intraslate railroads and state owner ship of interstate lines. This radical socialism created such a furore that Mr. Bryan was compelled to modify his statement, and then he declared that it would we be the natural out come after government control was proved a failure. But Democrats re- pudiated his revision. and he has been studiously silent of late on that proposition. Finally he asserted that Roosevelt was a good deal Of Demo- crat, because he had stolen Demo- cratic principles and adapted them to his administration. whereat John 1tluple 6IdNeS eue SSotS9 'ite'f eo '" true American citizen, Mr. Bryan should go before the Democratic con- vention and nominate Mr. Roosevelt. Suddenly Mr. Bryan discovered that Mr. Roosevelt, after all, was not q Democrat.
 The fact is, Mr. Bryan is founder ing. He wants to be president so bad that he has lost his head. He has talk en up one issue after another, only to ind that the people will not follow his leadership. He has been trying for more than ten years to get into the current of public opinion and swim with it, but he cannot locate it. He doesn't seem capable of properly ana lyzing conditions.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-07-06
HoGGATT's COMING TOUR.

Governor Hoggatt has been the observed of all observers at the ground breaking ceremonies of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Fair of 1909. The governor poses in Seattle as the champion of Alaska progress. He had much that was interesting to say of the country, and altogether figured as a large-hearted philanthropist and paternal ruler of this Northland.
 Seattle was charmed with the gov ernor, who is gentleman. and the people who heard his speech doubtless thought Alaska was fortunate in possessing so progressive and enlight- ened a governor Should those same people come to Alaska they would hear another tale.
 This country has recently been un- fortunate enough to have as governors men in no way were representative of its people. Men who are the servants of the capitalists will never make good rulers ,of Alaska. The people of
  this territory fare democratic enough to desire the advantage of their land and to be determined to further that advance hy getting control of their own government. They know that the delays in needed legislation from which this country suffers arise from the fact that the seat of government is in the District of Columbia. and not in Alaska. They have already expressed themselves to that effect in the most unmistakable manner.
 Governor Hoggatt was aware of this fact. He made journey to Nome last year. In this city he was received with open arms. With that liberaity of mind that has always been char acteristic of Nome, the people of this city. of.all political creeds, sank their differences and united in getting up a reception for the governor that should show that the spirit of liberality goes beyond political shibboleths.
 Governor Hoggatt at once demon strated that he was a man of in- sufficient calibre for this high posi- tion. He looked with listless indiffer- ence on the hearty reception rendered him yawned as though nnutterably bored, when he asked that his mili- tary escort, that had come from Fort D avis at the request of the citizens, be dismissed : scarcely suppressed his amused contempt for the parade and the other preparations in his honor, and finally took refuge from the kindly attentions of the people in a private establishment.
 Tn the same spirit he ridicluled Ncme's pretensions to development: assured those who spoke to him that the workings out of the placer fields w ould see the end of this city. and that there was nothing else to give permanepce to the camp. So on through the whole list of Alaska's pre- tensions and eams-eyerythng was of no use.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-07-06

The electors of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, have voted by large majority to adopt a modified form of the system of government first intro- duced at Galveston, Texas. and by which ward government is wholly eliminated, all of the city departments and the manifold activities connected with the administration of civic affairs being turned over to five commission CTS. to be chosen by popular vote. These commissioners are to be given great powers: but provision is made for giving the electors ample oppor- tunity to control their policy, should heir proposed course. or any action taken by them, appear to be against the best interests of the people, The pl an, it is expected. will concentrate responsibility for government, and also hrirg scontrol of public affairs closer to the people. IF theory, the Des Moines plan is eXcellent if it proves in practice as good as the theory promises it is safe prediction that but few years will elapse before it is widely copied in other cities of the states.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-07-06

progress, cannery machinery will be so perfected that none but the com honest kind of cheap labor need be employed in the canneries outside oI the skilled white help necessary to operate the machinery and retorts.
 Mr. Smith predicts that within q short space of time the Chinese con tractor will be thing of the past. His grounds for making this sweeping assertion are that the iron chink wherever installed has had the effect of aholishing the high-priced Chinese
 butcher and breaking up the large range of action covered by the Chinese contractor who. now that his chain of operation is broken, will no longer derive the hand, ome profits heretofore realized from his practical monopoly of the labor market, gradually retire, and about the only place that will re- main in cannery for an expert Chinaman will be the bathroom.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-07-06

Congressman Humphrey has been in Alaska a month for pleasure, and to gather ideas for game protection bill for birds and animals which he wtll endeayor to put through con- gress at its next session. ' It would almost seem as if he might have
 found time to study existing political conditions in Alaska with d view of putting through bill to enable her people to pass laws for the protection of her own game, and to enact such other legislation as would be eX- clusively within the province of To- cal legislature. Congressman Humph- rey does not commend himself to The Miner as being a national legislator of very large caliber.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-07-06

The big life insurance companies, with all their piled up assets, sur plusses, liabilities and scandals, have no monopoly of the business. The fra ternal system has won a large place in the insurance field, and is growing in importance. The New \ ork depart ment of insurance has been looking the matter up. The first beneficiary society, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, was organized lss6. Now there are about twenty distinct associ- ations organized on similar lines. and they have total membership of ,, ,947, 760, carrying insurance to the amount of S7.o5l, 624. GOO. The in- crease in membership in 1906, due in part no doubt to the scandals in the old companies, was 971, 29I, carrying nearly d million dollars in insurance. The disbursements last year in bene- tits were SS1, 12l, 000, an average of B. 900. 000 a month paid to the widows and orphans of the deceased members
 The records of fraternal insurance during the thirty-eight years since they first began business. show very few scandals. There have been no yellow dog funds, no meddling in poli- tics, no subsidizing of legislatures or newspapers, no participation in ho- tation schemes and no s100, GOO presi- dents OF vice presidents. The asso- citations have not built up enormous surplus accounts, nor erected costly buildings in which to transact busi- ness. They have. however, given insurance at the lowest possible cost and paid claims when presented
 There have been some failures, but the number has not been great and the cause has been defects in the plan and not dishonesty in the manage. ment The defgct that has been most fatal to these associations is the flat rate, which gives cheap insurance when the association is young, but ! leads to trouble when the members become advanced in years. There are still flat rate societies, but more and more they are adopting the standard table and with the changes are becom- l ing stronger and safer.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-07-06

It will be just as well to keep an occasional eye and ear tured toward Mexico. Panama canal and other interests in that section of the world make these little two-byfour revolu- tion3 in Central American states oi somewhat more importance to the United States than they used to be, and the talk of federation of Central American republics is of much more interesting character than 1t was d few years ago. Most of this news comes by way of the Sister Repub- lie. President Diaz is a grand old man. and there is no good reason to doubt his friendship for the United States. But he is not going to re- main at the head of the Mexican gov renment forever. Just as well to keep posted anyhow.