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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
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4 contest for the best last line of an incomplete limerick, a form of verse which was all the rage short time ago. has been conducted by The Att lanta Constitution for the past few weeks. The prize offered by the pa per is s5 in gold for the best line niling out the limerick.
 Last weeks prize was won by a Montgomery girl Miss Dorothy Gra- ham. a daughter of the late Capt. Ed ward A. Graham, who lives at f.6 South Court Street.
 The Constitution writes of Miss Gra- ham as follows:
 "The winner of the $5 in gold for the hest last line to Mayor Joyner's s limerick is Miss Dorothy Graham of Montgomery, Ala. Her last line was:
 But its liquor gets scanter and scanter.'
 aThis makes the Mayors limerick d now completed by Miss Dorothy s line as follows: !. There was great town named At
 lanta
 That always went in a canter.
 It claimed all in sight, [
 And got 1t by right. < But it's liquor gets scanter and ' scanter
 Miss Dorothy,so her letter states. IS only IA years old. Her home IS fsc south Court Street, Montgomery.
 sThere is suitable humor in MISS Dorothy's last line. and while 1t deals with the great liquor question, 1t does 60 in such way as not to oHenu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08
Sold

Upton Sinclair was discussing in New York the governments attacks upon predatory and law-breaking trusts.
 Tt looks as if these trusts" said MT. Sinclair, will have to obey the law, or else their owners will find themselves as badly sold as the rich Bostonian who bought an estate in Scotland call ed Glen Acora.
 "The Bostonian bought this estate without having seen 1t. He believed that he. could trust the man he bought 1t from And last summer he wen' over to have look at the place.
 "The drive from the nearest railway station to Glen Acora was matter oi twelve miles. The Bostonian hired Highlander to drive him. "As the cart logged along the Bos- tonian said:
 n suppose you know the country hereabouts pretty we'll, friend9"
 "'Aye. lika foot o't' the Scot an swered.
 ".And do you know Glen AcoraT'
 "'Aye, weel,' was the reply.
 "'What sort of place is itT the American asked.
 'sThe Scot smiled grimly.
 ~,Awell,' he said. if ye saw the dell tethered on it. ye'd juist say. Poor Brute!"'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08
CONCERNING THE WILD WEST.
Features Which Are Promised Witt
 RnfYalo EallYs Wild West.

Buffalo BllPs Wald West.
 It is announced that Buffalo Bill has prepared an entirely new exhibition for his home coming tour, after four years abroad. While, of course, the general style of the exhibition in Montgomery Wednesday will be the same, there will be a change of scenic features, differing from any that have been seen with the show during the twenty-five years 1t has been before the public.
 Colonel William F. Cody. the last of the great scouts. will appear in the saddle at every performance, leading his Congress of Rough Riders in some remarkable exhibitions of expert horsemanship.
 The chief scenic feature will be 'gThe Battle of Summit Springs" a repro auction of one of the deciding conflicts in Indian warfare; a battle In which Colonel Cody participated and in which he shot and killed Chief Tall Bull.
 Another pantomime melodrama will be "The Great Train Hold-Up." In which will be depicted the robbery of a train: a practical engine, cars and a realistic and true-to-life representa- ton of one of the many scenes Of Iawlessness which the West has known.
 The Rough Riders contingent will display themselves in difiicult feats or horsemanship, hazardous exhibitions or skill and a diverting and exhilarating routine of equestrian expertness and daring. Tn short there is no other en- tertainment like Buffalo Bills Wild West and after twenty-five years be- fore the public 1t is more popular than ever. and Is in every way better equip ped than it has ever been before
 Among the typical Western scenes which will be shown will be "A Hol- iday at TIE Ranch" in which the pleasures and amusements Of the piainsmen and early settlers of the Middle West will be correctly illustra- ted. Cowboys will disport themselves
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08

either prohi or anti. It will be re- membered that last year Atlanta cut out much of it's liquor by reducing the number of saloons. That was when the liquor first got .scant.' Then came the State prohibition law and so the liquor gets 'scanter and scanter.
 Although there were many thous- ands of last lines written the same last word was used to rhyme with Atlanta, yet Miss Dorothy's rhyme of scanter had only few duplicates"
 Mrs Victor H. Hanson is at home, after an extended absence. While away. Mrs. Hanson spent a month in Canada. later visiting New York, Ashe- ville and Louisville.
 Mrs. Henry G. Evans and little daughter, Florence, who have been with Mrs. Evans's parents, Captain and Mrs. E. E. Hatcher. at their home in Columbia. Tenn, during the sum- mer, will return to Montgomery to- day.
 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Holmes. who were recently married in Selma. have come to Montgomery to live, and are with the Misses Wood. 13 Moulton Street. Mrs. Howard was Miss Mary Darling Hooper. MT. Holmes is a prominent young business man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08

on horseback. doing the various "stunts" which their equestrian ex- pertness has made them famous for; roping horses. picking up objects from the ground while their bron- chos are at full gallop. and performing numerous other tricks known and ac- complished by the cowboy of the prairfes.
 For many reasons the management has deided to abandon the street pa- rade which has, in years past. been the usual thing with travelling organi- zations of this size and character. It Is set forth that in many instances the late arrival of the trains bearing the pharaphernaliai makes 1t impossible to give a parade and start the afternoon performance on time. Through these delays the public is compelled to ex- perience tedious wait while tho work of preparing for the performance goes on.
 Again 1t is considered an unneces- sary hardship to compel men and horses to parade for two hours before beginning the afternoon exhibition. es- pecially when it is considered that two shows every day are the rule.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08

Montgomery has. been favored richly in the past few months with prosperity and attractions which have delighted the people and produced happiness and contentment in many homes, but there are other and better things promised for the near future which would indi- cate that there is to be an uninter- rupted era ot happiness for us all.
 Col Frank A. Dillingham;, whose fame as an advertiser and benefactor of the human race has grown world wide, is visiting Montgomery for the season, to introduce his wonderful remedies and marvellous cures.
 The Plant Juice Remedy Company believes in the largest possible publicity for their business. They carry splen- did outfit of vaudeville performers and each evening give a free performance on Court Squares All this involves an enormous outlay of money but so con ndent are the promoters of this won derful line of remedies that the people will give their support that they have no hositancy in coming to our city with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08
FAMOUS ADVERTISER
 OPENS HERE TONIGHT
Col. Frank Dillingham; has come to Mont gomery With His Splendid Vaude- vile Company and is Giving Free
 Open Air Performances.

a splendid line of attractions.
 Colonel Dillingham; performs some most wonderful cuses. The remedies are known and recognized the world over as being exactly as represented. and the list of cures brought about by their aid would fill volumes, If com piled and published.
 The show is free and the public is cordially invited to turn out and enjoy an evening of pleasure as we'll as profit. That it is good and worth seeing is cvi- denced by the fact that a large crowd has been kept standing from o'clock until 10 o'clock, in spite of the disagree able cold, always expectant and eager for the next piece on the program. Henry Moon. the banjo player, and sweet singer is very popular with the people; Billy Earthquake. the come dian and dancer is one of the best in his line that has ever visited this city The entertainment will continue with . change of program every night and our people will find an evening of pleasure and enjoyment always provided free of charge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08
Decatur. Raiiroad V. M.

Decatur's Railroad Y. M. c. A. :
 Decatur, Oct. 7-(Special.) The Railroad Young Mems Christian Association in New Decatur con tinues to grow in membership un- til it has now a total membership of 1,133. This is said to be the largest membership of any Y. M. c. A. in Ala bama and this is one of the only two railroad Y. M. c. As. in the state.
 The membership here is not confined to railroad men alone. but is made up of men from all professions. The ma jority of the members. however. are men employed by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company in the New Decatur shops and on the road.
 Besides being the largest this is one of the best equipped Y. M. c, As. in the South. Besides the usual bath and swimming pool and reading rooms and library and gymnasium. there is a bowling alley and a restaurant and number of sleeping rooms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08
GOING OVER LISTS OF
 ALABAMA'S PENSIONERS
state Pension Board Holding Special session in the Senate Chamber at
 the Capitol.

The special meeting of the State Pen sion Board, required by bill passed at the last session of the Legislature is now being held in the Senate chamber at the capitol. gone over, and especially the lists made at the adjourned sessions of tho county boards, when those who failed to get on the list during the regular summer sessions, were given another opportunity to get their names on the list.
 The work of the commissioners will probably be finished today. They are passing on the eligibility of many of those who made their applications af- ter the regular pension lists were com pleted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08
rhs four dlstrict superlntendents oi

The four district superintendents of the Christian Endeavor movement in Tennessee are arranging conferences and rallies in each Of the ninety six counties of the State to work up a great attendance before the 1908 con vention at Knoxville.
 In connection with the bicentennial of the founding of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, which has Just been celebrated. fund of $l0o.o0o was raised. of which $50.000 went to aid poor churches and $4O,Ooo for Baptist settlement house.
 The semi-centennial of the Fulton street Noon Prayer Meeting in New York Is to be observed during the week of october 1S. the mission having grown to such an extent that during the last Eve years 1t has had an az Eregate attendance of over 60.0o0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08
Authors.
AUIWUFHP Harvey Peak in The Circle.

Harvey Peake, in The Circle.
 An author Is a person whose chief occupation in life Is the defacement of good white paper. The appelation is wide-reaching, and may apply to the writer of a soap advertisement or to the creator of g. best-seller.
 Of late years authors have become so numerous that they seem to have literally fallen out of the clouds upon a long g-suffering people. like rain drops upon an already water-s soaked earth. In Indiana these drops fall with such persistence that the State is kept in a condition of literary overflow.
 Among certain authors of the pres ent time there is great rivalry as to who can cover the maximum of paper with the minimum of thought.
 Authors are divided into two classes a small class, who can write and who let their work speak for them, and . very large class who can't write and are continually picking to pieces the literary elect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08
Story of Conee .

The Dundee Advertiser tells the fol- lowing story of the discovery of cof- fee as beverage:
 Near the middle of the fifteenth century a poor Arab was travelling through Apyssinia, and. finding him. self weary and weak from fatigue. he stopped near a grove. then, being in waAt of fuel to cook his rice. he cut down a tree, which happened to be covered with dead berries. His meal being cooked and eaten, the traveller discovered that the half-burned ber- ries were very fragrant. He collected a number of them, and, on crushing them with a stone. he found that their aroma increased to great extent. While wondering at this. he accident ally let fall the substance into the can which contained his scanty suppy of waterloo! what a miracle. The near ly putrid water was almost instantly purified. He raised 1t to his lips; 1t was fresh, agreeable, and in moment the traveller had so far recovered his strength and energy as to be able to resume his journey. The nniucky Arab gathered as many berries as he could. and. arriving at Alden. in Ara bia. he informed the multi Of his dis covery. That worthy divine was an inyeterate opium smoker, and had suf- fered for years from the influence of that poisonous drug. He tried an in- fusion of the roasted berries and was SO delighted at the recovery of his own yigor that in gratitude to tho tree he called 1t cahuah, which In Arabia sig nifies force"
 Let one more attest
 I have lived. seen Gods hand through
 lifetime,
 And all was for the best.
 -Roberr drowning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08
l. mi. True,
Washington Post.


 There Is much in our political his- tory fthe past double decade to iusti- fy Mir. John Temple Graves in the fol- lowing declaration:
 Tn our opinion the Populists have fought their battle and practically won 1t. Not by direct victory. but by the peaceful line of educating the Democ- racy | otheir views"
 In 1896 the Populist party accepted the nominee of the Democratic party for President. and four years later the Democratic party accepted as its can didate the Populist nominee for Presi- dent.
 It Is related with much versimilitude that a traveller in Missue many years ago came upon two snakes in strug- gle. Each had the tail Of the otssr IF its mouth. and after some hours of powerful endeavor, each succeeded m swallowing the other. Something very like that happened to the Democratic and Populist party in 1896 and lsOO. And our friend John Temple Graves could cite 8 case in point. If Tom Watson is a lamb he has been swal- lowed by Hoke Smith, the tiger; but then may not 1t be written that Mfr Watson Is the tiger. and MT. smith the lamb?
 Jerry Simpson suppianted John C..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08

Carlisle as a Democratic leader whsn William J. Bryan was preferred over Grover Cleveland. If Henry G. Tur- ner were alive today and in the superb majesty of his grand character and splendid abilities, Tom Watson could beat him for Congress before any con stituency of Georgia.
 And the Populist party. having swal- lowed the Democratic party. took a big bite out of the Republicans. The rate bill Is the legitimate child of the Popu- list party. The half-million hat basic money" of our currency Is the Populist sentiment in the c. O. F. should Governor Cummins get to the Senate. will he not be of the elect and sit as one of the Sanhedrim? Is Senar tor Aldrich a Republican? Then what Is Senator La Toilette? Is Senator shoot Republican? Then what is Congressman Sam Mccall?
 Mir. Graves is right--the Pops have ahieved nearly all their ambitions. The Hon. William A. Peffer says he returned to the Republican fold be- cause the c. O. P. had turned Pop.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08

against the action of France and Spain in Morocco passed off quietly.
 A resolution was voted calling on the Spanish Government to recall It's troops and to respect Moroccan inde- pendence and protesting against the expulsion of French Socialists from France.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08

The fact that tho President has
 chosen the waterway ought to be an argument for prohibition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08
PROTEST IS MADE.

Madrid Oct. "A meeting of 30.o00 persons held here Sunday to protest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08
Need Silver This Fall |?

Here are reliable brands
 At bottom prices.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-10
Needs Vast Sum.

State Highway Commissioner Hunt.
er wants the legislature to appropriate
So. 600, 600 for the improvement of the
roads in Pennsylvania during the next
two years This sum, with the 50, 600,
600 available out of the fund of $6,
800, 600 appropriated by the legislature
of 1908, would give the department a
fund of 81, 500, 900 annually the next
two years.
With 50, 600. 900 for two years we
could build from 900 to /, 900 miles a
year of scientific road in Pennsyl-
vania," said Highway Commissioner
Hunter in discussing his plans for new
legislation. Many of the countries
have already been allotted their share
of the present fund, and unless the
Legislature makes an additional ap.
preparation we cannot continue the
work in these counties.
Certain legislators and other ad-
vocates of the good roads movement
have suggested that the Legislature
appropriate more than So, 600, 600 for
the next two years, but do not agree
with them 1t would be simply i'm.
possible for this department to expend
judiciously more than $4, 500, 600 OF
So, 600, 600 year for road building in
this State. -
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-10
Increased Pay for Legislators.

Following in the footsteps of the
congressman, some of the members of
the Pennsylvania legislature want
more pay for their jobs. They are
agitating a movement looking toward
an increase of salary from $1,000 to
SO, 900 for each session. A bill will
probably be introduced after the recess
to add $500 to their compensation.
Should the bill pass and receive the
approval of the governor it would not
affect the present members, as the con-
stitution prohibits an increase of a
public officials salary during the term
for which he has been elected. The
loss of railroad passes is the main in
centive for the demand for higher pay.
Now that the members have to pay
their carfare to and from Harrisburg
it is contended that the job of being a
legislator, at the old rate of wage, does
not paw for the time lost and the neg
lect of business at home while in Har-
risburg.
However, we have heard of no men,
ber of the legislature threatening to
resign his position because he is not
getting pay enough.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-10
Fell From Building.

Wesley Morrall, of Riverside, a car
penter who is at present employed on
the construction of the residence be-
ing built by Emerson Adams on
Church street. across the alley from
the rear of the Jail property, sustained
a fall from the top of the building
Tuesday, miraculously escaping with
his life but sustaining the most severe
injuries.
Mr.. Morrall was working ON fiat
portion of the roof at the very top of
the unfinished building, when he slip
ped on the wet surface. He was pre-
cipitated toward the edge of the roof,
striking the caves, and then fell head
foremost. unto pile of sllls in the
alley, distance of about % feet. He
struck the sills with the back of his
neck and head, and then bounded into
the alley where he lay unconscious.
Help came speedily, and he was car
ried into the home of Emerson Adams,
and a physician summoned. He had
sustained big cash on the back OF
his head, but his most severe injuries
were in the bruises and generally bat.
tered condition. He was unable tC
arise all .day Tuesday and Tuesday
afternoon was taken to his home or
the south side.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-10
Don't Need Them.

A feature OF the forthcoming annual
report of Major Isaac b. Brown, Sec
retary of internal affairs, will be an
elaborate discussion of the question of
the reconst ruction of system Of can
ais in Pennsylvania.
Major Brown opposes the project,
and takes up many pages of bis report
to tell why. He assumes that the can
ais, generally speaking, are not need
ed for the convenience OF shippers and
that the basis of the agitation is a
theory that their rehabilitation would
keep down freight rates on the rail
roads.
Major Brown believes that that is a
false premise to start from; that the
canals, because of the universal de-
mands for quick transit, could not be
an important factor, and cites the fact
that in New York, where they have
the Erie canal connecting with the
Great Lakes with tide water, freight
rates are higher than in Pennsylvania,
and the further fact that in Pennsyl-
vania the average receipts per ton per
mile are very much lower on all the
railroads than they were when th
canals were all i'm full operation. And
if this were not so and the rate were
not voluntarily kept down to tair
and reasonable figrue the State govern
ment has the power to insure other
shippers reasonable rates. and it only
remains for the State to exercise that
power in just and conservative way.
Secretary Brown concludes that the
millions which would be required in
the useless effort to reproduce canals,
which, he says, have had their day
and are now only reminiscence, as a
means of creating competition, could
be invested with much more propriety
in other industrial affairs.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-10
To Protect From Bogus Stocks.

An act will be introduced at the
coming session of the Pennsylvania
legislature that will be of interest and
concern to all holders of mining stocks.
1t is asserted by the legislators who
will father the bill that in nearly ev-
cry section of this State there has been
lot of mining stock sold that is
worth scarcely tie paper it is printed
on. These stocks have been sold at
such low figures that when the pur-
chasers find they have been duped they
hesitate to prosecute under the laws
providing for punishment of those
who obtain moneys by false pretense.
Under the proposed law any persons
who advertise or in any way circulate
false or misleading statements about
the mines on which the stock is issu-
ed. or tell any untruths in connection
| with their efforts to find purchasers
for their stock, will be guilty of fraud
and liable to be punished by fine not
exceeding $40 900, or Imprisonment
not exceeding ten years, or either or
both, at the discretion of the court.
The victims of worthless mining
stock in very many cases are poor peo-
pie who are caught by the offers to
| become mime owners" at an expense
of two or three cents share the in
ducement being held out that the stock
will be worth much more in very
short time. In many cases the purchas
ers Can never dispose of the stock and
are out of their savings.
A bill similar to the one that will
be presented at Harrisburg will be in
troduced in every State in the union
and there are good chances of the
law becoming general one.