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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
Bill a Prisoner

Old Bill Seaver an old and respeckted citizen of Bingville who has long ago out lived his usefulness and don't do much but loaf around town one place and another from sunrise to sunset, dropped into the Bugle office the other day and laid down behind the press on old pile of papers and went to sleep and when 1t come even ing we forgot all about Bill and shut and locked the office and went home and never thought about him until we opened up shop next morning at about a. m. There was Bill setting inside waiting for us and as mad as a wet hen. Bill desired to know what we locked him in the office for and we told him that we forgot all about him. Then he got so mad that we had to push him outen the office. He paused long enough to say that he would stop his paper and never wanted to see a copy of 1t as long as he lives. We stop Bills paper with pleasure. Being as he has been a constant reader and subscriber for nine years and ain't never paid us a cent since he started we consider that 1t is more profitable to stop his paper at this Juncture than to let him get any deeper into our debt. What applies to Bill and his paper also applies to many of our other subscribers and we may mention some names in the future if they don't pay up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21

gore him to death. In desperashion h.
 raised up his voice in prayer and asket
 the good Lord to deliver him from tha
 dodgasted red bull. Then after he hat
 prayed a while without no results ht
 would cuss and swear at that bull until 6 fly wouldn't scarcely light on 1t. In this way the night wore on. Along tord: daylight soon as 1t got light enough fol ED to see he looked down and seen the bull laying at the foot of the tree sound cured to ED, so he pulled hisself fur sight of the critter. Bye and bye the bull woked up and looked up into the tree and didn't see nothing of Eb and then looked all around and finally walked of and begin to graze thinking perhaps that Eb had escaped during the night. ED he kept quiet until the bull had wan dered over behind a hummick at one end of the field, then he slid down the tree very quiet and dropped to the ground and run like Satan was after him until he reached his own doorstep where Sary was waiting for him with tears in her eyes wondering what had became of him. Sary didn't never go to bed all night. Eb told her to stop weepin and get him up his dinner, supper and breakfast all In one meal being as he was so near fam ished that he could eat sole leather and enjoy 1t.
 Eb now desires to dispose of his red bull to any person needing a red bull. Eb sais this bull is sound in wind and limb and is we'll bred and ain't got only one fault-he don't like red.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
Locals

Mrs. Lige Green had her old brindle COW to step on her foot while she was milking tother ev'g. Mrs. Green ther kicked the COW and the COW kicked the pail spilling three gals. of new milk righ, on the ground. Mrs. Green says it's turrible vexashious to have a COW kick over a pail of milk after you have went to the trouble to milk 1t outen her.
 Gideon Johnson called at the Bugle office one day last week and paid us a quarter on his subscripshion. Gid said it wasn't very much, but 1t was the best he could do at present. We thank you Gideon-if everybody would pay us a quarter 1t would help out wonderful. P. S.-We have since discovered that 1t was a lead quarter Gideon give us Gideon's subscripshion therefore remains in sta tue kwo as you might say.
 Mrs. Jerushy Perkins has our thanks for fine mess of young beet greens which she left at this office for us when we was out one day last week. Our wife cooked them up for us the next day and we enjoyed them immense Call again, Jerushy.
 Miss Amelia Tucker, the belle and so- ciety leader of Bingville has sore corn which Is giving her considerable trouble this hot weather. Miss Amelia can't wear her shoes half the time.
 Miss Milly Underwood burnt herself on the wrist with a iron while ironing re- gently. It was very painful while 1t lasted
 Wes Woodruff our hunter and trapper. says there aint much going on in his line during the summer season. but he calkilates that next winter will be a good winter for pelts. We trust Wes won't ketch as many skunks as he did last win ter-they simply innoculate the entire neighborhood.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21

being as 1t Is mostly swamp and what ain't swamp is stony. What would be the use for me to tell you that this good land to raise crops on7 You would know better as soon as
 you seen 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
Personals

What we need is rain. However. ws don't always get everything we need in this world.
 Crops look fairly we'll in the vicinity of Bingville at present. Potato bugs is creating havock in some sections here- abouts.
 HI Cranby is getting out enough tim- Der to repair the foundashion for his barn. It ought to of been repaired 10 years ago. If the barn don't fall down before Hi gets the props under 1t, 1t will be a surprise to us.
 Lafe Wittacre got stung by bumble- bee on the front piazzer of Hen Weathersby's store tother day Lafe was setting there smoking. most asleep. when the bumblebee come buzzin around his head and he. instid of tending .o his own business, slapped at the bee, which made 1t mad and it stung him on the ear and then departed for parts unknown. This ought to be a lesson to Lafe to tend to his own business. We have noticed that as long as you don't molest a bumblebee. 1t won't molest you.
 Cy Hoskins says this hot weather takes the tuck right outen him, and he says at nights its too hot for him to sleep. and he's too sleepy to keep awake. and so between the two he has a purty restless time.
 Miss Sary Ann Whittacre purchased a new lawn dress at Hen Weathersby's store last week. It is roomered that Sary Ann Is shortly to be married. and that this dress is part of her trueso.
 Little Johnny Tucker. the 10-year-old son of Bill Tucker, stubbed his toe tur- rible bad while trying to excape from Deacon Andrews apple orchard with his pocketsfull of green apples while the deacon was chasing him. Johnny has his toe tied up at present
 Amzi Gookins Is considerable sweat up of late because he has not received his penshion on time Amzi Is afeard that the guvverment thinks he is dead and has discontinued his penshion. He says he is a going to write and inform them to the contrary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21

Being as "Old Home Weeks" have got so popular in many other cities and metropolusses of the country Bingville has rose to the occashion and has de- cided to have a old home week of her own which will occur some time dur ing the month of August coming the exact date having not yet been fixed exactly but will be later announcement of which will duly appear in the Bugle
 This old home week for Bingville was the result of deliberashions on the part of the Board of Trade consisting of
 Arioch Skinner, Simon Wilkins and Plutarch Watkins It occurred to these three officials of Bingville that a old home week would be a great thing for the town SO on last Tuesday ev'g they called mass meeting to discuss 1t at the Town Hall and there was big turn out present. Arioch opened the
 meeting and stated the objeckt ot same
 He said that being as it was more or less common for various other cities to hold old home weeks he thought it would be no more than proper for Bing- vile to have one. He said that them as had been borned and raised in Bing-
 'f'N' d' tOt iiiSllt say, Dut WHO when they had arrived at manhood and wo- manhood as the case might be, had left these diggings and had sort of wan dercd away to the turmoil of the great cities and had sort of got weaned away from the apron strings of their native heath would take cSpeshial pleas ure Tn coming back to visit us again if we was to hold old home week in our midst and bid them welcome to their old stamping ground once more. Ari- och sad that he hoped if we decided to hold a old home week all would do their part to welcome back the lost sheep ot lsriul as he might say, to their old tam1llar pastures and he calkilated that there ought to be large banner paint ed on muslin and hung acrost the street m front of the post office saving, in large letters WELCOME TO OUR CITY ]! or words to that effeckt. Then Arloch set down and wiped the sweat often his brow because it was toler- able warm cv' 2 and besides Arioch allus gets all het up when he has to speak m puhlick because, as he says hisself he amt no pubck speaker.
 Arioch then called on Slime Wilkins. another member of the B. of T. for speech and Slime removed his quid and got up and wrung out his coat tails for minn1t or two in agony and cleared his throat and choked and coughed and said that Arioch had voiced his senti- ments exactly and he calkilated he couldn't add nothing to it. Arioch then called on Plutarch Watkins. who was also considerable embarrassed and said that Arioch in saying what he did about old home week had took the very words outcn his mouth that he was a going to say hisself and that he therefore didn't have nothink to say. Then Plu- tarch sat down in disgust
 Arioch then called for expressions of opinion on the part of various repre- sentative citizens of Bingville who chanced to be in the audience. Hank Dcwberry at once aroze and said he was opposed to any old home week be- ing held in Bingville for the benefit of outsiders who had been borned and raised here and then when they got
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
The Two Bills Full Again

Bill Hepburn. our artistick blacksmith and Bill Yates. who is Bills boon com panlon in debotch. both made a trip to the Go. seat last Satterday and returned to Bingvlle In the ev'g In a riotous state Of intoxicashion disgraceful to behold. They walked up and down Main St. with their arms around each others necks singing songs and hollering at the tops of their lungs Seth Dewberry, our lion hearted town constable was hunted for all over town to arrest the two men, but Seth couldn't he found no where. After they had sohered up the next day Seth turned up and said he had been hunting down desprit gang of chikken thiefs over Sawridge Mountain way and regretted that he had not been here being as he would have clapped both men in jail quicker than wink. Mrs Dewberry, how ever, inadvertently stated to a neighbor that Seth went to bed as soon as the two men arrived from the Co seat and re- nslined there until the next morning Seth's story and his wife's story don't seem to jbe very well.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21

growed up had went and forsook us, as he might say, and left us in the lurch to get along as we'll as we could with out them. Hank said in his opinion such ungrateful CUTS wasn't entitled to have no fuss made over them. Hank said he was in favor of having sort of a grand rally for Bingvillians, but as for getting up doings for those who had wandered from the fold and didn't care hang whether Bingville sunk or swum, he was agin 1t. At this point Arioch told Hank to set down as he was out of order and besides he wasn't representative citi- zen of Bingville anyhow. Hank said he wasn't out of order being as he had just finished taking five bottles of swamp root bitters and never felt bet ter in his life and if Arioch thought he was out of order he wished he would kindly step out on the grass in front of the town hall and he would show him. For awhile it looked as if there was go- ing to be trouble but this was fortunate ly averted and Hanks friends managed to cool him down. Arioch then called for standing vote.
 Fifty-two out of them present stood up in favor of old home week for Bing vile while 2 who shared Hanks opin- ion in the matter voted agin it. Arioch said that the old home week sprojeckt had been carried by an overwhelming majority, but them as voted against it all declared that they would do all in their power to make old home week in Bingville a fzzle.
 Arioch said another publick meeting would be held in the town hall later at which committees would be appointed to range program for the occashion and to send out invites to former resi- dents of Bingville who are now scat tered to the four winds of heaven, as you might say.
 Subscribe for the Bugle, espechially if you can't be here for old home week it will give you all the news about it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
Ice Cream Festival

As advertised in another collum of this weeks Bugle there will be a ice cream festival held by the Ladies Aid of the BinSville Church on the church lawn next Satterday ev'g. weather permitting. If the weather don't permit then the fes- tival will he held inside rain or shine. Everybody is cordially invited to attend, Ice cream 10 cts. per dish or three dishes for quarter. Cake free. Proceeds to go toward paying Rev. Moore. our beloved pastor a porshion of his back salery. Come one. come all and help along a good cause
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
Lem Ouigly

Lem Quigly had a narrer escape from being kicked to death by his two-year-old colt day before yesterday. whatever day that was, Lem passed behint the colt in the stable while 1t was all quiet and docile, and went on into the house and after while he heard a awful noise out to the stable and went out to find that the colt. just in fun probably. had kicked a board clean offen the stable behind its stall. Lem calkilates that If the colt had kicked just as he was passing behint 1t, 1t would of kicked his blamed head clean offen his shoulders
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21

The cheapest advertising medium in the country. If you believe in advertising. come and see us For further information call on or address the editor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
THE. BINGVILLE BUGLE !
 Is the Leading Paper of the CountyH
BRIGHT-.BREEZY-BELLICOsE-BUsTLIN(

How doth the busy little bee
 Improve each shining hour By gathering honey all the day From every opening flour.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

Mr. Wharton looked at his friend in evident
astonishment
1our words seem to intimate" he said, at
length, that | should have explained to By
ron why | refused his request"
81 would have told Wilson. under the same
circumstances" said Mr.. Armbruster quietly,
because think | would have been bound to
tell him"
THAT is novel proposition to me-" said
Mr.. Wharton, somewhat Indignantly. "1 do
not believe that | am under any obligation to
answer children for my actions"
"Nor do |, when you put it in that shape"
agreed Mr.. Armbruster. "When | tell Wilson
that he must do this or must not do that, he
knows that he must obey me; but, at the same
time, do not regard him as a dumb animal.
| always explain my reasons, and Wilson, be-
ing sensible boy, acquiesces good-naturedly,
il not gracefully"
81 believe in obedience" said Mr.. Wharton,
stubbornly. Children must be taught not to
question their parents decision.
That is true when to question means to
dispute or doubt; but any intelligent boy Will
obey an order much more readily when he
knows that there is good reason for issuing
it, OF course, with infants and little children
who cannot understand reasoning, nothing but
arbitrary orders will do, but you know very
well that the time must come when you Will
be obliged to explain your orders to Byron,
and why not begin now? Instead OF an auto
crat, be father, and make your son love as
well as respect you.' .,,
Don't you suppose my son loves me now!'
inquired Mr. Wharton, with startled look.
"Thcre must be times when he does not.
Boys are very angry over anything they con-
slider unjust or oppressive, and when you de-
prive Byron or an anticipated and innocent
pleasure. without any apparent reason, he
must feel indignant and lose portion.if only
temporary-of the love he formerly felt for
II should he sorry to think so,' said Mr..
Wharton with troubled look; "but | per-
ceive the force. of your argumennt" -,
"I hope I haven't offended You with my
mot at all, not at ALL replied Mr.. Whar-
ton, heartily II am glad that you have re,
minded me that was once boy When l
go home I will make Byron happy boy
him that am not a tyrant. but father who
never @ interferes with his chdren's pleasure,
except for their own good
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
Something About Storms.
copyrish b., JarneJ Everson
G Copyright by JameS ElVerson.

most violent cyclones originate in tropical
ATTITUDES, in the Atlantic Ocean, to the north
and east of the West Indian Islands, and in
the Pacific, in the China Seas and the neigh
borhood of the Philippine Islands.
The reasons they are SO destructive is be-
cause they are carried such great distances
by extraneous influences The West Indian
cyclones are attracted toward the Gulf Strea
ways hangs over it and follows its course;
so the cyclones of the Pacific follow the
course of Kuro Siwo, the great oceanic cur
rent which passes around the East Indian
archipelago, the shores of China and the
japanese Islands.
miles in diameter, and may travel over path
5000 miles in extent.
Within few years modern science has done
much to increase our knowledge of cyclones,
and the sailor of today knows not only in
what region to expect them, but he has also
learned the path in which they move ard di-
rection Of the wind.
BY means of "storm cards." which are
somewhat difficult to describe, but the use of
which is comparatively easy, the mariner
knows how to steer his vessel to avoid the
violence Of the gale, and if he is very skill
full may even make the cyclone help him on
him way. Cyclones are always accompanied
"cloudburst." When the air is complete.
ly saturated with moisture and "whirl" is
formed, the heated stratum is not carried TO
so great height. The upward currents be-
ing strong, a vast mass Of partially condens.
ed vapor is accumulated in the upper end OF
the funnel, so to speak, until it finally breaks
of its own weight. The vapor is then rapid.
ly condensed, and water falls in actual sheets.
When cloud burst occurs on-1and, the rain
has been known to plow great holes and fur.
rows in the earth, and hardly any movable
object can withstand the rush of water. On
the ocean a cloud burst falling on a vessel.
unless it were very large, and very staunch'
would send it to the bottom of the sea; and
it may happen that some of the mysterious
disappearances of vessels are due to this cause
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

tered line, and they must have feared that
their captive was to furnish them no great
sport after all in the way of running.
Not until the nearest of them were within
thirty feet of him did he make his grand
efort-and that effort was like flash of zig
gag lightning.
First to right, then to left he darted, and
plunging under the arms of two stalwart
Indians, he was in an instant outside of the
circle and speeding away toward the hills.
Yelling in their intense excitement, the
whole seventeen warriors pursued him. Sure
ly there could be little danger Of his escape;
for what was he but despised STRIPPING of a
paleface, while they were the hardy runners
of the Sioux?
Their rifles were left at the spot where they
had been flung down, and all depended upon
their heetness of foot. They simply put
their speed against his.
1t was well for the brave boy that his
limbs were strung with such steel-like sinews.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

T~7HE ancients, whose knowledge OF
meteorology was exceedingly limit.
4 ed thought that storms were OF
NTS0sNS supernatural origin.
kAE.SEI To our vain ancestors, nothing
could happen without direct refer
ence to their existence, and 1t took many
ages for mankind to be convinced that the
forces of nature work without any reference
to mans safety peril
The storm, the cyclone and the blizzard
are Just as natural phenomena as sunshine
or the formation of dew. Yet to many per
sons the why and wherefore still! much of
a mystery.
The atmosphere which surrounds our earth
is like a great sea, constantly heavlng and
tossing in waves, more or less immense.
This is due to several causes. The rotation
of the earth on its axis is one cause; but the
main cause is changes of temperature. If
the temperature of the air were the same
everywhere, the atmosphere would be in
equilibrium, and a calm would always pre-
vail, but while one portion is being heated,
equilibrium is disturbed; this causes move
ment of the air from the cold to the warm
region.
When air is heated it expands, becomes
light and rises, and as it flows away In the
upper regions causes a depression which is
called the "area of the low barometer" be-
cause as the column of mercury in the tube
exactly balances a column of air of equal
diameter, the mercury falls as the pressure
decreases
Now, as the atmosphere, like water, is al
ways trying to seek its level, the air from
the "area high marometer is, the area
where the pressure is great-wl always flow
toward the area of low barometer, and en-
deavor to fill up the depression.
In most cases this flow is gentle and the
movement amounts to nothing more than a
brisk breeze; but occasionally the movement
10 very ranid and then we have storm and
occasionally cyclone.
Of late years, it has become common to
call every violent storm Cyclone" which
is nlainlv erroneous. A cyclone never occurs
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

except on the ocean, because cyclone is a
such storm could occur on land
,< The so-called cyclones of the West are
"tornadoes, which are whirling storms of
great violence, but contracted in area. Tor
nadoes have been known whose greatest
which exceed several miles in width are very
unusual.
The ordinary storm, where the wind attains
velocity of forty to sixty miles an hour has
nothing in common with either cyclone or
tornado 1t is straight thrush of air and
does not whrl at all
The origin of storm has already been de-
scribed, and the same causes hold true for a
storm of any size, 1t may only prevail over
single county, or it may extend in great
oval from Canada to Texas and Maine TO
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
A Race for Life

Looking over his shoulder, he soon perceived
that all of his pursuers were losing ground.
In few minutes he had gained the shelter
of the hills and was comparatively safe. The
Indians would, of course, return for their
guns before following him for any great dis,
render it impossible for them to take his
trail.
After a few hours he fell in with his three
friends, who had been searching for him, and
all then FASTENED to alarm the miners. The
several camps were at once abandoned, and
their occupants lost no time in fleeing to
safer quarters.
John Miller is now man in the prime OF
life, and l occasionally hear from him by
letter, for we have always kept up a CORE
spondence with each other.
Sometimes he makes an incidental allusion
to his extraordinary adventure, but he is no
boaster, either in that direction or any other
remember, however, that it made my
flesh creep to hear the story, as / once did
from his own lips, for he told it much better
than can.