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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
AS TO WHAT WE EAT.
Food Cannot Make a Moflycoddle OF
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Food Cannot Make a MOflyc0ddIe OF Reform one.
 New York World.
 Loud cries of No, nor arose from New Workers yesterday when they read the news telling how Uncle Sam's food experts had declared that eating lop- sters caused brainsterms, that nut and cereal diet produced mollycoddies' that raw meat made people ferocious, crafty. and selfish, and that beef and meals led to mediocrity on the part or quick-lupch patrons
 Doctors, prize fighters, clefgymen, brokers, sporting men, lawyers, mer- chants one and all declared that the Washington idea was all wrong ana that brawn and brain were matters or inheritance and not due to any particu- lar diet.
 One of the first to raise his voice in protest was John L. Sullivan, who Tn the art of self-defense In the prize
 That celebrated gladiator, who used to eat two and three. pounds of rare training for his big fights, when ask ed yesterday what he thought of the Washington ideas on food, said:
 Rye and corn are ideal cereals Raw Raw meat make men ferocious? Noi I'm fond of pork chops. never was a moi lycoddle. I've been through all kinds of weather, but never saw braln- storm. They've nothing to do with lop
 "A man needs to eat plenty of meat and potatoes to be any good in tnis world. Tapioca is for puddings, ana rice is for the chinks Maybe nuts make n4oiiycoddles. I have been a lob up ID on beans. There's nothing the mat ter with them. They hold your cuffs on fine. and keep your teeth rom
 John T. Meehan nearly dropped a plate of beans when told that the az ricultural sharps had found against the beef and' diet on the ground It made men mediocre. He laid down his a 1ittie higher. and looked sharp at "Sinkers." who began to feel his chin
 "That's one on President Roosevelt" said Meehan. He used to come Tn here often when he was Police com. him any. judging by his record since he went to Washington. Big Tim Sullivan and many other statesmen are my regular patrons
 fighting spirit from beef and If he keeps on eating it he'll soon have Ire land freed. Before John Hay became Secretary of State he was a chronic more for this country than anything else, except gunpowder, and you can eat that. Oh, mol There's nothing 10
 Pat Connolly, mayor of Poverty Hollow. said: '"The pa1avering of these food aixperts is a source of weariness to me. Why don't corned beef give man corns? What's the use of dis cussing brainstorms, and marycoddles. and such things? What we eat we eat. and we ought to be glad of it. Our brains are in our head and not in our food"
 Rev. pr. Thomas R. Slicer. People get along best on a mixed diet. There were never any six doctors that could get together and agree on mans diet. Man has a body, but man is a spirit He must be fed on what he needs most. You can't make mollycoddfes by feed ing"
 "Humpty" Hanover, mayor of Avenue volt says is all right, whichever way he says so. If eating lamb chops makes us sheep, what do we eat to be- comes goats?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
AIcohoI From sawdust.

Samples of alcohol made from saw dust have been sent to the department of agriculture from one of the big sawmills where the work is being done on a commercial scale; that is to say, a distilling plant has been installed which Is turning out several barrels of alhocol daily, though no figures are available as to the actual cost of manufacture compared with wood alco- hol or that from grain. The interest ing point about the sawdust alcohol is that it is not a wood alcohol having none of the properties of that fluid, but is an ethyl alcohol that cannot be told from that made from grain. The difference is that the sawdust alcohol Is made after the sawdust has been treated with an acid. transforming 1t into devtrose. and is then distilled in the regular way. If the work can be done at a profit. and the indications from the work of the company point to this being a fact, it will not only make valuable by-product out of the sawdust that has heretofore been an intolerable nuisance to the sawmiIls, but it will open up way to make all cohol profitably from straw, cane, corn stalks and almost any other vege- table refuse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
PROBABLY A coon scnEME.

The Pittsburg Sun lately advanced an idea, which we believe has been since endorsed by the Chief Hydro- grapher of the United States Geograph- ical Survey. and which contains mat ter for serious consideration. It is simply plan for utilizing the waste water of the great spring floods that do much damage. Before the forests were cut down and the lands adjacent to rivers and smaller streams were de- nuded of their timber and undergrowth, the land Itself was the great conserv- ator of the heavy rains. Now that most of the land Is bare the water from the great rains causes devastat- ing floods in the spring and drouths in the summer. The Suns suggestion was that the extra or waste water be impounded among the hills in great reservoirs. The chief Photographer points out that the loss by one flood would pay for the installation of a considerable number of such reservoirs The presence of such bodies of water would afford delightful nearby pleas ure resorts. They could be stocked with fish, Suitably installed dynamos could utilize the discharge from such impounded waters to develop power al- most unlimited that could be readily transmitted to nearby industrial cen- ters. The reservoir system would not only soon pay for itself, but 1t would redeem some of the countrys now least productive territory. It would do much toward solving the problem of keeping rivers navigable all the year."
 This strikes us as a sensible and practicable project. We do not pre- tend such familiarity with engineering an estimate of the cost of the reser- voirs such as those suggested, but sup- pose the authority quoted by The Sun can be depended on, and that the losses caused by one great flood on one of our large rivers would pay for the reser- yoirs If the money could be properly apportioned among all who suffer from such visitations. Not only would these places make good fish ponds, but 1t would seem that the surplus water thus saved up could be drained of grad ually so as to keep the rivers naviga- ble, as suggested, and by suitable de- vices the water as it is thus taken from the reservoirs would drive ma chinery for the development of inn mense electric power. There may be much of utility in the proposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
GOOD ADVICE.

Brief but to the point Is this from The Philadelphia Record:
 The South has tried Bryan twice. It has tried an Eastern candidate once. There have been three consequent fafl- West and East. There is no need of going into particulars.
 Now let the South lead. Let 1t name its own candidate-some stalwart Southern Democrat-and call upon the true Jeffersonians of the North and West to respond. That Is the logic of the political situation.
 It does begin to seem the extreme of bad politics for the Southern De- mocracy to continue strengthening the feeling of sectionalism which still ob- tains to a large degree in the North. Since the close of the great war the Democrats have nominated nine Pres- idential tickets and all the candidates were from north of Mason and Dixon's line. Of all these we elected one. twice, and that Is all we have to show for yielding to the demands of our Northern brethren. Is 1t not time to try something else? We have men as fully qualified for the office as can be found in the Union. and if we can't elect ticket with good Southern man at the head of 1t we can see no reason why we should succeed with Northern man. Democrats who would refuse to vote for a good man merely because he is from the South would not trouble themselves to go to the polls in any event And if Southern Democrats should refuse to vote for candidate because he lives in the North or West there would be no end of the condemnation that would be visited on us. Should not the rule work both ways?
 The Record is one of the soundest and strongest Democratic newspapers in the country. and rarely fails to preach sound doctrine. In advocating the nomination of Southern Democrat it is in sober earnest ,and speaks for what It believes Is best for Democracy and best for the country. On several occasions heretofore we have found the same earnest advice given the South and we know it comes from the best of motives. Why not follow it?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
DRIF WOOD
 BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.

Maybe. "A Texas man has prophesied the end of the world in August ,,. Well maybe Texas August seems
 The Reason. T don't see why Maude turned Jones Maybe he was too bright and that was why she turned him down"
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 Kinder Lazy Bike. Kinder lazy-like I'm dreamin' Cut here on tn grass. Kinder lazy-like I'm watchin' .. Of tn cloud ships as they pass. Kinder lazy-like I'm listenin' To tn warblin's O tn birds. They sing the songs iuy rh' best Them songs at aint got words. Kinder lazy-like I'm thinkin' O. the ole mill by the creek. Kinder lazy-like l hear again Kinder lazy-like I see myself Astride the ole gray mare. With sack O corn fer grindin' By the miller over there. Kinder lazy-like I'm meetin' All tn ole friends that I knowed. Kinder lazy-like I hear em say. Why goodness how you've growed. Kinder lazy-like I'm graspin' Dear old hands with grip so warm. Kinder lazy-lfke I'm roain' Like a boy aroun the farm. Kinder lazy-like I'm peepim' Here an there about the place. But somehow half expect to See my dear old mothers face. Kinder lazy.like the buzzin' O. the bells all hear So kinder lazy-like I turn and go But brush aside tear.
 & & % We don't know what ''souls' weigh, but in Chicago we know what "soles" weigh.
 The baseball player is once more king of the earth. The weather today will probably be brainstorms.
 & & & Grasp an opportunity but don't crush Men seldom get credit for being bet ter than they are. Alas what a misfortune 1t is to be you are. look crooked. In making love. young men always go at 1t like an amateur; otherwise the girl may think you an experienced If women measure their words, most of them certainly give good measure.
 |S N Sg The reason girls are used as tele- phone operators is because women nat urally love to talk.
 E % E At Manchester, England, the follow ing church notice was conspiciously displayed: A Potato Pie Supper will be Held on Saturday evening. Subject for Sunday Evening. A Night ot Agony"
 x A s In 1729 two young poets were hung in London. Fortunately we have es- caped hanging in this country so far.
 S SS 2 The latest church fad is to have regular singers distributed throughout the congregation instead of in the choir
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 Locating It. Your ..darter Jane they do say be talented"
 ''TaIented, golly; she's just eat up with the Artistic Temperament"
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 Beware.
 Soon twill be s April first
 So prepare
 For the worst.
 E E X
 As She Viewed It. s"So your son Clarence is studying French: is he learning much7' ''Guess he's going to be an editor; he says ''we' all the time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
work Keeping ReautifuI.

Minneapolis Journal
 Our friend LII Russell states what we have found to be everlastingly true, that 1t is hard work to be a beau ty. She shows why we mustn't worry nor be angry, nor eat what we want, nor 20 without corsets, nor lie in bed after s a. m, nor neglect the bath and the hour of relaxation, nor avoid the long walk and motor drive in, the open good for the complexion to split the wood. rip the ice from the roof, paint the tin gqtters. rive the storm sash arise at a, m. instead of 8. But keep ing eVerlastingly at 1t brings success, as all us beauties know by experience.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
Low Pay for Writers.

Spanish writers are not in enviable circumstances The usual pay for novels in Spain is so low that it is hard 10 understand how writers can live on the money they receive Whereas. in Paris there are ten novel writers who annually earn 100000 francs and more in Spain the pay for a long novel is SIP. and for novels of two volumes scarcely more than 250 francs. The Gil Bias also cites a case where Car men -,urgos. a well known authoress in her country, received only 150 francs for the translation of a long French Novel. A Madrid printer who pub fishes series of volumes dealing with the writers of the nineteenth century nays 50 francs for Q volume.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
ReIIriou. Life of tbe Student.

Topeka, Kas., March 2S.-At the ses- sioons of this, the concluding day of the conference of the Colleges of the Interior, the following papers and ad- dresses were presentd: "Social Life in the Christian College" President Ellen c. Sabin of Milwaukee-Downer College: How can the Christian Col lege Show Itself Best Fitted to Meet All Requirements of Students from Christian Honest" President Richard c. Hughes or Ripon College; Religious Life in the Christian College" Pfesi- dent Thomas McClelland of Knox Col Ieee
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
Attucks was there and his statue Is there and Jamestown wants 1t. As The New Bedford Standard says:

Attucks was there and his statue Is there and Jamestown wants 1t As The New Bedford Standard says:
 As for the crispus Attucks monu- ment never mind that history fails to show whether or not this particular negro was a martyr worthy monu- ment or mischief-maker whose mad behavior made trouble for himself and others, the monument is a recognition of negro service in the interest of in- dependence. and as such Is a matter or prlde 10 the negro race in America; and SO it can readily be understood that friends of the negro would count IL a great card to be able to demon strate to the South that Boston really has in one of its public parks me- morial to one of that race, But Bos- ton negroes are not willing to risk 1t be moved. A picture of it. accompa- nied by an affidavit as to its actual ex- istence. signed and 6ealed and sworn to by the proper authorities. ought to De convincing and to suffice.
 Already we note that considerable opposition and dissatisfaction has man. ifested itself in connection with the Jamestown request, and it is not at all improbable that its removal will be prevented< by law. if it can be done. There are so many ways by which an object of this kind may be destroyed that If the Bostonians value 1t very highly we do not blame some of them for making vigorous protest against its removal We have not for gotten how the removal of the famous Liberty Bell from Its place and carrying 1t on a sort of triumphant tour to the Exposition at St. Louis, we believe it was, caused much unfavorable comment throughout the country, and that was certainly much easier and safer job than trans porting an entire monument across country. On the whole we think it altogether probable that Attucks VIII remain in Boston
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29

must be secured from the authorities to play 1t at places not included in the list provided by law. It was played recently fin church at Tierra Blanco in honor of Archbishop Outflow. who was visiting the place, but no permit having been secured the church dlgni- tary was arrested. imprisoned and fined for the offense, and fine was also imposed on every member of the or chestra which had been secured to play the anthem. The law for keeping sac red the national anthem was passed to prevent its use at bull fights and thea fars
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
vcteran of Inc Relcb.tap.

Inc new president Of the German reichstag. Count Udo Von Stolberg
 Wernigerodeh who is nearly 67 years of age. is a landed proprietor in Silesia and in East Prussia. He has sat In the reichstag, with two short interruptions, since 1877 as the Conservative repre- sentative of different rural constitu- encies in. East Prussia. He was sev- erely wounded at the battle of Konlg- gratz in 1866, and also served in he campaign of 1870, and now holds he rank of major general. In politics he is a Conservative of the straitest sect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
Bad Weather and onions.

New York Globe.
 Funny" said the waiter in a Broad way restaurant. how onions and bad weather go hand in hand. By looking around the dining room tonight l would know that the streets were covered with slush and snow even if I hadn't been out of doors for week.
 Its onions," he continued. "There are a lot of men who are fond of sliced onions for late lunch. But they haven't the nerve to eat them except when they have an excuse, oS every time the weather Is bad they eat onions as a preventive of colds
 And m wiling to bet that not one of them believes in the efficacy of the remedy" he added.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
Inra in thn nnnn,n-

There are only threo Jews In the new douma. The Jewish candidates in all the large cities were all-with in all the large cities were all-wi h three xceptions-defeate by their c0religionists because of differences on Zion. The successful candidates were Shapiro. a Courland lumber merchant Abranhamson, a lawyer from Koons. and RablnOwitz, a civil engineer, ard director of the coal mines at Irmil. They are all members of the Liberal Constitution party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
Three VIcorous NTru.

BIrmlngham LedRer.
 It spea ks. well for the vigor of Ala bama men and the salubrity of Ala bama's climate that two of the mem bers of the secession convention s,t and work as circuit judges. and one is a United States senator. We allude to Judge A. A. Coleman, Judge John W. Inzer. and Senator John T. Morgan That convention adjourned forty six years ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
Cold i'm City Street.

Cleveland City Correspondence In the
 Sacramento Bee. 4,.
 ''The days of old, the days of gold, the days of '49," were recalled In a mess section of town the other day. Considerable sand had been washed down the gutter and street from the tried a shovelful in a miners pan. He quickly found colors, and in short time any number of business men and kinds of pans and utensils washing the dirt in tiny stream in the gutter near by Some made as much as $2 in a vice found colors. It is argued that a rich ledge lies in the hill at the end of the street, and prospecting may be started in an endeavor to locate the home of the fine gold.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29

What shall we do with Pennypack- err' asks The Philadelphia Record. We'll. we are not caring. just so you don't unload him on Alabama. We had our i'll of that kind of something over a generation ago and feel that we will be able to get along nicely without any more specimens.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29

The New York Mail has an editorial on 'Fleeoing the theatre-goer." There are many ways in which this can be done, but one of the worst Is by false representations to induce the audience to pay first-class prices for third-rate shows.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
rrpRuARy CTRCuLATION.

Day after day, week after week. monsn ,, n after month and year after year, ns Advertiser continues to be the ony A1s.s bama to print sworn statements of tts ac- tunl net paid circulation
 The February figures given below snow a vigorous and substantial growth anu further emphasizes The Advertisers guar antee that it's circulation is the Iarsese Of any morning or Sunday neEspapeE printed in Aiabamr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
Politics and Politicians

Augustus W. owens, who recently died at Norfolk, Va, was the author of the "Jim Crow bill which passed the North Carolina Legislature some years ago.
 Former Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota is said to have vastly increas- two In stock speculation in New York.
 Secretary of War Taft is planning to take trip West about the middle of June to fill several speaking engage ments in Kansas and Nebraska. He will also deliver commencement ad- dresses in Iowa and Minnesota.
 From now on much will be heard about favorite sons. In this respect the Republicans seem to be much bet ter off than the Democrats. Missouri has decided to present Mir. Warner, its first Republican Senator in a gen. eration. Senator Crane is mentioned as the favorite son of Massachusetts and Senator Knox Is proposed for a similar honor in Pennsylvania. When the time Is ripe it Is not improbable that New York will come forward with Governor Hughes an an availa- ble presidential candidate.
 Though the actual work of electing delegates to the next Democratic Ma tional Convention will not begin for almost a year, the friends of William J. Bryan are already organizing all over the country to promote his nom ination as the candidate for president. The most active agent in this con- nection appears to be the Commercial Travellers Antitrust Leaglia, which is dlstinctively a Bryan organization.
 There will be more than one thou sand delegates in the next Democratic National Convention, If all the terri tories, including Alaska and Porto Rico, are allowed increased represen- tation, and probably 70 will be neces- sary to nominate.
 Governor Deneen of Illinois has gone to Chicago to help along the candida cy of Postmaster Busse, who is run ming for mayor on the Republican ticket. The election takes place next Tuesday,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
GENERAL LEE's BIRTHDAY.

KInsman Of Great Commander Fought
 On Union Side.
 Colorado Springs. Colo, March 2S.- Hamlin F. Lee, a veteran of the Mext- can and civil wars and nephew of General Robert p. Lee, died here yes terday of heart failure. aged eighty seven years.
 Although closely related !, to the Southern general and Virginian by birth, MT. Lee, fought with the Union army. In the late seventies MT. Lee went to Leadville and was the discov- CT of the famous Robert D. Lee mine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
New Head es Hair at loO.

YOrK HefHIu,
 Grandma Clayton is growing a full suit of black hair." was the announ- cement made today concerning Mrs. Ruth Clayton, the oldest resident of Hancock County. 100 years old, and many of the pioneers friends called upon her, and were astonished to see the change that had come over her.
 Following short spell of illness a few weeks ago, Mrs. Clayton lost her hair, which was silvery. A few days ago ---. hair began to grow again.
 Mrs Clayton is planning for a horseback ride to Spring Lake on her next birthday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29
Caught Cold while Failing Tea stories.

New York Sun.
 The only complaint simon Dresher had to make when he landed at the bottom of an elevator shaft in the building at 14 West Tenth street yes terday, after having fallen from the tenth floor, was that he had caught cold coming down. Although he es- caped with slight internal injuries which seemed to give him little com cern, he worried because he started
 Here I've gone all winter without catching cold,% he said es workmen who had expected to find him corpse carried him out of the elevator smart, ''and just because go through the air a little too fast have to get cough. Now. wouldn't that jar your slats?"
 Dresher, who Is twenty-one years old. and lives at S90 Flushing avenue, Brooklyn, Is an elevator builder. A plank had been stretched across the shaft at the tenth floor and Dresher was at work leveling one of the walls when the plank tipped and he went shooting down through the shaft. He struck the walls of the shaft several times. which broke the forco of his fall, and when he landed on a pile or debris he had only a few sctatches on his face and hands and internal injur- les which, an ambulance surgeon said. won't inconvenience him much.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29

When 1t was so positively and au- thoritativeIy announced several days ago that the Thaw trial was about at an end we prepared to feel thankful. but we must take 1t all back.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29

Apparently The Columbus Ledger s new press hasn't learned fully how to behave itself yet, but we are dead sure that its owners will get the best of it in the end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-29

The Shreveport Times gives string of thirty things which it says every body ought to know and remember The list may be a good one. but most of us are too busy.