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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01
TODAY M HISTORY

Name Day: New Year:l Sun rises at T:2s; sets at 4:sT. 151S-Juan Diaz de Soils coasting the Southern continent, discovered the mouth of a river this day. which in conse1uenco he called Rio Janeiro
 1b16-Juan DiaZ de Soils again enter cd the Rio de Soils which he had dis covered three years previous. In at- tempting a descent on the country he was slain by the natives, who in sight of the ship cut his body in pieces. and roasted and devoured It. He was re- world.
 16ls-Charter of the first New Nether- land Company expired by its own limi- tation.
 17T6-Norfolk burned. Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia, having abandoned the town and retired on board kis ships became distressed for provisions; and on arrival of the Liv- erpooi man -of-war the inhabitants re- fusing to supply his majesty's ships, the place was reduced to ashes. The pro- vincials themselves destroyed the houses and plantations near the water, to deprive the ships of every resource of supply.
 17Si-Revolt of the Pennsylvania line. at Norristown, N. J. They had en- listed for three years. and that term having expired they wished to be dis charged.
 179S-A beginning WAS made upon the Pennsylvania state canal, at Cone wago Falls. seventeen rocks being blasted-one for each stockholder of the canal company.
 1B14-AmeFican dragoons under Cap tain Stone advanced on Bun~lo. accom- panied by Lieutenants Riddle Totman and Frazer, of the United States regi- ment: the militia retiring, Totman was killed, and Riddle narrowly escaped be- ing captured.
 ISl5-The British under General Packenham opened a battery of two New Orleans; it was sllenced the same day. The Americans had a boat load with military stores sunk; thirty-four men killed and wounded, and two cais- sons being blown up by rockets, Gen. eral Thomas joined General Jackson same day with 6e0 men from Baton Rouge.
 1S71-The new Bank of the United States opened at Carpenters Hall, Philadelphia; wm. Jones, president. Jonathan Smith. cashier.
 1S26--Great Britain acknowledged the independence of the South American
 1sS5-First daily paper in Buffalo. New York.
 1s4S-The State of Maryland repudi- ated Repudiation. and resumed payment of interest on her debt at the Chesa- peake Bank, Baltimore.
 1S4S-Girard College opened with ap- propriate ceremonies at Philadelphia.
 1S75-The Piu Indians reported to be on the war path in Indian Territory and Vinita citizens believed the saeking of the town imminent.
 1903--Cable communication between the United States and Hawaii estab- lished.
 Cservice by American Press-News. Washington, D. e.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01
TUESDAY, JANUARY I, 1907.
WE'RE THEY REALLY eoops

We are often hearing or reading of "the gcod old days" hut when we como to comparisons we do not feel so sure about it. The Portland (Me.), Ex- press sums it up this way:
 In those good old days" of Penn they tucked women when they talked too much, although why the same pun fshment was not meted out to men who were verbose and glib of tongue is not stated.
 Tn those days rival put his conn pstiror out of business by having him sent to jail for small debts and kept him there and yet we talk of the op- precision of trusts and monopolies in these days.
 street cars, poor train service, we burned staiiow dips for lights, weekly newspapers were chiefly depended upon to furnish the news to a large part of the country. There were no electric lights, such a convenience as the teis- phone was not dreamed of, trolley ears existed only in the brain of some the- orist, the steamship was slow affair ty-hve miles an hour was an annihi- lator of distance.
 Men got less for their taxes in those days than in any later time, they had more inconveniences to put up with than 1t is possible to imagine today and there were fewer chances to get ahead than there are tO0Ay.
 When you hear a man talking about the good old times just tell him to em- igrate to some lonely isle where he can live his primitive life all by himself. He would not stay long in hls kingdom of self and antiquity it is safe to as- sume.
 Probably in some respects the old days had advantages over the present, but they are few. Modern invention and discovery has caused wonderful advance in almost every conceivable way, but it is d question whether the hurry and competition that has fol- lowed is for the betterment of human ity in all directions. Still. when we re- fleet on the numerous conveniences and aids which are now part of our exist ence we are rather inclined 70 pity the old-tlmers instead of envying them.
 If we go back but century. or even the people were but little ahead of those of twenty centuries before. An drew Jackson or Bonaparte could not move an army any quicker than Caesar did. nor could one of them send mes sage with more celerity than Marc Antony could have done. No doubt the rooms of the old Romans were as we'll lighted as were those of our am cestors of one hundred yetrs ago, and in numerous other ways the world al- most stood still for many centuries The good old days of which we hear may have been good enough for those who lived in them. but we think few would wish for their return.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01

Commenting on the notice is.ued that postofice box rent is to be incr eased 50 per cent. The Raleigh Times re- marks that prophets have risen in many parts of the country to declare that eventually the United States must own and operate the railroads. When that comes we will face greater hard ships. for by an arbitrary and unjust ruling rates can be increased to meet the defcieney' and we will be helpless. Every ownership theory is knocked in the head sooner or later by ti.Is thing or the other, yet we doubt ff any evi- dence to prove its general worthless ness is more conclusive or more con- vincing than the showing of the Post office Department. Next year the box rentals may be still higher, snd we must pay or do without"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01
DRkFTW0OD
In the Misty Fsr Away.
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In the Misty Fsr Away. In the misty Parkway On the wonderful island of Some Sweet day. Little Boy with the big blue eyes Opening ever in mild surprise. You shall be borne some time. I know And your craft shall rock where the waters How. And you musn'ti mind that the skies As blue always as now. you see. Oh. there's many 8 breai . along the Toward the ms sty. misty, Far Away. IT, the misty, misty Far Away. There are beautiful joys for you day by day There are beautiful joys for you by For you're ever Joking toward the light Hello. Little Boy. don't you dare to There's little girl with eyes of brown, Toward the misty. misty Parkway. a
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 Peculiar Form of Generosit. They say he IS very generous; never keeps, anything.
 No. not even his word of secret" S < ls
 The Reason.
 T saw you twice and you didn't speak to me" If you saw me twice you must have couldn't speak because I was with a lady
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 The Infnnt Terrible. vk< Af... ..lA AA. Say, wasn't there any bachelor girls then?"
 At the Boarding House. .sr Gee, believe this turkey is made "I dont't: it's made of rubber-and it stretches over so many meals"
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 Oueh. Her gown is of matchless beauty" "oh, no. indeed; the clerk who sold her her cosmetics didn't think so."
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 Satire.
 Of a recent magazine verse by Flor ence Wilkinson. MT Judd Lewis of The Houston. (Tex) Post, has this to say:
 You Millions of Biuxhiks. You, millions of muzhiks, huddled in the smoky doorways of your Dumb people of the inner hordes, slaves to the eternal stiffness: Fathers ground between the upper and and the neither millstone. Mothers bringing forth children with out hope; Rocking. reeIing, toiling. driven by hun ger
 You, clods of nation. patient. brutal. Incalculable mass of the inner empire. Responding not to the hurtle and unrest of sesthins political parties, hv thQ fFnfh and foam nf
 we. America, salute you. ~-Florence Wilkinson, in The Decem- Der McClures. Dearest Florence, in the name of the muzhiksS---we don't know what they are, but We have an idea they are somthing like muRkrat or a beaver, and Hence can not write magazine poetry in which to express their thanks We take our. pen in hand to express for them their gratitude;
 For the muz-hiks, Florence; "Auf- That isn't the sImpiified spelling for music" is 1t, Flora? After all there is no tombstone so grand as an epitah written on the hu- man heart
 To find virtues in others requires a their faults we mus shield our eyes. S
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 Some people wouldn't reach an op- portunity if they could do so by mere by tiptOeing.
 Close on His Heels. Oh, the gaunt rheumatic Old Year Hurries by and wipes his eyes, For the laughter of the New Year, Is a-mingling with his sighs. Oh, we're sorry that he's going But we'll bid him fond goOd-byes, For the laughter of the New Year. Is a-mingiing with his signs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01
Peftus Always Pplike.

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 It is generally agreed among 'occu- pants of the galleries at the capitol that the most polite and accomm0dat. ing member of the senate is MT Pettus of Alabama, agef S5. One of the most rigid rules pertaining to running of the elevators at the senate wing is that when a senator Is a passenger the car must not be stopped except when it ar- riyes at the floor to which the senator ial occupant desires to be carried. The rule Is tnvariahls- enforced by the ele- vator conductors who realize that their jobs depend upon how well they observe IT,. Numerous senators even refuse to ride in the elevators with anybody but
 members of congress. justices of the Supreme Court. cabinet officers, etc, and ffequeRtly give other classes of oe- cupants plainly to understand that they must get out when senators en- ter Not so with Senator Pettus, how eyer. Whenever he enters one of the elevators ne Is careful to inquire of the conductor where the other occu- pants desire to be taken, and then in- sstruct that obeisant functionary not to bother about him, but let the other passengers of at their floors just as though no member of the senate were among his passengers. Frequently Ht happens that when other senators are aboard an elevator the car Is kept bob ping up and down between the floors for several minutes before the ordi- nary passengers can be landed at taeir destination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01
Our Musty Navigation Laws :.

Chicago CnTOnicle
 Our navigation laws, which are a sur vival of bygone age, occasionally make things unpleasant for American citizens since we have gone into the colony business. Under these laws a foreign vessel is not permitted to car. " passengers between American ports. Honolulu is an American port to which the operation of the navigation laws has been extended. A Japanese vessel recently brought five passengers from Honolulu to San Francisco and was fln- ed $l,o00 for so doing. One of the pas sengers was Frank B. Sargent, our Commissioner of Immigration The passengers had to pay the fine. as us. ual in such cases. In addition to their fare, and Mir. Sargent, of course. had to pay his share If he had waited for an American vessel, 1t Is explained. he would have had to wait two or three weeks. And so we learn, incidentally. how our musty old navigation laws af- feet passengers, American as well as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01

Secretary Root has iearned and adopted the Roosevelt habit of Asny- ing what he finds is not popular with the best people of the country. Ac- cording to some of the correspondents he expresses himself as surprised fe ind that his recent New York speech should be taken as endorsing ccntraii- zation and imperialism.
 It is pity that we have not an of- feiai language that would mean what it says when used in public py. high official The President has oa more than one occasion positively denied utterances which he Is known to bavs made. Mir. Root has found that his speech is repugnant to the best thought Of the country. both Republican and Democratic. and is trying to wriggle out of it, but 1t will not work. Hits speech was evidently reported ccrrect- ly and he meant it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01
WHAT STATE PAPERS
 ARE SAYING

Build More. Thomasyiile Echo.
 In spite of the fact that eight new dwellings have been erected within the cant dwelling to rent at the present time.
 Can Compare Notes.
 Uncle Sam and the Kaiser can sym pathize on the excessive cost of foreign colonies. The balance sheet of the Phtl- ippines matches Germanys showing in Southwest Africa.
 American Hens. Anniston Hot Blast.
 The United States Secretary of Agri. will. within a half century, be laying @ dozen or more eggs a week and in- creasing the national wealth annually by some sso.ooe:oee;
 Lucky Onss Al Home. Anniston Star. Five bad railroad wreeks on Christ mas day Is bad reeord--one each of Shore, the Big Four and the Rio Grande. The stay home was the luc- ky fellow this year | Mortgage Raisers. Oneonta Democrat.
 
 coming more lucrative. and now as- sumes proportions that will soon rival any branch of farm industry. Farm CTS are forced to acknowledge that the old hen can lift her own weight in rais- ing mortgage from the farm.
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 Electric Signs. Gadsden Journal.
 city are a marked improvement over old-time sign boards. and more of our business houses should have them in- stalled. They give the city an air of colorlng that must impress strangers most favorabiy.
 Right Ring. Gadsden Journal.
 The cry of back to the farm" which Is heard on all sides these days, sounds good enough to us and Is bound to have a salutary effect. Farm life Is the most some sentiments which sprung from the freedom of life out of doors are the strongest safe guards of Democratic government. .t
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 Only Playing Politics. Fort Payne Journal.
 There is very little hope that the repeated troubles with the negroes will ical firebrands as Foraker and his kind. The worst of 1t Is that Foraker and his followers do not have to stand the brunt of the trouble. If they did, they would change their ideas and language
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 VIII Work Out Well. Montevallo Times.
 Our farmers have corn in abundance. many of them sufficient meat to do them. and the scarcity of labor has put many men to the blow and fnoe handles who were to a great extent mere advts- CTS or bosses. This is fine thing for them and good for the country, for to- day we find a far greater peT cent of producers than ever before andAfar less idlers on small capital. We believe that next year as a whole will excel this departing year in general prosperity and trade.
 Right Soxt of Beginning. Goodwater Enterprise.
 Let 1907 be a. year in which we shall be kind. merciful, pure in thought and full of good wooks. Be temperate, be reyerent towards God. serve and trust him, We can see the evil of drunken ness. Let's quit, don't touch liquor that's the oniy safe way. Guard the boys from all of the many dissipations If a thinker shal read this, we be- seech him to quit now and stay quit. No man can say that he is man in the truest sense of the word who can't control his appetites. The time will come when appetite will enslave him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01

women Of that sectasn ~su1 11l6li safer ana much iss6 iiaole - looje,. southerners may bs tot-Asa1 4a1 sometimes too much -, bat 1Aey Espw how to treat wemsn ana aee al~hvs ready to put the treatment into ekock n the case we are speaking Of the eob- temptibie Hogan was only sl<rhfiy worse than the policeman asd tha po- lice court All Of them would bs the better for . uttle genuine sopthern discipline. Sv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01

Again the newspapers are called on to record an awful railroad catastro- phe in which perhaps two-score human lives went out almost in the twinkling of an eye. Again, in all probability, the verdict will 80 out that some one had blundered,' and perhaps t will never be known who was the offender OF the delinquent. Is there no hope that railway travel can be made at least reasonably safe? Can ID meth ods be used, no precautions adopted by which such disasters as have recently occurred with sucn alarming ire ueqncy can be avoided? The time will come when people will actually be afraid to ride on the railroads if something cannot be done to give them more confidence. It is a fearful re- cord we are making n this country, and we are bound to say that |: is not a creditable one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01
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 tion is ! nost efiicient. rens
 iata1E al tho wumanlI xncts
 ing dIsplocemeut1, e prolap0
 sion and r6truversiou, overoou
 psriods, toulng up the nerves e
 ing shout . pertsct staAe Of -
 clxroe tho haekaoho. peRfo6icai
 the drAGglng-dopn alstKess insO
 reglcn, the pain and nen3q
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 and weakening, and overcua.
 form of weAkne6s inoideut to the, 4f distinctly feminino.
 sFavoefte Prsscriptson. is ths onlr medicine tor women tho maku Je7 which. are net afxui1 0 pglnt 1xcie fo{nuaa on the bottle wrSpper, fknS sa.nss sssas'as sni,r fs gsSes F d'1 ns1 ta f see: women, every inszsdisns cf wk5sS ksS the strungese po1st61e enaoRSsGSSt S{ the most emtnent medical pFaot31fdmeeS and wfieers Of eur dny, reco1nn n6S (111 ' for the dteeaeee Tor whfch sTSVW52 Prescrfp<ion . ie used. It . the only ISt nP medseane tof wonn, sol1 tsin s isrss percsrtsre ~ cf s,so ssi @ X harmful in the long run, eepocio11y tS delicsAe wemen. It hss N0es G1~SS1nS cures tp its credit than .all o1h1F nSli- dnD for wOnsn. comb1nod he11ne sayed thoussnds of su1escrs fFou 1k1 opcrating table and tho eurroon's mn. It hos fsstceed Aeaicaxa, veSE vd1SS iS strong and yi0crOuS h1n1fh aa1 v7sfitv. msking mothsrhocd po.hls. vhees thsfs was barreuness before, theFebg brigh1on- ing and making hsppy nanY fko1sa1ls of homes hy tho advent q Mt11o onn to strengthen the marital boo1s m TT sunshine where gloom and dsepDndnncy
 Write to Dr. R. V. PS1uA Fl VI nGna you good, fsthesiy, prolseond o1V1cs, in plain, seeaed asyeaeA 1Aslpf1yl free, Address him e Bu1a}o, IT.
 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pe1ls11 d0 net gffpe. They effectuAlly c1oon1s tho oyo- tem of accumulated fmpaTftfes.
 The Peoples Common 6eooe Hod1eal Adviser, by Dr. Fierce, 100o paGoa ' en1t fYee on receipt of stamps tD TT o9psmss1 of mailing only. Send q one-ce0t s1amuS for the book in paper covers, or n stanos for the cloth bound volume Addrcan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01
The Curse of Gold.

Midas found everything he touched turning to gold.
 And yet he walled. If l raised my own salary my constituents would kick me out"
 Herewith he besought the gods to take back their gift
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01
uApvw rnvuy xnaa..

This is Resolntion Day with many lwell-raeaning people. issot merely those poor fellows who swear on and sol eninly resolve to ride on the water wagon for twelve months and day. There will be plenty of such unfortun- ates. ana for most of them the resoiu- lion might just as well be written on . piece of- brown paper and laid on the fence, for all the good 1t will do. Still, there will be remnant who will make the resolution in good faith and will keep dt--unti they get thirsty.
 But there are many resolutions which good people. can make in all good faith and which can be observed to the advantage of themselves and others. The business man may resolve to ex- tend his business. to avoid former er- TOTS, to advertise more Hberaily and to be satisfied with reasonable profits. The newspaper man can resolve te ad- here strictly to facts and avoid the yeliows.'' The professional man, the mechanic and all others. can see some way in which they can make the world better If they will go at it in the right way. Finally, all the people of Mont gomery can resolve in good faith and earnestness 10 use allNproper and laud- able eoffrts to make Montgomery a bigger and better city in all respects than it even now is. There Is plenty of room for making and keeping good resolutions
 In some folm or fashion New Years Day has been observed through many centuries of time. Even among the ancient pagans there was some form of observance of the day, and in the old Greek and Latin poets mention is made of it, and one of them refers to 1t as a day of absence from strife and litiga- tion, day of smoking altars and white- robed processions of citizens and wor- shippers. From the beginning of the Julian Calendar it has been observed in some form by Christian people the world oyer. As the octave of Christ mas day it is observed with religious observance in all parts of the civilized world. It is fitting and proper that the beginning Of the year should be observed, and that good people every where. as The Advertiser now does, wish one and all Happy New Year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01

Now the weekly brethren may pro- ceed to gather up the broken threads and come out as usual. To the credit of great many of them they didn't miss an issue on account of holiday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01

The old query. How old is Annr has given place to Where is NanY We aliude to Nan Patterson, who was so prominently in the iimeiight but a short time ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01

In one of the large public schools of New York city, where there are more than 2,e00 pupils. the principal has or- ganized a regular court, with Mayor. District Attorney and three judges, all composed of boys and girls of the school. Truancy and other offences are tried before this court and the inno- vation is said to be giving great sat- isfaction. That is a new idea Of school teaching, and perhaps 1t may prove good one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01

If "inoome taxes make liars" as Car negie declares, 1t would be interesting to know if the lies increase with the size eS the income.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01

Richmcnd is rejoicing over the de- eision of the milkmen to sell the lac teal fluid at 8 cents per uqart Water thrown in. we suppose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01
ADVERTISERS SW0RN-T0 SPECULATION.

Any day in the year you can look right here and find this Sworn Detailed State menf of The Advertisers Circulation for the preceding month.
 The net paid-for crcu'atisn during No vember was as follows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to the shareholders. and all other persons entitled to share nnd' to participate in the distribution of the as-s pany. a corporation, whose charter has oxpir- ed. that you are required to file in thal City Court of Montgomery, In Equity. fat ty (20) days from the date hereof. your claim to distribution in the. assets of the said corporation. together with the eertifi- cate of stock in said corporation owned sQk. claimed by you, proof of the loss of n
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01
Right sort Of Beginning.

Those Dear Girls. Did Santa Claus put Teddy Bear in Maude's stockingT '.How could he? He'd do we'll to get a necktie in 1t"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01
HOyEMBER, 1sos.
Daily Average for November, 1906 .f3,2l0 Sunday Average for November, 1906 .f1.o55

D. s. Noble. Circulation ManaRer of The Montgomery Advertiser being duly sworn, says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adrer- tisers circulation fer the month af Noyem- ber 1908, true and correct and compiled after all retArns from newsboys, news agents. spoiled and leftover copies have been deducted. E. S. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. sworn to and subscribed before me this 31st day of December. 1906.
 F. W. JACKSON,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01

Hope must be bigger than. q tone ment house. 90 many people live In t.