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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-02
FOR SALE.

Nice eight room FRAME HOUSE in
snlendid condition and good neighborhood;
water and gas. Inquire Of ID. {. MfEkS,
3l5 snath Pitt street. augzo 1"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-02
ESCAPED FROM JAIL.

Fo, this section fair tonight and Thursday
cooler Thurs lay; light TO fresh northwesterly
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-02
THE LEPER.

The Gsz,t,e has published each dsy
recent articles concerning John Early
the leper, who is isolated in tent nesr
washington. Esrly is a poor man and
has family and Is therefore in need Of
fands. The sympathy Of Alexandrians
is beiug enlisted and Mr.. George U
Heon. fruit merchants willing to head
list Of contributors for the unfortunate
man to the extent Of 81 80.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-02

$3.50. SO, and $3.50 Ladies' Shoes,
in black and tan, low and high cut
mostly small sizes, offered for few days
ONLY at 70 cents. ]. A. Marshall q
Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-02
Local Matters.
Sun and Tide Tables
Weather Probabilities.

aun yises tomorrow at 5:3l and sets st o:zo'
III ,rater al 10 81 n. m. and 12.47 ?. N.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-02
AT BOTTOM SpM-
MER PRICES.

Take advantage Of the low price and buy
your coal before the advance. VIII be
pleased to have your order now. both
phones.
DEW. AITCHES0N,
apr22 lQ7 south Roys street:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-02

TOR RENT.-4fter September LIST large
+ FRONT ROOM on second story, well
lighted, nicely furnished all modern coz
seniences; central location. Terms ressOn-
able. Address IN. Z. D." care Gazette
Office. a5g31 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-02

BOARD WANTED.-Mother in govern
D ment ofire dtsirss two FURNISHED
ROOMS with board for herself and six year
old daughter in private family with chill:
dren preferred where child may lie well
esled for during day. Address, stating foil
particulars, "Mrs. M 1924 street north
west, Washington, ID. e. aug5l 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-02
REAL ESTATE.
These
Bargains:

Beautifully located two
Story brick dwelling on
north Columbus Street near
Cameron containing six
rooms and every modern
convenience. This is one
of the coZieS1 homes in this
city for sale at present.
Desirable twc-Sfory brick
dwelling No. 2I8 south
Royal Street, containing 3
rooms and all convenienceS
with large side lot Prop
erty has a frontage of 8!
feet on Royal Street by a
depth of llS feet to a 10
feet alley. In splendid con-
dition. Immediate posses
sion.
Two-Story frame dwell
ing No. 1869 King Street,
containing eight rooms and
bath, with two-Story frame
Stable i'm rear Newly pa
pered and painted. This
property is bound to en-
nance in value.
For price and terms on
above properties call on
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22
The Prisoner of Fort Grant.

In his letter to Senator Rayner, Presf- dent Roosevelt says that his prisoner, Grant as a punishment" for refusal to retire until 1911, the legal time for his retirement But fortunately for the cause of humanity, the power of President Roosevelt over his victim will cease on March 4, 1909. No mat ter who may become President then, whether Taft or Bryan, it Is incon- ceivable that the prisoner should suf- fer day longer than is necessary for he should eat his heart out in his modification and grief.
 President Roosevelt has said Tn his letter to Senator Rayner that in dis posing of Colonel Stewart he acted on the recommendation of Generals Wade, Grant, Duvall and other army officers. Not one of these gallant officers ever dreamed of inflicting upon the comrade whom they had superseded the un- speakable wrong of banishment Ira the wilderness. They recommended that Colonel stewart be offered. in the language of General Grant, the alter native of relief from command or re- tirement upon his own application That is the extent of these recommen- dations. But with a refinement oi cruelty President Roosevelt Con the suggestion probably of some subalterH on the military staff at Washington has used his power of transferring an army officer as cover for inrlictinG upon him a barbarian punishment where there was no crime.
 Strange as it may appear. this out rage, without example in the American army. had just two apologists in the United States Senate. One of them fitly enough, Is Senator Warren, oi wyoming chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs and spokesman ir Congress on the forest robbers. The other is Senator Hopkins the uotori. ous spoils-monger of Illinois. This brace of Senators, in face of all the evi- dencc, including President Rooseveit,s own admissions that he banisheo Colonel Stewart to an army post thai hardihood to assert that the act of the President was a proper exercise oi his military power. Odious as deina. gogues have undertaken to make ths estimation, it Is not probable that twr other members Of the body are cap. abIe 6f such hAseness .,.-,.-----.,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22

The times may be hard" says The Raleigh Evening Times. but the big politicians are performing their pat- riotic duty by putting money in circu- lation. The rich brother of Secretary Taft has spent a complete million to further the familys desire for another Ohio President, and Fairbanks and Knox have actually been distributing some good coin. although why they did it nobody else knows. And the opulent Senator Stephenson. the cop per syndicate man from Marinette. has admitted he put s25,OoO into the cam paign pot for that dear friend of his, Bob La Toilette of Wisconsin"
 Well. you must bear in mind that if the Republican party is put out of bus mess the times may be harder for the trusts and big corporations which live and thrive and grow fat by the grace and help of the G O P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22

in his time and domaia, and we doubt any lawyer In his king dom would have ventured to enter a suit against him. The otn CT reason is that there was no need of such suits. Our information about the wise King is to the effect that marry ing was his strong suit. and he prac- tised it promiscuously and frequently. Thers was evidently no need for a wo- man to sue him for breach of promise for he was always ready to carry out his part of the contract. As marry CT Solomon was rather monumental success.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22
This Is My 54th Birthday
 Jacob Could schurpnan.

f Jacob Gould Schurman. the President of Cornell University, was born May 22. 1854, on farm on Prince Edward Island When he was 13 years old nc took position in a country store. at salary of sixty cents week. Later he went to summerside. and worked fourteen hours a day for $l20 a week, and still found time for study. At the Summerside high school he won 8 $60 scholarship in Charlottetown Col lege. Here. despite all handicaps, he was able to win in an all-Canada cont petition. a University of London scholarship. and after three years in London he won, against competitors from all English universities a travel ing fellowship worth s2.oOO q year, With the equipment thus gained hc returned to America After holding professorships in Acadia College and in Dalhousie College, he was in 1886 ap- pointed professor of philo~phy in Cor nell University = In 1892 he became President of the University which of flee he still holds. Tn 1899 he was appointed by President Mckinley, chairman of the United States Philip pine Commission. for the purpose or Investigating the conditions of those islands
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22
FRIDAY, MAY 22. 1908.
A PRETTY SCHEME.

Some theorist comes forward with a new scheme which we suppose might be called migratory farming. His Idea in brief is that the farmer might own a farm up in New England and another in the South. say in Florida. During the short summer of his North ern home he would grow a crop of such products as flourish best up there and as soon as it is gathered and housed he would go to his Southern home and raise a crop of those things that may be successfully grown down there du- ring the winter months. There are some crops that can be grown in only one of the sections, and the writer holds the idea that good farmer could alternate between New England and Florida and make a grand success of tt.
 It is a bright scheme to think and dream about but we suspect that there would be several hitches in carrying it out successfully. To begin with, when the good farmer has finished his crop and seen 1t safely housed he has little disposition to rush off to the other end of the Union and set to work growing another. He doubtless feels like talk ing little rest after one crop is done, and if he is good farmer he will wish to remain and take care of his farm and see that everything is prepared for another crop. We really don't have a very high opinion of migratory farm ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22
This Date in History
Mar 2a.

born. Died May 30. TIA.
 17b5-Tench Coxe, the father of the cotton industry in the United states. born in Philadelphia. Died there,
 iSO22Martha washington. wife of George Washington. died at Mt Yer non. Born in New Kent County, Nir- ginia, in 1882.
 1S13-Marshal Duroc, one of Na- poleon's most celebrated officers, kill ed at Reichenbach.
 lS4a--Maria Edgworth, English novelist, died.
 1s57-Paul Morton, former Secretary of the Navy of the United States. born.
 1867-Queen Victoria issued a proclamation for uniting the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and. New Bruns- wick into one Dominion.
 1s9s-Edward Bellamy. author oi Looking Backward" died. Born March 26. 1850. -T Q,--
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22

Raleigh (N. O Times.
 Queer things creep into daily newe. paper columns sometiTnes, and now ana then the typographical blunder makes such good sense. after all, that seems a tremendous shame to straight. en it out in the ensuing edition. For instance. Senator Deliver. from Iowa, a redhot Taft state. dropped into the White House yesterday to see the high cockolurum. of the Taft machine and immediately he emerged the Sena- tor was ready to hold up his right hand and swear 1t would be Taft and Far" banks All we'll and good for the er- forts of the Washington correspondents who reported and quoted. him. But there is at least one North Caroline newspaper. which. in topping off the dispatch with a two line head ans nounced, Dollar Says It Will Be Taft and Fairbanks" Such a slip as that should never be recrified. It the Dol lar has its way, there is little reason to doubt 1t will be Taft with possibly, Fairbanks in second seat. to make up the prevailing ticket at Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22

Among the latest surmisos about Mrs. Gunness is that she is on her way to Europe, if not already there, where she probably hopes to hide herse f and enjoy the fruits of her crimes. IT that surmise is true and she lands in any civilized country she is pretty apt to be picked up by the police and detec- tives who are on the watch for her But if she is arrested and bought back can they prove that she actually murdered any one?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22

About the altogether crueilest per- formanee we know of is the publica- tion by the Columbus newspapers of flarins and attractive whiskey adver- tisements. It is true that these pa- pers circulate outside of Georgia. but their home readers are bound to suf- fer the pangs of the thirsty when they see the good things So prominently heralded but which are out of their reach. It's downright cruel that's what it is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22

A contemporary calls attention to the alleged fact that King Solomon was never sued for breach of promise. That may be true for anything we know to the contrary, and if It Is there are two ways of accounting for 1t. even If there were courts through which t.eh suits could have heAn brought
 One explanation is that it might not rave been quite safe to sue hina. sol- omC1 was just about ths whole thing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22
MIXING THINGS.

For the past several weeks The Sac ramento Bee has been shouting for Roosevelt in a way that must have given a sort of black -and-tan hue to the atmosphere in the neighborhood. Nothing would do it but that the Re publicans should re-nominate him ana let all the rest of the applicants go back and sit down. In a recent issue, however, The Bee has one of the most fulsome panegyrics on Mir. Bryan that we have read lately. It was in the na- ture of a defense of him against an article in Harper's Weekly, and among other things was this paragraph:
 That Bryan thinks as the great American people think that his thoughts are the thoughts that Theo- dore Roosevelt as President of the United States has endeavored to put terday is the Rooseveltism of today these are things which Harper's Weekly either does not know, or does not care to remember.
 If that isn't a fine dish of mixed pickles we don't know one when we see it. Reading it, one doesn't know whether it is praising Roosevelt or Bryan most, or, looking at 1t the other way. we don't know which of the two 1t is criticising and condemning most heartily. If Bryan is thinking Roose- velt's thoughts then the former cannot be a good Democrat or the latter a good Republican. To take 1t the other way, if 'the Bryanism of yesterday is the Rooseveltism of today" isn't that mixing the babies some more? If we could feel right sure that The Bee knaw what 1t was talking about we might feel like asking 1t whether 1t thought 1t was praising Bryan or Roosevelt, and If so, which? Or was 1t abusing one or both?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22
ewnpN rrRruTATION,

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees its advertisers (and makes it a part of the contract when requested) that its daily eir- cuIaticu Is larger than that of any morn Ing newspaper printed in Alabamar-ena that it's Sunday edition has the largest err culafion of any edition of any newApapet prinked in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for April printed below repre- sent the actual net circulation. all returns having been deducted. #
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22

"The House still crouches at the feet of it's nlasters", says The. Richmond Journal. That's what comes of having a Republican majority in that body.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22

The headline over a news dispatch a day or two ago reports Mrs Gunness oficlaIly dead" If she Is officially dead she can't be arrested and tried far hsR crimes, can she7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22

"Death to the mosquitoes. declar ss kill every one you can hit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22
A Pretty Piece of Business

Pretty Fa&CG 'OE DWHtue80 -t Tailadeea Mountain Home.
 About the smallest piece Of business we have yet seen charged, up to union labor ie the complaint Of the Musicians' Union that the Birmingham State Fair ana S one shs or band of the Boys Industrial School. It Is certainly d bum musician who would deny to boy the right to blow his own horn. ; Times. Have Changed.
 Union Springs Herald s The shortest news notice occupying fhs rst mSs psss HsF of Sns of thg pers, was that about Eugene V. Debs having been nominated for the Presis delcy of the United States by the so- Debs's name would have had. first. col urnn position in big letters; but times change, and So does prominence.
 Conditions in Crenshavv.
 crenshaw County News.
 During the past week the editor of The News made trips through the county as far north as Sayville. While the outlook for e cotton crop is not bright, the spirit of the farmers is not -daunted1 and every where labor on that shows the determination of the farmers to make the earth do her best in production this year. The farmer | realizes that with the late. wet season and sick condition of the plant rapid and thorough cultivation is absolutely necessary to make anything like an average crop Sh ould the present favorable weather continue, the change in the appearance of the fields and crops will be noticeably improved.
 '+f 4 +
 Lusk Also Ran.
 Selma Times.
 The people of Alabama can be trust ed all the time to rise equal to any occa sion demanded of them. In the election on Monday last they were called upon to select by popular vote two candidate for the Supreme bench. They had six to choose from and upon their choice esdepended greatly the stand ard to which the bench of Alabama would be raised.
 whose unfitness was so marked that to have elected him would have been great mistake It would have meant placing the judicial ermine where preJ- udice might count more than ability. Backed by the full force and effect of the State administration, John A. Lusk submitted his claims to the people. and they weighed him in the balances and found him wanting. All the claims of the administration that he was "our man" failed to rally the faithful to his standard, and, to the credit of Alabama. he Is relegated to the also ran" class.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22
A Good Blunder.

lures of themselves. Girls never go wading without a kodak
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
auaIiied for Job.

Andalusia News
 who will do the "cussing'' for the United States navy. now that Bob we will select the fellow who wanted a drink last Monday and found Anda- lusia dispensary closed on account Of primary election.
 Estimate Too High. Mobile Daily Item.
 There Is. a possibility that Johnson will poll more than 50 per cent of the Alabama vote. He has been run nihg in this State eighteen days only. If this is a sample of what "whirl- wind campaiEnins" can. do, 1t is a fair prophecy of what may happen at Dem yer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22
Net Sunday Average. xpril. 1Sos .. .sO.54s


 c | Finfgan, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly eWorn. sayst The foregoing statement Of The Adver- tiserss cireulation for the month of April. 1908 is true and correct and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents. spoiled ana leftover copies have been de- ducted e. I. FINTGAN,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this ssh day of May 1908. RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22

Some paper is always starting some problem to worry The Nortoik Land mark. Now just listen so ths tdrse ar S ipsf umpire an umpire all the tune pr Just during the gamer"
 A crowd of school 'girls tnink tney they eet eff in the woods somewnere and go wadine ana make kodak pie
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22

Oh wadin' days--dear wadin days To feel the oozey ooze. No one hui gals wore shoest The cool clear stream--the deep green woods. The. old familiar waYs- Id give my all to just recall
 The good old
 Wadin'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-22
REPORT or THE ooxDIrIos or rHs
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Specie :. . .. S1,0se.s0 Legai-tender notes =. s.Tssoo-- isa.ass.ss
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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

One Of the needed improvements Is that OF In
auatriai education. both for the field and the fac
tory. Agricultural colleges and experiment sta
lions are doing n great missionary labor. but agri-
cultural local schools to more thoroughly reach
thc children az the plantation hands. are urgently
required. Indeed. the awakening has begun and
the foundations for an American system of indus
trial education are now being laid. and. In less
than "a decade. ! predict the United States will
show mankind a system OF Industrial education
thoroughly MP 70 the standard of the American
ideal. which is 10 turn out the best and the big
ecst thing on the earth.-FromG Governor John 4.
address at Richmond. Va.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

Don't Depend ON 1noculatcd Sccd.-Mr. Webb is
perfectly right about the value OF crimson clover.
II is the greatest help In preserving the wasting
OF the soils fertility in winter as well as adding
humus and nitrogen. and Is the best OF all crops
10 supplement what the cowpea does in summer.
But ! would advise Mr.. Webb not 10 waste time
and money In inoculated seed. for II has been
proven oonclusively that the artificial cultures
used In this incubation are perfectly salueless in
n short time. The New York Experiment Station
at Geneva. y. Y. has Just issued a bulletin on tn
oculaiton. especially In the growing OF alfalfa.
ThoIr conclusion is that An attempt TO supply
III" germs by applying pure cultures To the seed
driving and sowing resulted In almost complete
failure" The only way 10 introduce the bacteria
that live on any l"gume is 10 get soil from a Geld
whore tina. plant has succeeded and has made
rodul~8. Crimson clover often fails the arst eaa~
son IL II sown on The land. and wilt succeed on the
same land the next season. AZ the soil seems 10
Ect lnocula'ed from the first sowing
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30

HIP The IcEunle~ Ia Enrich Tour Iand,-Hlt
what Mr., webb noticed In hs corn rowk shows
The need Of the plant Glover aud nil the legumes
will get nitrogen from the air. bot II the supply
of rhosphoric acid and potash Is deficient I'm the
eoii tho crop will fall. \ farmer living near me
aaid n few iaya ago that he has hecn disappointed
at The reaaitH In his corn fnliowtug Goa peas. that
he did not think the land ~aH helped much. II.
had NoWn on an old sandy field some peas aud
had cat them for hay. lila soil WAS naturally de
aclent IN phoHphorlc acid and potash. and he ap-
pIse! 10 fertilizer tn the peas. aut brought back
none 81 the manure they helped ~ make. and
hence With The exception of the small amount Of
nitrogen In the roots he had really impoverished
his aoii by sowing the peas. Sowing peas or cloyei
on land and taking them OF and not returning
any manure or giving the l"Eumes any fertilizer.
ta about az good a plan for running land down ~
In any other crop. Peas and clover. aided b. Il
liberal application Of acid phosphate and potash
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-30
SPEND MONEY FOR THAT WHICH is NOT BREAD. AND YOUR LABOR
FOR THAT WHICH sATSFIETH NOT?

nj the same time DC restoring the wasted humus
la their soil.
I have frequently mentioned the section in
Maryland where 40 per cent of the fertilizer sold
contains no nitrogen, and where the best farmers
have bought none for twenty years. and use only
acid phosphate and potash on the wheat. and yet
have brought their land up to the highest average
production Of wheat in the United States, never
thinking of buying fertilizer for the corn crop,
they make from fifty to seventy-fve BUSH
els per acre. But they make manure at home.
Put the cotton crop of the South In the place
where their wheat crop Is and adopt the same ro-
tation In effect. and we would soon see the cotton
crop run up In average per acre till n bale per
acre would not be- considered n big yield. and no
fertilizer TO buy but acid phosphate and potash
literally for the peas, leaving the peas and their
feeding To do the rest. And they will do Ii far
better than a little .-S-3 fertilizer dribbled in
The furrow, and the land no better after il Is
done, but actually poorer when the crop is har-
vested. w. F. MASSEY.