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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

States we find accounts of moth ar beetle that Is running the nne elm trees which are an ornament and a comfort in a number of the cities. and there is wen-grounded fear that if a remedy is not found these fine old shade trees will be entirely destroyed.
 All these costly visitations are di- rectly traceable to the thinning o.t or driving out of the many varieties of insectiverous birds which were once so common all over the country. As the birds went out the insect pests came in. and now they have become sen uine plague and menace to the coun- try. It Is a great pity that the little English sparrows cannot become wholly insect eaters. for then the in- sects would soon disappear. anl the Springfield incident shows that they are not wholly useless.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
Indian nuriaI Nrethods.

Army and NAVY 1lILe.
 The Indian method of burial was to fasten a corpse upon cross-sticks sup ported on poles in the ground or in the boughs of the tree-tops. sHere the air and clements silently disposed of the lifeless clay. until in year or so but little remained to bear evidence of a tornb-perhaps some broken sticks in the top and a few scattered beads place. I cannot conceive of anything more pitifully gruesome than an. In- dian buriai ground of this type. have seen them in the fall of the year when the winds were shaking and swaying the platforms and wringing the leafless trees haunting the burial rags like signals of distress from the dead. and wRistling through and over the whit ening bones and neglected remains Of those who had many a time withstood the tempest and storm when the breath of life stirred within them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
Governor Noel. of Mississippi h

Governor Noel, of Mississippi. has just pardoned a negro who has been convicted and sent to prison for operat- ing a blind tiger, and The Natches Democrat is not pleased. especially as the Governor has the reputation of be- ing an ardent prohibitionist. 'Missis- sippi." it says, should issue a semi annual call for the blind tigers to come forward and pay a fine. It would be much better than all this trouble of arresting the plague. going through the costly preceding of trial at court, and then having a $4.5oO a year Governor sign a pardon which is the undoing of the whole thing" We'll, The Democrat should remember that even Governors do not always practice what they preach.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
TO MERGE SOCIAL SETS.
Plan To NatIonaIise Society of East
 and South.

Plan To NatIonaIiSe Society of East
 and SOuths
 New York Special to New Orleans
 Times Democrat.
 Society, 1t now seems. is to be na- tionalized. There will honceforward be no New York fashionable set. no Bos- ton. no Baltimore, no Philadelphia, no New Orleans, no Washington. no Rich mond smart set All. according to the latest idea. are to be combined in- 10 one single great coterie that will take in all the cities, save the West, which is to be distinctly left out of 1t. One thousand persons are to make up this new order of swelldom. There is to be a formal organization called The National Assembly.
 One of the leaders of the big enter rrise IS Stowe Phelps, who has been a personality of high note in New York society for the past ten years. and has succeeded Alexander Hadden as one of the most remarkable cotillion leaders New York has ever known. 1t Is not certain but that Mir. Phelps may be the dominating individual force of the Ma tional Assembly. At all events. he will be one of the important figures in it. He said today:
 The idea is a very broad one. It has been growing for some time, and really started with the partial amalga- nation of New York and Philadelphia exclusive sets. Boston, being farther off, naturally has been longer in as- similating with the old Knickerbocker society,"
 The idea that the first assembly ball should be devoted to entertaining the officers of the returning fleet is a good one. An officer in his uniform is the peer of any man. and there is no rAason why A national assembly should not signalize the return of our great fleet by rendering the officers the com- pliment of being the guests of the oT- ganization at its initial ball.
 If the National Assembly shall be organized by men and women of exec utive ability it undoubtedly will be a great success and be the means of ce- menting the social units of our coun- try. We have outgrown provincialism. and the time probably is ripe for such a movement"
 The details of the nationalizing of American soicety plan that MT. Phelps and his friends are at work upon are exceedingly interesting and novel. Roughly. the National Assembly is to comprise its membership of 1000, about 500 of New York. 100 from Phila- delphia, 100 from Boston and the re- maining from Baltimore, Washington, New Orleans, Richmond and other Southern localities.
 But Chicago. Pittsburg. Cleveland. Cincinnati, St. Louis. Detroit, Dever, San Francisco-in fact the entire West will all be ruled out. It is said that the views of the projectors are unani- nous upon this point, and that this rule will be kept to literally. Balls will be given alternately in all the big cities mentioned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
An Old-Fashioned Democrat

(From Samuel J. TIldens letter ac- cepting the Democratic nomination for President, July 31, 1S76.)
 uncertainty is the prolific parent af rnisehiefs in all business Never were its evils more felt than now. Men do nothing because they are unable to make any calculations on which they can safely rely; they undertake noth- ing because they fear loss in every thing they would attempt; they stop and walt.
 "The merchant dares not buy for the future consumption Of his customers. The manufacturer dares not make fa- brics which may not refund his outlay He shuts his factory and discharges his workmen. Capitalists cannot lend on security they consider safe, and their funds lie almost without interest. Men of enterprise who have credit or secu- rites to pledge will not borrow.
 "The public mind will no longer ac- cent shams; it has suffered enough from illusione. An insincere policy in- creases uncertainty. The people need to know that the government Is nov ing In the direction of ultimate safety and prosperity. and that 1t is doing SO through prudent. safe and conservative methods. which will be sure to inhict
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
Standing the Heat.

New York Press.
 The mental action of a man IS better able to control his temperature m sum. mer than in winter. Cold is death, beat is life. The man who does not fret in summer can always keep cool The mind controls the cody more easily in July than in January. unless the brain gets overheated and incapable of req sonIng power. Every hasty. foolish, childish act causes a rush of hot blood to the head. and sunstroke Is likely to occur at any time, The wise farmer working in the field wears a moistensd cabbage leaf in his hat. and the latter is well punutured for ventilation. The horse in our streets wears a straw hat with a wet sponge in it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
How President Mckinley Became .
 Mason

"The Scars of War in the Shenandoah"
 by John D. Wells In August Met
 ropoltan.
 The building where Mckinley was made a Mason Is still intact and the Winchester folk--even the most juve- nile of them--have on their tongues end the story of how Mckinley, wound- ed at Antietam, lay on a cot next to Confederate officer who seemingly was given greater care and more attention than he. One day he inquired and found that the ward attendant and the Confederate officer were fraternal brothers. Mckinley then made known his desire to associate himself with an order in which brotherhood was such a paramount tenet. His convalescent enemy endorsed his application at the nearest lodge, which, through the com stant rnaneuvering of the army, chanced to be In Winchester. It was here. at the hands of hls countrys foes. that the man destined to be the loved Pres ident of q reunited country received his Masonic degrees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

Now that Standard oil is released from payment of that twenty-nine mill lion dollar fine we can see no reason why the price of oil should not de- scend a few notches. Perhaps, though, they will claim that It is necessary to keep up the price of oil in order to accumulate a fund in case the courts impose another fine and enforce ics payment. There are always reasons for those who know how to find CT manufacture them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
Th,uas to Forget.

If you see a tall fellow ahead of crowd. A leader of men. marching fearless and proud. And you know of a tale whose mere telling aloud Would cause his proud head to in an guish be bowed
 It's a pretty good plan to forget it. It you know of skeleton hidden away In a closet. and guarded, and kept
 from the day Tn the dark; and whose showing,
 whose sudden display Would cause grief and sorrow and
 lifelong dismay.
 It's a pretty good plan to forget 1t. If you know of thing that will dark
 en the joy Of a man or a woman. a girl or a boy, That will wipe out a smile or the
 least way annoy A fellow, or cause any gladnesa to
 cloy.
 It's pretty good plan to forget it
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
THREE-CENT FARES A FAILURE.
Mayor Johnson of CIeveIand Fails to
 Order Free Transfers.

Mayor Johnson of CIeveIand Fails to
 Order Free Transfers.
 Cleveland Special.
 Mayor Tom Johnson failed to carry out his promise of issuing free trans fers today on the municipal traction lines. Instead he held a meeting of his directors at which Professor E. w. Bemis. his statistician and superin- tendent of waterworks, announced that 1t costs fully three cents to carry each passenger. the Identical claim of the Cleveland Electric Company.
 The board, therefore, passed reso- lution to put Mayor Johnson before the people in q tent campaign, asking their consent to charge the full limit of the security franchise, six tickets for a quarter. In the meantime, to test the truth of Mayor Johnson's charge that the use of nine-tenths of free transfers Is fraudulent. a penny will be charged for each slip issued, but the pennies will be returned by the con- ductor receiving them on cars to which passengers are transferred.
 From all indications. Johnson's B. cent fare is failure. Under the pres ent system of charging one cent for transfers it cost more to ride than 1t did under. the regular scent rate in many instances.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
This L Ny s7th Bhthday
ollie ~. James

Congressman Ollie M James of the First Kentucky District, who will have Bfyan's campaign for the Presidency this fall, was born in crittenden Coun- ty. Kentucky. July 27. 1871, and. was educated in the common and academic ther, L. H.. James, and was admitted to the bar in 1891. In. the celebrated contest for Governor Of Kentucky the younger James was one Of the attors. 1904 he was { delegate to the Demo- cratic National Convention and at the recent Denver convention his name was mentioned In competitor with the Vice sive supporter of Mir. Bryan, he has the conhdenee of his chief, who q year ago predicted that Mir. James would of the country in ten years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
One Mans Party.
New York Evening Post.
 Nr1~,.nz Afrar Eaowef parfxI

New 10rk EVenlnS HOSL.
 Bryan After Hearst Party--Plans to Get Independence League Endorse press dispatch from Lincoln. That Bryan would be glad to get these votes Is undeniabie. Mir. Taft himself would not refuse them. That Mir. Bryan will succeed in capturing MT. Hearst's pri- vate following Is far less certain. A few of the men who have been looking to MT Hearst as their prophet and leader have already come out for Bry an. a few of the local organizations several in Brooklyn, for example-have passed resolutions favoring Bryan. But we venture to say that the party as whole will not break away from MT. Hearst until he is ready to let go of 1t. In the history of American politics there has peen no more remarkable example of a party paid for and pock- eted by a single man. Pot-hunting hocked to the Hearst standard. and they have served under 1t so long as they have found such service more prof itable than working for a living. Of late, however. there have been signs that MT Hearst's ambition Is fagging and his generosity is reaching It's limit
 He has other ways of spending the revenue from the family mines and the hungry sheep look up and are not fed But we doubt whether they will try 10 eat from the hand of MT. Bryan: for that hand is apparently empty also. enough money and pr omise enough of- ices, these unswerving foes of plutoc- racy who have vowed eternal fidelity to Hearst will speedily perceive that country. On the other hand. astute politicians. like MT. Hitchcock. may discover that the Hearst party is not worth buying at any price.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

The Mexican Herald is trying 70 be funny. 1t seems to us. It argues that it would be a colossal Joke on the pompous political leaders of the big parties" if a majority of the votes in the United States should be cast for the prohibition candidate. Yes about as big a joke as if Mexico were to take Texas away from the United states.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
Our Dancers Abroaa.

New York Sun.
 It Is from this. country that BYrope ing. The rehnements of the classic ballet may not be attainabie here, but the cakewalk, to whose syncopated measure Paris trippeq fer 2 while. was Z. time the serpentine had been carried direct from New York by Its demon strator to be elaborated and beautified by the skill of French electricians. Now it Is this pseudo classic dancing that has provided the years sensation in Europe. So 1t still remains the function Of this country to supply nov cities that interest Europe, although we da neglect the ballet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
This Date in History
InIx 21

July 27.
 1se1-.-seheneetady purchased from the Indians
 isSs-Forces of William III defeated by adherents of James II at Kille- crankie.
 I75s--EnslIsh took Ticonderoga from the French.
 17Ss-The Department and Secretary of Foreign Affairs created by act of Congress, but changed to the Depart ment and Secretary of state soon after. lSe4--The American squadron began the siege of Tripoli.
 ls2s-Gilbert Stuart, American por- trait painter. died in Boston. Born in Narragansett, R. l., December 3, lT55. 1S54-The cholera made it's appear ance in the Massachusetts State prison at Charlestown.
 1s6s-Territory of Alaska organized. iS98-The American troops advanced on Yuaco, Porto Rico. states senatop from AsbSs Ssisss, o9ltsa dIed Born July 6, 1921.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
rnnnhereh At sen.

Poland Bay. Isle of Wight. July 2e-- The Belgian steamer Captarifa, sss tons net. foundered at sea July 2l, forty miles from Cologne. The crew of sixteen men were landed here yes- terday by the Danish steamer Pawell LandiefH. The Captarifa was bound from oran for Antwerp.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

It is told of Alabama's former sena- tor, Dixon H. Lewis. that when he went to Washington they had to have a chair made especially for him in the Senate Chamber. as none of the seats there was strong enough to sustain his avordupols. Will they have to do the same for Taft if he gets to the White House? Hes somewhat hefty himself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

Shoemaker Douglas. of Massachu- setts, tells the people that he is done with politics now and forever. Well, he has his satisfaction of knowing that he and his shoes have been well advertised and maybe it will pay him to stick to his last.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

Referring to the presidential bun combe speech delivered at Newport some days ago The Pittsburg Post ar rives at the conclusion that MT. Rose welt needs more rest" No doubt of it. and the country also needs rest from jingoism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
ChoIera Re-Apuearn.

St. Petersburg, July 26.-rhe Asiatic cholera has re-appeared in Russia, cases having been reported from As trakhan and SamRra provinces. Two deaths have occurred at Astrakhan city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

Madame Anna Gould-Castellane-S gan informs us that American society lacks a great deal of what Paris so- ciety has, or words to that effect. Might we beg of her not to bring any of it over here?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

Roosevelt has the reputation of be- ing an expert handler of the billy, ' as a big stick is sometimes called. It has also been noticed that he is like wise an expert handler of Billy Taft.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

no new sacrifice on the business of the country. Then the Inspiration Of new hope and well-founded confidence VIII hasten the restoring processes of na- ture and prosperity will begin to re- turn."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

Because a St. Louis man objects to his wife laughing at magazine jokes She Is trying to get a divorce. That seems to be carrying the joke too far.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
Four Anglic

Four AnRlicans, three Roman Cath ollie, three Jews and nine Nonconform~ fists met at Manchester. Eng. to discuss the present trend of education fin their country. and while they did not wholly agree. there was recognition of the justice of the clairn that each should have distinctive education for the children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
Chineae yiIIaKe Attacked.

Vladivostok. July 26.--A band of Chun- -Chus armed with Russian army rifles recently attacked the Chinese village of Ihkotovo. on Ussuri Bay and killed thirty of the inhabitants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

There Is only one minister of the Wesleyan connection in Egland who has remained at the same port five years that being Rev. T. H. Barratt, who is doing arduous work at Norbury, and there are only twenty-five who hold four-year appointments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
Notpd Palnter Dead.

Berlin. July 26.-Professor Walter LeIstikow, one of the best known Ger man painters. died here yesterday. He was one of the leaders of the Impress siontst School. He was born in 1885.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

A contemporary notes that MT. Taft has been playing baseball at Hot Springs. No telling what man will do when in full chase of an office.-- Washington Herald.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

It begins to look as if the old St. swithin's day prophecy is going to make good in this region, for we are getting the rainA right along.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
That ls what we eall putting t in

That is what we call putting 1t in real Bostonese. for a fact. Perhaps the big ex-secretary did not find 1t necessary to humble himself and get down on his knees before the boss. but he did enough merely by going there and asking what he must say in his letter to cause his best friends to feel humiliated at his lack of inde- psndence. He showed very plainly that he looks on Roosevelt as the gem erai overseer of the Republican party. We are a little curious to know what he win do, if he becomes President. when Roosevelt goes on that hunt for things in Africa. Possibly the latter can leave photographic instructions to be followed during his absence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
Women in Politics.
T.oliisvfiI.

Louisville Courier Journal.
 Mrs. Wardheel Is making trouble for the organization.
 As to how?"
 "Declares she'll wear no bossesss's collarette."[
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

Travelling with four other officials of his church, President Joseph Smith Is going through the West in a private car lookig after the Mormon colonies. his route taking him from Salt Lake to San Francisco. thence to Los An- geies and Portland and back to Utah.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

Reports from Hot Springs suggest that that White House tennis court IS likely to be turned into a baseball feld.---New York Mail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

It seems that Bryan's veto on con- tributions beyond 't1o,00o has thus far been strictly observed.-Philadelph Inquirer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
TALK or BRYAN AND TAFT.

As between Taft and Bryan, The New York Sun doubtless would be mis- erable with either were t'other dear charmer away.--wasfinston Herald.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
THEY MADE GOOD.

Much complaint has been made about the English sparrows which are now so numerous in nearly all parts of the country. The general estimate of them is that they are nuisance and that they do nothing to keep down the multiplying insects that do so much injury to growing crops and even to the trees. One instance, however, has come to our Knowledge where the It. tie fellows made good in fine style It occurred up in Massachusetts, and is thus referred to by The New Bedford Standard:
 Springfield had a sudden visitation last Saturday night from the emo mos subsignarius." little white moth which is the parent of the measuring swarm was enormous. but the English sparrow which was brought to this county almost fifty years ago. on ac- count of the. ravages. of this very worm, turned out and ate up thou sands of the moths.
 Here Is one instance at least. where the birds proved themselves useful friends to humanity, and there may he many others if they were known. Ot late years. since mans barbarity and want of forethought has almost de- stroyed or driven out the entire bird family in many sections of the com try, moths and insects of various kinds have wrought incalculable in- jury to the farmers. the gardners and the fruit growers. They injure the cotton plants. they devastate the wheat fields and kill the fruit trees, and ever tn at is not the full extent of their dep. relations. Tn numbers of our ex- changes from the Middle and Easterr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

Gentlemen who had intended to give more than s10.000 to the Bryan cam paign fund have not been observed to roar loudly at the arbitrary restric- Ledger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

The Nebraskans want to get Mir. Roosevelt out there and let them fight 1t to finish right in Mir. Bryan's front yard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

It costs upward of sSoo.o6o for the tri-ennial change of pastors in the Wesleyan Church of England, when some 700 preachers, or about one-third of the whole number, take up new charges.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES .

Forty years ago. when the first ses- sion of the Lambeth Conference was held. there were sewenty-six bishops of the Anglican Church in attendance, while this year there are PAT.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

ThA new university in Dublin ls to be under Catholic control, while the lists without any school of their own.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27
MONDAY, JULY zs. lsOs.

Speaking of Mir. Taft's visit to oys- ter Bay to consult Roosevelt as to what he should say in his forthcom- ing letter of acceptance. The Boston Globe says:
 While the imagination baIks at the conjured vision of Mir. Taft in physi- cal posture such as that of Paul at the feet of Gameliel. the Republican candf- date himself is the first to challenge the hint of incongruity in his unena-- barrassed pilgrimage to what is at shrine of his party's leadership.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

Lindisfarne. where the Prince of Wales recently planted some trees. was the seat Of the earliest English Chris tianity. the Benedictine priory estab- lished there in 1908 being the place from which the missionaries went forth to convert savage Northumbria.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

Just so soon as Messrs. Taft and Bryan can recover from the shock of being ofneially notified. they will sur prise the country by officially accept ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

One of the great questions being dis cussed by the Lambeth Conference has to do with a proposed union between the EpiseopalianR and Presbyterians in Australia. a matter that has taken on sufficient form to suggest some start ling consequences.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-27

The centennial sermon of Bethany Congregational Church at Montpelier, Vt, was preached by Rev. pr. George s. Spalding, who become a member of Bethany fifty years ago.