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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

throughout the major portions of their coursee; so that, given q regular voi- un1e gof water, and a constant rate of erosion, the navigabiiitys of strcaul greatly from year to year. However. if the supply of water. once regular. becofnes irregular from any cause. or if the rate of erosion is greatly In- agT consequenee. Forests upon the hjlisides and monntain sides where the great rivers have their sources hold back the excess water In times .of great rainfall and givesit up gradually volume of water in the running streams, They also prevent or mini- mixe erosion from the mountain sides and hiilsides. The destruction of the forests allows rainfall te run on at once. collecting in the valleys and pros ,duoing- great floods.
 Moreover these floods and freshett which diversity the general sidess and either washS away or cover in the valleys, the rich fertile soil which 1t took tens of thousands of yearp for Nature 70 form. and It is lost forever. and until the. forests srow again 1t can not be replaced.-The
 commenting on this extrset The New York Times says:
 The waters which the Southern for o00 a. year In the development of their power. The yield of timber can be made permanent, and with intelligent cutting may be capable of producing fifty cubic feet of wood per acre an- ru9llys instead of the ten cubic feet nov produced through bad cutting ac- cosnpaliied sby forest fires. The South eHu floods recur more frequently and with greater duration than formerly, the pefiods of excessive low water are motes protracted. The watersheds, heavily cut and severely burned, are sub1Act to- the fearful erosive influ- enses described.
 ~ That the Government. while spending large sums of money to open up rtT- CTS, will adopt measures to assure reg uiarity in the flow of water Is natur- aliyftolbe expected. The forest reserve movement inaugurated by President Foosys,t ano e.nsnreS s s,,sb Ty ss,oent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
. Dseslonary yylelom.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
 When Capt. Basil sHali, Scotchman, whese work entitled. Travels fn North sic. Yisited Noah Webster In New HaNan. the American lexieograpbeF. whose dictt0n- afy was then about to appear. surpfiped which were used in AfnsricA and not in Enkiand did not number more than fifty in all cspt, Hall was frank enough. how 10 .cplleet nearly as many ae fifty such wordt: and he was again a4tonished when brouaht from England by the early ssttiers. ~faHfflAk stationsrs'' were peddiers or hawkhrA of street ballads. The imprint Printed for the flying stationerr ia com mof on hundreds of big .'broadshesta'' of a 'c6nfruk or more ago. such as were Issued in cSlkBfation Of 'such feats of arms or at epoefb in nationai affairs. The war of ie12 parhaps saw, the trade at It's height in Amstica, though the custom was long in dyfife
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
Polities end Politieians


 MfasAlma V. LafRerty. the only wo- man member of the Colorado Legiala- tufe, is being talked of as a possible candidate for Speaker of the House. Aunonncernent. has been made hy ccnSsessmsn Charles E. Townssnd, of tor United states Senator two years
 orgapization for a state wide cam paign is to be effected by the anti-pro- hibitionistsi of Texas. according to decision of the Texas Anti-Prohtbition Executive Committee.
 me upper branch of the Vermont LeGielature has defeated a bill intro ;duce3 early in the session granting municipal suffrage to tax-paying wo- men.
 The retirement of James P. Good rich; from the ehsirmanship of the Re mafks the passing of the old Fair banks Republican machine in that
 A runor Is current in Washington to the effect that David c. Owen, post master of Milwaukee, is likely to be appointed first asBistant Pestnaster Mir. oven and Mir. Hitchcock are inti- mate. friends.
 Four candidates are now in the field for Governor of Virginia. to De settled at the election next year. They are CongressnIan Carter Glass, of Lynch burgs' Judge William Fl. Mann, Henry c. Stuart and Harry St. George Tucker.
 seYne astute politicians are Of the opinion that Representative Theodore E. Burton Is seriously handicapped In his race for the Senat0Fship in Ohio by the fact that he lives In the northern part o1 the State. They point out that Ohf0 Republicans are more or less handicapped by geographical lines and as Senator Dick comes From the north the successor of Senator Foraker will be chosen from the southern half of the Comm onReAith
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
This Date in History
Deeenaher 1H.

1ss3-Izaak Walton died Born Au, gust g, l593. ----.- = ----
 17ss-The first circulating library was established in Salem. Mass.
 11e6--General Mad" Anthony Wayne died In Presque Isle, Pa. Born In Easttown Pa, January 1, IT45.
 1s35--Patent offlce and postofflce in Washington burned.
 1S46-The first regiment to light against Mexico was organized in Pitts burg.
 1ss2--Tandall L. Gibson, United States Senator from Louisiana. died at Hot Springs, Ark.
 1s93-A provincial plebiscite in Prince Edward Island supp orted prohi- bition of the liquor tradlc by an over whelming majority. ..s4s
 1906-The new law separating church and state went Into force in France.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
This h Ny 63rd, Birtkday
 JOhn D. PiIlsbury.

Captain ,John E. Pillsbury. chief of thR Navigation Bureau of the Navy Department was born in Lowell Mass. Decenber IS, l645. and was Appointed to the Naval Academy in 1889 by Press ident Lincoln. He was at the Academy thg0ngh all the days of the civil war. although he incidentally saw some acc tive service Graduating in lsss. he put In his first and practice cruise on the old frigate Minnesota. His first regular. assignment after reaching the old rank Of master was to the Boston Hevy yard. Tn the. years that, followed he saw much senyiees on land and sea. He did much valuable work in the coast survey service and was stationed at various times In Asiatlc and Euro psan waters: During the Spanish war hes seommanded the dynamite cruiser Yesuyius In 1902 he became a nsember sfzthe GenAral Board and later was sppointed assistant to the chief of fbs NsYtgetion Bureau. In 1905 ha uyaS chtse Of stan of the North AfJa ntIc deAt. Early in the present year he hss cane ehief of the Navigation Bureau
 Yhroughout the naval seWice CsnSsf.
 PillebuFy is recognized as an exnert jn
 hydEegtsphie and seodetic work sns
 much Of .F4s service in the navv has, been in these lines. h@s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

Some alleged sports are not sports, in the estimation of The Portsmouth Star. Perhaps" it says, "thsre are devotees of motoring who see some thing inspiring in the mad rush of the high powered cars guided by the death -defying. sbsgoggled speed mad racers who take them over the course, but 1t does not appeal tosthe average man. we believe We would as lief see two freight trains race on parallel tracks. There would bs quite as much sport and less risk of fatalities" !" We'll. you know. some people seem to think 1t good sport to run over and kill people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
4 MORNING THUoCHT
As surely as the pendulum of a olo
BY J, MARVIN NICHOLS.

As surely as the pendulum of a clock when not in motion, finds a ooau cen
 ter, that certain 1t is, If Peaks in motion, to swing to Of Peace each extreme. It is for us
 to sip the. richest nectar from the sweetest honeybloom. We come to heights of inexpressible happiness. There Is the other extreme. The dead. inert, motionless life will never find 1t. But the heart that really lives will some day swing out over the awful abyss. Elsa Barker caught the thought with all its power:
 "Ye who would know loves highest The still. white peaks of peace-re- member this:
 Before soul can face that steady
 light
 It must have plumbed pains neither Forget the chill and damp of, these low lands. Hurry across the valley to the hills beyond.
 Few people know" said Mir. Blodg- ett. how much successful men use other mems Drains. Here's a report on a Southern railroad by an expert in my employ. I've never been over the road. yet I'll sign my name to the report as if it were my work" The great Frederick thought himself a poet, and induced Voldaire to come and be his literary counsellor. The latter showed a bundle of manuscripts to some one and sneered: See all thIs dirty linen of the Kings he has sent me to waSh9'
 Concerning young men. the follow ing facts give graphic outline of their worth:
 (D over 2.OO0 boys in our nation be- come men every day.
 GID There are 100000 young men in the United States.
 GID In line. twelve abreast, they would form a column 2,00O miles. long
 (IV) For each to be idle one week is equal to over 1000 being idle one year.
 (V) Two cents daily from each would send 100000 young men to col leRe
 (VD They represent force enough to build a railroad from New York te San Francisco in one day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
JeAssson Not . Mollycoddls.

New York Sun.
 Senator Johnston of Alabama has intro. dueed bill providing for the reinstatement of the West Point haEers. He makes this plea for 1t:
 There Is not Senator here who has not endured more severe treatment than was administered by the discharged cadets t0 their fellows. That is why we are here. We have haSing here in the Senate In mild form. We ought not to make the conduct of cadets at the academy 60 miid as to require the presence of their mothers there with them Aii the time"
 As new senator MT Johnston ought to know whether he has been hazed or not, but we doubt whether he can Induce Congress to agree with him that the restoration of the expelled cadets ls of more consequence than the preservation of discipline ct tha military academy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
Tha IolIx pnrnnrnnl,.u.

J. Pierpont Morgan east Die for luncheon, and yet some people claim that the rich don't have any good times--New York World. I stunts the wild ahiuiSis viii perform with only John Burreusha in the country to make them behave-Brooixiyn Standard Unions
 The people of Germany must not bs too hard on Emperor William for locking up to hie grandma and his, unele.---Dn1ias News.
 TfafMl talk of fha .taYiff baiYf@ 7s,reyisad bs, It's friand6 reeelig that very bright .defini- tion of a 'fifepd"- appearing some time PRo tn ai eoAtempoFaRy and reading thus: "A frends is q feliw who knows all about~you and nkes you just the Nama."-WHshinKton Herald, s
 Not in money yet in his own peculiar way, Mr. Archbold contributed more to the caEnpatgn than any one elso-Atlanta Jour
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
3Yar. Taft and the south. i.

Hichnond IIkues-DI8patcH.
 Mr. TaftSs attitude toward the South ia kindly. and he neansNwell; but his lack of subttlity ia decidedly unfortu- 10 his point. he manages to give of- fense, to many of the people he Is so desifous of converting" The South's group of "tradltions Is not q thing to apAtk from 4he manner of Mir. T&ft's statAfnant,. his matter is scarcely more happy. One of his arguments presups poses q want of intelligence. on the part of the South; the other presup- peses . want of principle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
Better PuhlIc Roads.

MarenKO DemOCfHt.
 Better public roads Is the, thing most needed in Marengo county. II Is q pleasure to look over the roads of Dali las county, and there is no reason why Marengo cannot follow the example of Dallas and build fine public highways. ties and do more to build good roads and this county will prosper. Nothing adds more to the value of property than god public roads It would be wise for our county commissioners to consult the Dallas county commission CTS as to their plan of building and
 maintaining public roads and put their plans into execution in this county. /
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
Anclent Iadustry Revaved.

Gadsden Journal
 There seems to be a revival of the ancient and more or less honorable gcntleman's occupation of moonsi1in- Ing. whether .erohfbition is lending Encouragement to the business or not we do not know, but certain If ie that more men are making "mount4in dewg than were engaged in the Industry year ngo-or at least more Of them are getting caught at it. n, may well the prohibition law Is making it easier for the officers to ferret out the Illicit distillerieA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

The Norfolk Landmark thinks 1t was very foolish in Roosevelt "to stir up this Panana canal scandal when the general public was not thinking of it ct aii." Yes. but his long suit is stir- ring up things-and being anable to settle them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

Perhaps one reason why the French government removed the proposed ban from Castro was to give the French people a chance to see a real live Am erican President. True, Castro is not a very fine specimen. but perhaps he will do in place of a better. If he Eets to cutting any unseemly didoes while he is there he may hear some thing drop-perhans himself,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
AIahama RIver NaviEatlon.

moblle Register.
 Great stress is laid upon the fact that a boat has reached Montgomery from Mobile-said boat drawing eIgb- teen inches of water and being of the dimension from stem to stern of 196 feet-it<being the first arrival for sav- eral months. none venturing above
 Tn the good old days "befo' de war. l" when there were no sDag boats and Government appropriations, Montgoni- cry was the destination of all Alabama River packets that left Mobile during all seasons of the yeaF--aEd they reached their haVen by main strength and awkwa that was a day before the steam capstsn was in use. Are our rivers filling 'Ap?-Wiiccx Ran ner.
 While 1t is characteristic of rivers te deposit more or less silt in their beds and thus gradually raise their levels. besides forming bars and shoalss' fn places, the Alabama River being no sx- eeption, 1t Is also characteristin of run- nipB atreansVtO EaRintain a. channel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
Jgdgv Tafs and the south.

Judge Taft cannot excuse q eontiu- uance of the Solid South we can not" h. says. Justify it- in future"
 But Judge Taft hag no criticism for a solid North --zf fs -.e
 Eighteen States North of Mason and Dixon's line have not a single Demo- crat in Congress. The Democrats gain ed nine members in the last election and with that gain there are yet eigh- teen States which win not send Dem ocrat to Congress. The States are Cal ifornia Connecticut. Dela ware. Idaho, Kansas Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire. North Dakota, Ore gon, Rhode Island, South Dakota. Utah. Vermont. Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming-elghteen in all. Eigh :
 Other States have but few Democrats. Wisconsin has only one Democrat; Minnesota only onei Iowa only one;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

Wonder if the weather man is hold ing back the snows. the freezes and the blizzards to turn them loose on us about christmas9 That would be real mekn in him. afa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

TDo your Christmas shopping early" has become stsreotyped phrase in the press throughout the country. No doubt the, advice is good. but great many have nothing to shop with until about the close of the year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
Known For Hi. Enterprise.

Eutaw WhiK and ObserVer.
 W. F. Vandiver, of Montgomery, we should say simply of Alabama, is dead. He was a man well known for his en- terprise and push, his. belief In his city, State and Southland and his noble efforts to encourage home in- dustry and his wonderful charity and kindlIness to his fellow men. His home city, his State and his country will miss him. c
 Ifa was a true man, a bighesrted Chritian and typical Southern gentle man
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

Those whe are talking for "a sane christn1as" are styinE good and whoiesoms aavice and wasting breath at. the same time. Advising sanity is on" thing and enforcing it is another.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
LIke Horse Shoe Bead.

TalladeKa Reporter. -
 One or two of our exchanges had pictures ofsPine Bluff. Ark. that ie threatened fo be swallowed up by the Ark kansas river, this week. and we thought at glance 1t was surely g picture of historic Horseshoe Bend. on the Coosa River. They are very much the same In appearance, though the Coosa Is rock banked at that point.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
xAe Mas Who is Aways ~Jucs Go,n~ r..a

s she nA4e wno A AIways "JBpt Geing Ta. .
 ne meant to Insure his house but ,, burned before he got around to it OU' |" . He vas just going to pay a note wh.n when he died. he'Shoot
 He was just, going to. send come flowers 70 SICK friend when it proved too latA :
 hs was just going to reduce hiE deht Whsn ms creditors shut down" on him 7 .. He was Just going to stop drlnkIne and ed, "'es~-
 He was just going to provide a proper protection for his wife and family when htg fortune was swept away from him
 He was just going to introdune a better smash
 He was just going to call on customer 70 close deal when he found his competi-, der,
 He was just going to quit work a while apd take vacation when nerjvls pros tfatton came.
 He was just going orepair his sidewalk when neighboF fell, on it and broke a leg. He was just going to provide bis Wdfa with more help when she took to her bed agq raQuired q ngEso, doctor and a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
0f Henored AncestFy.

Bishop Hoss ls credited with saying q great many fntemperate things In connection with the late Carmack ktll- ing in Tenneesee; bt1t we shaiI always feel kindly toward him because of the fact that it was one of his ancestors who invented" the hossapple.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
Anxious to Get Back.

Whenever man wants to leave a wagon back to Alabama, you may bet that he will make a good Alabama citizen ever after. That fellow who passed through yesterday did that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
suspIcious Of Politicfans.

SUPPLEMENTARY Il6uK1T.
 We are suspicious of politicians Said a man on the car: 'T will bet a hat that the real purpose of the extra session will not De mentioned in the enil" That Is the oldest bet offered this SeaHon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

If the GOulas, the ThaYs. the Cas- tsiianss and sii such could be barred from the public press for . while it would be goaa riddanes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
What fks .State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
A Dispen.atien Wanted.

NtN DUcdtuF AuFertf8er.
 Can we get some kind of near 'eBg nog or "uear Tenn and Jerry" al- lowed Tor the good people during the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

Aunt Carrie has barred cigarettes and Scotch whiskey in bunch and proposes to use her temahawk on both.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

Net Daily Average, November 1goe 16sgaa Net Sunday Average, November 1eos 4o'oSa C. I. Finigan. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn. says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tisers' circulation for ths month Of Novezzs-- Der, 1908, is true and correct. and comDtied after all returns from news boya news agents. spoiled and leftover copies have been deducted
 C. | FINIGAN. Circulation Manager. sworn to and subscribed before me this Eth day of December. 1908.
 RIGA ALEXANDER. Notary Public,
 TUESDAY, DEcEABtER 15, 1eos.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
sW0RN CTRCUI.aTT0N,

The MontRomery Advertiser EuaxAntees its advertisers (and makes tt a part CT the contract when requestsd1 that It's daiiy eif. culation. is larger than that Of any kqornaliR newspaper printed in Alabalnn--and thAt tfs sunday edition has the largest circulation of any edition of any newspaper prinfed m Alabama without exception. s
 The figures for Noyem1er printed 1nlo~ represent the actual net circulation, all re- turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
THE PASSING zszRoNc
aimnIe Anglo-saxon. q

"Do yon know that for both cotver- sation and writing the tendency is to- wards Anglo-Saxon," said a MontEof1- erian. The simplest language was al ways the best. The shorter the sefls tence the more effective the speech ot the story. 's.a
 For instance. we no longer rafer to peygonae dramatis when just as easily we can say people of the play. What 2 the use in sticking f1nis at the end Of e story when end is just as proper and more understandable to all concerned: Instead of accusing 8 bombastic cg sesqutpe edalia verba. 1t is quicker to simply declare that he uses big words. And the tongue gets through the pro- cess with expendlnE less horse power. Also the kinks will take less tin1e t6 unrayel in the tongue. For ordinary purposes also I see no reason to dis cord just ordinary fishing for the pig- catory outing. The same reason for adopting simple whipporwill instead of antfostomus Rociferus. On most ccca- sions would rather go hunting with just plain huntsman than a Nimro0. So also do prefer to dance wben want to shake foot than to dof the terpsichorean."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

Phil IF. Armstrong lis writing some mighty good stun for The Mont9Omofy Advertiser and should be kept poor and have all the big magazines and pub fishers running after him with big of- fers. He is e Jacks6n County boy and already one Of the greatest natural born poets in the state.-TaTiadega Re- porter.
 (ManY. many thanks, brother, for your kind words of praise and we hope we. shall live to merit then.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

The South is combining for indus try and the growth of the new South. Having had an example of how ten- aciousIy the South sticks to a cause, be not surprised if they, divert the Erie Canal through Montgonaery. Ala. or if Union station!-RuftaIo News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
A werd From Mir. Ale5enaer;

Friends of Henry W Alexander q Montgomery boy, have received lettefs from him dated Richheld, Idaho. where he has been for the past month. He will probably remain indefinitely ne4 [ that city engaged in engineering Work which he has resumed Mir. Alexander has been. since he left Montgomery two weeks at Colorado Springs, three weeks on a ranch near Denver. with which Mir. Alexander is associated is the construction of an immense dam and subsidiary tunnel in the vicinity Of the surrounding lands hitherto almost barren. s
 Mir Alexandergis we'll remembered in Montgomery where he did efficient work On the .staH of The. Montgomery Advertiser, resignihg to so West
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

It's just like young father to i'm. aRine the baby takes after him be. cause he -howls just like his old col. IeRs yell.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15
AIasnHna Day Unsnng.

Is <AAA-seNA-AN NA~fSNlAAtBes tfWhat can't UEderstand," said the parsonage who constantly mixes up in things, sis why the Capital City of Ala bama let Alabama Day go by. without taking any more notice of 1t than of a stray cat in a neighbor's back yards Have the people no pride in their States birthday? T think that right now committee ought to be formed to look after just such matters in future That sort of thing makes a deep impression on chil- dren and their. future patriotism de- bends to some. if not a great extent on the impressions of their early youth.
 "The city might have taken some notice of the day. half holiday. any thing that would impress the date on the memory. I'll venture. to say that a month from now there won't be one person in every ten who can remeTil- Der the date. don't know who Is re- sponsible for the overlooking of the occasion. but whoever he Is, the matter should be brought to his notice in no uncertain way"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

The Montgomery Advarteer has freshened up business by anouncinR that kissinS removes freckles. At this distance it Is Impossible, of course, to say whether t was the city editor or tiIe queen, of the society columns who invented the recipe.--AGueigogee (Ok.) Times -pemocrnt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

No matter how full of pins a wo. mans mouth happens to be. she won't stop talking
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-15

An inquisitivs editor wants to know how writer with such a ~monstrous imagination as that possessed by Phi Armstrong, can over manage to Hull himself into that nightly slumber SC essential to "healthy imagination = (Mlssouri. Missouri. our native land.) Piedmont Journal.