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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
EMPEROR and
EMPRESS Die
DEATH OF CHINESE EMPEROR
FOLLOWED BY THAT OF DOW
~ r. AGER EMPRESS.
INFANT ON THE THRONE
PRINCE cHUN AS REGENT AS
sUMEs GOVERNMENT OF
THE COUNTRY.

Peking.-The Emperor died shortly
after o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The Emperor had been Ill for a long
time and during recent audiences with
foreign representatives he was unable
either to sit up on the throne or even
In an erect position. It was evident
for a long time that he would be unable
to Withstand a crisis which sooner or
later must develop in the disease from
which he was suffering. Recent cli-
matte extremes caused fatal complfca-
tions.
The report of Friday that the Dow
aged Empress of China was mortally Ill
was confirmed by the foreign board
of the government.
At the moment OF the death OF the
Emperor the Dowager Empress own
death chamber chair was waiting in
the court yard.
Tsze Hsi An, the Dowager Empress
OF China, autocratic head OF the govern
ment, which she directed without sue
cessful Interference since 1861, and
without protest since 1881. died at z
o'clock Sunday afternoon.
The announcement of the Dowager
Empress death was official and fol-
lowed closely upon the announcement
that Kuang Hsu, the Emperor, had died
Saturday at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
but It Is believed the deaths occurred
considerable time before that set down
In the official statement.
| An edict issued at o'clock Sunday
morning placed upon the throne Prince
Pu VI. the three-year-old son OF Prince
Chun. the regent OF the empire. In ac.
cordance with promise given by the
Dowager Empress soon after the mar.
riage OF Prince Chun In 1903. An edict
issued on Friday made Pu VI heir pre-
sumptive.
l. The foreign legations we're notified
Sunday morning by the foreign board
Of the death OF the Emperor and the
succession OF Prince Pu VI. Troops
have been in readiness for several days
to Queii any disorders that might arise
on the death of Kuang Hsu. and the
possibility OF uprisings was made
greater because Of the fact that the
death OF the Dowager Empress was
known TO be close at hand.
Prince Chun. the regent. has ordered
the viceroys and governors to take pre-
cautions for the continuation of the ad
| II Illustration OF the provinces as here
toforc and he has ordered n hundred
days OF mourning. The court VIII &c
into mourning for three years.
Peking already has been greatly
transformed. All red objects have beer
removed and blue substituted. The pco
pie learned this evening OF the deati
of the Dowager Empress and although
the Chinese are in no wise emotiona
they showed that they were profoundly
impressed by the passing of their pow
erfui ruler The foreigners in the city
are watching the strange cercmoni"i
with great interest. At the palac'
elaborate rites are being observed. am
flood of edicts has been sent forth.
Deathbed oDscrvances of 5000 yeari
ago marked the passing of the Emperor
and Dowager
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
What He Calls Her.

Now. WiIlie." said the teacher OF
the primary class. let us see whether
you can tell us the name of this grace
fullooking animal with the big.
prongeI horns? Hunters go up into
the woods every fall to shoot this
beautiful creature. II Is very cruel OF
them to do so. Is it not? Can't YOU
tell us what the animal is called?
Come, now, think. am sure you
know what 1t is. What does your IA
ther call your mother when he comes
home at night"
He calls her Betsy. cause Il
plaques her"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
Texas Declares Quarantine.

Austin. Tex.-Governor Campbell on
Saturday issued quarantine procla'
nation effective the 18th inst, de-
claring n rigid quarantine against per
sons infected or liable to be infected
with smallpox. yellow fever. cholera.
typhoid fever. bubonic plague or 9th.
er communicable diseases. either with.
in or without the state Of Texas. This
is a radical departure from any previ'
Gus quarantine ever issued by state
and while 1t Is not expressly men
toned. It is understood other com
nun icable diseases means tubercu
losis
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
Her Qualifications.

A prominent educator tells Of a
unique recommendation made by the
board OF examination with reference
to certain questions put to primary
school in an Indiana town.
Il desire to recommend Mary Will
son also for reward Of merit" stated
one OF the board in a note appende:
to the report. Being very young
Mary naturally missed the point OF
all the questions in the examination
papers. but her answers were In every
instance SO ladylike and refined tina,
I think she should be awarded a
medal''-Harper's Monthly.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
Mark Twain on Art.

Mark Twain and a party Of friends
recently went to visit the studio OF .
young sculptor who is coming rapidly
into public notice. One OF the pieces
which was admired greatly by the ma
jority OF the party was the figure OF a
young woman coiling up her hair.
Mark listened to the encomiums In
silence. and when urged for an ex-
preston OF opinion said slowly:
1T is beautiful. but It Is not true 10
nature
All expressed their surprise at this
unexpected verdict and demanded his
reasons.
"Shc ought to have her mouth full
OF hairpins." replied Tom Sawyers
father.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
UPWARD START
After Changing from Coffee to Postum.

Many talented person is kept back
because of the interference OF coffee
with the nourishment of the body.
This Is especially SO with those
whose nerves are very sensitive. as is
often the case with talented persons.
There is simple. easy way to get rid
of coffee evils and a Tenn. lady's ex-
perience along these lines is worth
considering. She says:
Almost from the beginning of the
use Of coffee 1t hurt my stomach. By
the time / was fifteen ! was almost n
nervous wreck, nerves all unstrung. no
strength to endure the most trivial
thing. either work or fun.
There was scarcely anything I
could eat that would agree with me.
The little I did eat seemed to give me
more trouble than 1t was worth. I
finally quit coffee and drank hot
water. but there was so little food
could digest, was literally starving:
was so weak I could not sit up long
at time.
"It was then friend brought me a
hot cup of Postum. drank part OF it
and after an hour I felt as though I
had had something to eat - felt
strengthened. That was about five
years ago. and after continuing Post
um in place Of coffee and gradually
getting stronger. to-day / can eat and
digest anything I want. walk as much
as l want. My nerves are steady
IL believe the first thing that did me
any good and gave me an upward
start. was Postum. and I use 1t alto
gether now instead of coffee" There's
a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read The Road TO Well
ville." in pkgs.
Ever read the nb0ve I~tters 4 new
one appear. from tia,e 20 time. They
sr~ K~nuine, true and full Of hunsp
interest.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
you were dreaming" I suggested.


you were dreaming" I suggested.
"a bad dream, perhaps"
"a bad dream she repeated; "yes.
that's TIA bad dream. And only a
dream, thank God!"
"But I've wakened you," she con-
tinued contritely. "and of course you
are tired, too. I'm SO sorry. Please
go to sleep again. and will try not to
disturb you. l am all right, indeed"
l put out the light and got back into
my berth and lay there thinking about
my companion and more than half
expecting her to cry out again. Evil
IDENTIFY she did not at once go to sleep.
for l heard her sigh softly now and
then. and once she whispered broken
ly: Only dream, thank God, only a
dream"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

ty BsAI appIrntso-s. ns THY eaHun' rrarh the dis
I'D TslrtFE1 q tSr car. TtsrTv y Ully way
rlTr dsAt1F=s and that = BY CEstltutIAI Frtn"iIss.
pTafnsa- !. Ca4si by an tnfAFlesi eIndItSun Of tie
rnucu1s la4uz q The EJstSshan TIIhc. MErn THIS
futz@ : tlrauri iva tave 4 rgmblng sound iTrl-
urrfrrt L-aFtEE. and Hhsl Il b cnitfc,y c,sd izi-
fsz l. result and unles- thr IudauuIat tBu 10
tAksn 8ai and this tgbc rtsWfri To IL BurlI cDni-
tt1n. hrlTlnz Nii Be- destroyed fDrryrr. nine ass
out Of olusrd by CatarTh. Ubich y nothing
but an tnrADsd rBsdlitJn at the murugs suFtarrS
We all riyr Dts Hundrr,I DBilaT- for any clsr Of
Dsafusss frausri by ratAfTht that Sannot h. cured
by Hans CEtaffh Cur. Ssnd fur rlrFulars frFr.
~. CHENEY a CO. ToleSIo q.
SOD by DRUGGISTS. ~.
Take Hans Family Fils for constipation.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
Will Call Special Session.

Washington.-Thata n special session
OF the Sixty-first Congress will be
called soon after the 4th of March TO
take up the matter OF tariff revision
became known positively Sunday when
William H. Taft. prcsident-elcct. after
spending the day at the White House
as the guest OF President Roosevelt.
stated that he intended 10 call the spe-
cial session to meet as soon after his
inauguration as would be reasonable.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
Italian Lovers Vengeance Aided by :
JaiIer.

Giuseppe Serao, a workman. aged rs.
was arrested some weeks ago at Bari.
Italy, for a burglary in which he was
implicated and sentenced to four
months Imprisonment.
He spent the first part Of his i'm
prisonment in counting the days until
his release. when he would be married
to his sweetheart, who had sworn that
she would never forsake him.
But one day the jailer told him that
the marriage banns Of the girl and an.
other man had been published.
Serao was terribly upset. and de-
clared that he would rather sec the
girl dead than married to anyone else.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
Marvellous. Indeed.

by heck. Cynthia" drawled old
Farmer Hardapple. after his visit to
Chicago. them thar city BARRIERS air
mind readers"
That so. Hiram?" said his wife.
Why. I should say so. The one
let knew that You cut my hair last.
and. by gum! he never saw you in his
life"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
When He Shines.

Tom-Thc biggest nuisance on earth
is kicker.
Tess-Unless the dear boy happens
% be on the football team.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
A HINT TO GOLFERS.

The Visitor-What on earth does
that chap carry that phonograph round
for. Is he dotty?
The Member-No! But he's dumb.
So he has that talking machine to
give instructions to his caddie or to
make a few well chosen remarks in
case he fozzles his drive or does any.
thing else ANNOYING.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
PELEASED ON DEATH MISSION

The TALLER later agreed that he was
right. and after some hesitation he
acceded to the prisoners request to
let him go and kill her.
Serao swore solmenly that he would
not tarry an instant longer than was
necessary for the deed, and the jailer
released him to fulfill the noble duty
of a lover.
Serao returned to prison a couple
Of hours later. He had stabbed the girl
dead. and was content to await his
own further punishment. The TALLER
has been arrested.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
Not Till Then,

Percy-I dreamed last night that
you had accepted me. What does that
signify?
Edith-That you will marry me.
Percy-Ah! When?
Edith-When you dream again.
London Opinion.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
(Copyrieht. iyo7. BY J. d. Lippincott Coz
SYNOPSIS.

Three girls-Elizabeth, Gabrielle and
Elise-started for Canada to spend the
summer there. On board steamer they
were frightened by an apparently dement,
ed stranger. who finding n bag belonging
to one OF them. took enjoyment in scru-
tiniznG a photo of the trio. Elise shared
her stateroom with a Mrs. Graham, also
bound for Canada.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20

Nevertheless to say that one always
hesitates is to say that she is q weak.
ling. and therefore. 1t should be stricb
en- from our calendar.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-11-20
important to Mothers,

Failure after long perseverance is
much grander than never to have
striving good enough to be called .
failure.-Georgc Eliot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06

for an even century. The present in cumbent has had the place Tor sixty- two years and his father took the rest of the one-hundred
 Another such record is that of Rev. John Chatwin Jones of the Baptist Church at Spalding. Engiana. ne re- gently celebrated his eighty-hfth birth- day and with 1t came his sixty-secona year in spaiding church. still another patriarch is the Rev. Canon Wilde, rector of Louth, Llncolnshire. ne. m his eighty.fourth year, has just started the fiftieth year of incumbency or the parish church at Louth.
 If they should resign their cnarges, they would hardly create the stir that the Rev. MT. shaw dla m .ne a.re town of Ashby, Mass. when one morn, ing he preached his sermon as usual and then went on as follows; Dear friends we have met here together TOT thirty odd years as minister and cohsre- ration. We have worked together Tor the good of the church and brought !. to the position 1t occupies today and aside from the church there Is per sonal element of friendliness In our reiations You have listened to my preaching Sunday after Sunday Tor three decades and. I hope with some profit. But a younger generation is growing up among us, new ideas or thought and observance confront us sand realize that thirty years is long enough for any minister to lead the same congregation. appreciate your desire to help and to keep me but as look ahead, see that 1t would be un- u,,,,, The time has come for us to mart ana for a younger man to take my place"
 He was one in thousands. The com rreaation would have rendered him an emeritus position but he would nave none of 1t. He saw that the time had come when for the good or those among whom he had labored there must come another.
 Rev. Henry N. Jeter. one of the con spicious figures in Rhode Island church affairs. has been pastor of the Shiloh Baptist congregation at Newport thirty three years and has made this colored church one of the most notable In New England tosay. Rev. Henry l. Cusham Of the first Unlversalist Church In Privi- dence has been with his present charge thirty years. Rev. Henry Basset Of the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in the same city has served twenty-nye years Rev. c. J. Baldwin of the Baptist for twenty-two years. Rev. pr. Daniel March now 92 years of age, was pastor of the Congregational Church at Wo- burn, Mass, for twenty-five years and has occupied an emeritus place since 1895.
 But all of these are the exceptions There are few such cases. Life is less simple now than 1t was thirty years ago The demands of the church are more complicated and strenous. The fami- ly" doctor is passing and with him Is going the preacher who held the same sort of relation to the family And yet there are those high in ecclesias- tical matters who today assert that the long pastorate was the better thing for the church. the people and the comunity than the present ever-chang- ing state.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES

A $100, 900 home for Catholic boys Is just being completed in San Francisco.
 It has been decided not to open Vest minister Abbey in London to cis- itors on Sunday.
 Nine missionaries In the Caroline Islands are supported by the Christian Fndeavor societies of Germany.
 Lord Scarsdale of England is one of four parson-peers and one of two who regularity offlciate on their own prop erty.
 Deaf mutes in Northern Indiana have A Christian Endeavor Society of their own that was organized three years ago. e Rev. Charles Hoags who. superintend- ed the first Meth hodtst Sunday school in Toledo, Is still preaching as vigor- ouely as ever.
 The Duke of connaguht Is trying
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06

omcsaI. of the ainerent chsrcnes ,xfii pIease send to this sfzice. not later than o'clock Saturday afternecn, v vfces for sunday, otherwise notices Q. Iast sunday will be repeated. Do depend on the phone.
 St. John's Parish-Rev; E. wyatt Rector, Rev. w. A Clark ana ..rvices Brown assistants; Morning m' Sun day School at s:so q. m. ron,. prayer and sermon and Holy Sohi' munion at Il a. m-
 Holy Innocents' Mission at West End Rev. Willis e. Clark. minister In charge. Sunday School at s:3O p. m': evening prayer and sermon. P. m. !, meeting of the Boys Church Clup o'sV on Friday evening.
 Church of the Holy Cemforter-Stew- art Mcqueen. rector. Felephone Iiss T. Gardner Foster. Joseph B. Jones. Services. the administration of the Holy Communion, at a. m. Mornins prayer and sermon at 9:30 a.. m. 1oly Communion on the first Sunday Of the month at 9:30 a. m
 METHODIST.
 Court Street M. E. Church. corner of Church and Lee S:reets--Rev. O. c.
 
 Church S.r1et. telephone 4ss Rev. w. B. Nance. associate pastor. sunday School at s:s0 a- m. Armstead Brown. Superintendent. Preaching at II a m., and at p. m, by the pastor. Union Missionary meeting at p. m.. Epworth Wednesday at 7:sO p. m.
 PIsy Peoples class-Realizing the need in every Sunday School of a class for adult persons who do not have the time to prepare the lesson. we have such a class at Court Street Metho- dist Sunday School. which meets at invitation to visit our class. E. M. Washburn. teacher. Ask for Mir. Wash burns class
 Dexter Avenue Methodist Church, cor ner Dexter Avenue and McDonough Street--ksy. W. M. Cox pastor: resi- dence. 1l4 North Hull Street; telephone p. m. by the pastor Sunday School at S:30 a. m., w. F. Feagin. Superiutend- ent. Sunday School Teachers meeting srSay ssnssy evening" s{s at D. 7se meeting Wednesday. 7:so p. m.
 Clayton Street Methodist church- sSn sSn PafS aex c2n B aeSss and l616 The pastor. will occupy the pulpit s6 J B. a. % & aea g amerSn m sapssy snSelis9sS sshsol Thos. W. Judkins, President; Junior Epworth League D. Tn.. Miss Leila Yea Avinger Superintendent. Wo- mans Foreign Missionary Society meets second Monday in each month Mrs. J. B. Chattie1d. President. Wo- mans Home Mission Society meets fourth Monday in each month. Mrs Mir. J. E. Wadsworth. President. Board of Stewards meets first Tuesday in each month. W. J. Cronier, Chairman.
 
 Perry street Methodist Church, cor ner Perry Street and Noble Avenue Rev. W. M Curtis. pastor; residence, 406 Finley Avenue; phone, 3335 Sun day school 9:30 a. m, F. M. Moseley, superintendent: Divine worship and Mite Society. s:3o P; m. Miss Mary D. m, M. L. Weaver, President. Wo- mans Home Mission Society meets third Monday of month at p. m., Mrs. E. G. Adams. President. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets sec- ond and last Tuesday at { p. m. Mrs. Ollie Edwards. President. Mid-wee prayer service and teachers meeting on Wednesday at 8 p. m. The Board of stewards hold regular meetings, G. c. Clisby. chairman.
 roF0st Avenue M. E. Church, South corner Forest Avenue and Vine street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06
PASTORATES
 ARE SHORTER Few Remain Long in
 One Church. CHANGE IS OFTEN NEEDED New Idea Required to Keep Congre-
 gation Interested. Pastrstes Now Are Much Shorter Than They Were . Generation Ago The Causes of mi. Condition
 Are Given.
CHANGE IS OFTEN NEEDED

One in ten thousand of the thousands and thousands of the churches in the world today has a pastor who has held his pulpit over twenty years. There are no accurate statistics to prove this assertion and none is possible but 1t can be taken for granted that the pro- portion Is no greater than this.
 It requires only the most cursory survey of any one field to satisfy the tnouirer of the truth. There are grey boards Tn many pulpit but they have not grown old in the church to which they are then ministering. The de- mand for change that keeps the peo- pie of the present generation keyed up to their work has lnexorably pur- sued even the old man who most of all should have an intimate knowledge of those among whom he is expected to labor for their temporal as well as spiritual good. The minister may meet all the demands of the most exacting congregation, he may attract so many transients to the church that 1t shows It's prosperity and he may possess the eloQuence that causes him to be dis cussed where men talk appreciatively of fine speech but after a time there comes the inevitable feeling that soon culmtnates in the minister taking his leave withou any one realizing just how or why 1t came about.
 A generation ago. men were stay ing in the pulpit until they died in the harness they had worn for years. To- day 1t does not appear to be such startling statement that Rev. P. Tall anadge Root. secretary of the New England Federation of Churches. makes when he declares that of his own knowledge there are three denomina- tions in New England with no minis ter who has occupied the same pulpit for eighteen years.
 Until very recently the Metho odist church has been barred from long pas forates by It's rule compelling change at least every five years. The Unitar- Gan and Presbyterian denominations have been notable for the number of new faces in their pulpits and the Catholics shift their workers around for the good of the church. the bishops believing that more good may come from the infusion of new energy into a parish than to have one man take on his shoulders the whole responsibility for many years.
 Tn England there Is more of a ten- .ency to long pastorates than in this spuntry but that comes about through Ne established church being Anglican
 A it's appointments not dictated by tf wishes of the people. The Parish isW kent to till the field Is kept at the pic& until the Bishop sees fit to make a cWhnRe. Nevertheless long pastor ates Where are the exception rather than the rule. There Is one little parisht out in Northamptonshire. how ever. that is notable. At Finedon vIc- arage is found Canon Paul. now in his eightfeth year. who with his father before him has held the same pulpit