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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
mANAGE ON sMALL INCOME.
Emporia Gazette Man Has Some sound
 Ideus.


 Emporia Gazette
 The Kansas City Star has recently been publishing a good many com mnuIcations from its readers touching the possibility or being happy on small wages. Many people with over hanging foreheads profess sors. writers for reviews and heavy editors-find this q favorite topic, and discuss it with vast erudition, and oc- casionally advance somewhat startling theories. but their arguments are real 1y of little value. for they do not speak or write from experience. The communications to The Star are worth reading. for they are genuine. and they are valuable. as showing the brave and hopeful spirit of the people.
 One man cheerily scoffs at the Idea that a married man can't live com fortabiy on less than s25 week; he draws only SI0 week. and not only lives we'll. but saves little ont~of his wages. and he insists that there isn't a happier home than his. He is prob ably telling the truth; for if there Is one thing that Is true beyond all cavil, 1t Is the proposition that money does not bring happiness. This coun- try is full of rich men who look back with emotion to the time when they lived in little cabins and studied long before spending a nickel as the season of their happiness.
 All sorts and conditions of people have contributed to The stars sym posium. A Jarnsel who says she earns s75 a month as a stenographeF com cludes that 1t would be utter folly for her to marry man earning less than sl5O a month. She has grave and solemn ideas concerning matrimony: she regards it as the moral duty of every young woman to marry, but she Insists upon the plans and spectica- tions touching the husbands, salary. He should be able, she says, to earn at least twice as much as the wife and If he falls down in this. particular there will be deaolation at the family hearth. She may be right, though there are people who wouldn't predict much happiness for the bride who Is too insistent about the grocm,s earn ing capacity. The man who gets so probably the husband of happier woman. than the stenographer will ever be.
 Most of The Stars communicants hold that with love in the house It doesn't make much difference about the house It Is an old-fashi0ned ar- Rument, and will doubtless cause some shrtii laughter in sundry places, TOT love is considered bad form in some circles nowadays, and there are people who think of Laura Jean Libbey whenever they hear 1t mentioned; but love is the one thing worth while. and All the. rest is sounding brass. Where there is love there Is happiness. though the dinner be of boiled herbs and the couch truss of straw; and where love abides not the music of money is a discord and life itself Q travail in the desert land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
HIsgen. Nature FnIker.

Syracuse Post-StandaFd.
 Listen to Candidate Hisgen,. as he draws from nature parallel to his own position in this campaigp:
 Among all birds, insects and ani- mals 1t Is noticeabie that they get out of this earth enough sustenance Tor themselves and do not try to deprive the other birds animals or Insects Of their llving.",
 This comes of living in the same State with Rev. Dr. William '. Long. who writes of the birds and beasts as if they were human. Long tells fear. full whoppers about his furred and feathered friends. but Hisgen outdoes him; for he won't coneede that there ig anything less noble than the Golden Rule in the brain of the weasel. the skunk or the henhawk. The fact IS that an unconscious war to death goes on between every two saplings in the forest dependent upon the same opening in the trees for the light of the sun. .5r'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
This Date in History
NnYemhcr 1R

1749-Sir William Keith, who had been Lieutenant Governor of PennsvI- vania and Delaware. died in London Born in England in 1880. xr.
 l776-British under Lord Cornwallis crossed the Hudson to attack Fort Lee.
 1s52-Johh Andrew Shulze, Governor of Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1929, died at Lancaster. Born July 19 1775.
 1857-British began attack on the rehels. surrounding Lucknow,
 lS6O-Georgia Legislature appropria- ted St,000,00 to arm the State forces.
 1SS3-Standard time substituted for local time
 1S9o-Battleship Maine launched at the Brooklyn navy yard.
 19O5-Prince Charles of Denma TX chosen King of Norway.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
Record of the AutnI>

Few people in Smoke Ridge had ever seen an automobile, so when one of these red devils" stopped for a few moments in the isolated village. the curious inhabitants gazed ct the snort- ing demon In awe, and the owner who had entered the general store to make c purchase, heard one rustic remark: ''rll bet it's man killerl" "Of oourse it is," assured another. Look at that number on the back of the car.a That shows how many people it's run over. That's acoordin' to law. Now, if that fellow was to run over anybody. fere in Smoky Ridge 1t would be our duty to telegraph that numberAl2s4--tot the next town ahead" "And what would they do?" demanded the interested au- dttors. why, the police would stop him and change his nuaiber to i2s5 :"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18

If Roosevelt is anxious to issue an- other proletariat, or something of the kind; let him write letter and tell, if he can, who got the forty million dollars alleged to have been paid for the old Panama canal. It appears to be well settled that only a small portion of that large sum went to those who sold the property. and 1t Is talked pret- ty plainly that the greater part of the money went to certain favored Ameri- cans. No doubt Mir. Roosevelt can ex- plain 1t If he dares to make the, whole affair public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18

time. So strong was the argument and so stubborn the opposition that the Convention would in all probability have failed to agree on a Constitution had not compromise been agreed on and adopted which would practically remove the objections. Under this ar- rangement the members of the House of Representatives were to be appor- tioned according to population, while the Senators wefe to represent the sutonomies of the States and be chosen
 by the Legislatures. and each State was | to have an equal number.
 Under this equitable arrangement
 the smallest State in the Union has equal power in the Senate with the
 largest one and as no law can be en- acted without the concurrence of the
 Senate 1t follows that the small States and the large ones are. virtually equal in making the laws. While 1t Is true that a large State has more power in ! the lower House than a small one and
 may be able to force bill through that body, it must go to the Senate before 1t can become a law and there Rhode Island or Delaware has as much pow CT as New York or Pennsylvania. Thus were the objections from the small States removed and thus was the equilibrium of States provided for and maintained.
 But that was not the sole object the Constitution n-makers had in view. AL ready they knew something of the in- stability and uncertainty of popular fa- vor and how 1t will change under va- rying conditions, and they determined that as far as possible one branch of the government should be free from the fluctuations and variations of the popular will, and that 1t should repre- sent the States themselves in their cor porate capacity. While in one sense of the word the Senators represent the people. in another they represent the organized .coinmonRsalths. and two Senators represent all the people of the State which sends them; consequently. the States should elect them, or they will fail to stand for what was tn- tended.
 The plan of electing Senators by popular vote Is repugnant to the ths- ory of our government as agreed on and set forth by the wise men who founded it. and such elections would not be for the betterment of our po- litieal conditions. What is more 1t would bring the highest deliberative body in the world into direct contact with the prejudices and personal whims and caprices of the politicians and those whom they control. Tn short, the plan is one which should not be adopted or encouraged. especially by Democrats. Mfr, o'Neal is setting a good example to Democrats and We hope that the next Democratic platform will not contain a plank favoring this vicious innovs.- ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
This Is My 74h Birthday
Henry Lee HIgginson.

Henry Lee Higginson. fnancier. founder of the Harvard Union, and or ganizer of the Boston Symphony Or chestra, was born In New York. No- vember IS, 1884. He entered Harvard College in 1851, but left before his graduation to become clerk in Boston banking house. He went to Vienna fo study music but returned to his native country at the outbreak of the civil war. He entered the vol- unteer service as & private and soon had risen to the grade of major. After the war he again entered the banking business in Boston and before long he attained prominence as a hnancief. Major HIgginson Is widely known for his philanthropic deeds. In addition to the money he generously bestowed upon the famous BoSLon orchestra he presented a music hall costing $400, ,000 to the city of BostoA. He aisp has been a generous friend of Harvard He presented the present athletic field to the university and smother of his notable gifts was the famous Harvard Union, the first students meeting place of it's kind in the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
what He Wanted.
ArRnnaut-

AA&Vu1hbs
 The manager of a touring baseball team records this incident of a Southern trip: we hit Palm Beach one spring to play q couple of exhibition games and the hotel was packed. It was so crowded that they doubled us all up in one room and before nIght the management had to fix up hunks fin the church connected with the hotel and send e lot of men to sleep there. fAlong about o'clock the next morning the church bell began to ring furiously. and finally the clerk chased one of the beliboys over to sss what the matter was. Whats the trouble ?" asked the clerk, when thA coon came back, "Gennulman In pew 1T says he wants a cocktail. suh"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
As To saee.lsE.


 Why should a person sneeze? Why does almost every one believe that to sneeze is to catch collar Sneezing Is an explosive expulsion of air through the nasal passages and mouth but what causes 1t and what are It's re- suits? It increases the circulation. It clears the head. When you sneeze aIt ways hold your head straight in front. Don't twist over your shoulder. You are liable to burst a blood vessel Some say that sitting in draft will cause sneezing. Tn former days 1t was very polite custom to take snun to encourage a sneeze. Men had their beteweled snuff boxes and car -ried their haDdkerchiefs in their cuffs. No doubt sneeze was originally de. signed to expel irritating nnaterials from the upper air passages. In the act a powerful expIratory effort is made, the vocal cords are kept shut till the pressure in the chest has risen high and air Is then suddenly allowed to' escape upward being directed into the back Of the nose by the. soft palate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18

time elapsing. Miss Jane said. 'This is only Tuesday. Nancy. Surely they are not going to keep the corpse until replied Nancy, sadly. but you see he amt dead yet !"
 Well. perhaps he won't die--<he may set better" argued her employer,
 "No. honey" said the mournfui one. the funerals bound to come of Sun. day. l knows It, eos he's going to be hung Friday.r
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
rest of Enduranee.

Chicago Tribune.
 At the close of his speech the cana .paign spellbinder stepped down from the platform and graBped one of his hearers cordially by the hand.
 'T don't know who you are, my friend" he said. 'but it's evident that you take a deep interest in the Issues of this election. I have seen you at every political meeting that have ad- dressed since the campaign opened"
 "Yes, sir answered the haggard citizen, to whom he had spoken, land I expect to hear every speech you make till the campaign closes, if it kiIls me. I'm doing 1t on bet"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
Not Always what They Seem.

SuCCe88 hINBh1Ilt'
 Professor and Mrs. Hadley were on a train bound for New York, where Yale's President was to speak before a national convention. He made use of the hour and twenty minutes he spent on the train by rehearsing hts speech fin a low voice, using hls hands to em. phasize certain passageS.
 A kindly matron who was sitting di- rectly behind Mir. and Mrs. aadiey. and who had been watching and Hst- ening, leaned forward, and tapping Mrs. Hadley on the shoulder. said' feelingly: You have my sincere sym pathy, my poor woman; have ehe just like him at home"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
,v,v.n r,,vnau1v,la Hanneneil.

'"Fhe impossible happened yesteFoay, says The Vienna Fremdenblatt, when a clever thief stole and got away m eteantic class from a millinery estab. iishment. TO steal last years produc- tion or two of the moderate size Of the year before might be conceivable, but a theft of collection of feathers siIk ana spangles, two meters in eir- conference. so put together that con- " come under the head of impossibii- .,ttes' The thief. If detected, should, in nInishment, be compelled to wear the hats"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
The worst Ia To Come.

Albany Herald
 We should like to know what The Alhany Herald means by saying that "provisions will be high next year" Does it want to finish discouraging poor humanity by intlmating that feed will be higher than nowt-Montgom- er~ Advertiser.
 The Herald meant just what it said, Its purpose was not to discourage any, body. but to remind those to whom it has been preaching the doctrine of di- veraified agriculture of state of facts too significant to be ignored in an agri- cultural section like ours. The Herald Is an optimist by nature and prefers to look on the bright side of things and be cheerful at all times and hopeful un- der all conditions, but 1t sometimes be- comes necessary to point the warning finger at undesirable conditions and to deal with stubborn facts as we find them rather than as we would have them.
 Our esteemed Alabama contempor- ary seems to shudder at the thought that feed will be higher" next year than 1t is now. But the indications are that there will be no decline In the market prices of provisions next year And for that reason The Herald is do- Ing what 1t can to persuade the farm CTS of Southwest Georgia of the wis dom ana e&pealehey or hAhlns theIt plans and pitching next years crops on the. hog and hominy" plan--in- creasing the acreage in provision crops for both man and beast and reducing the acreage in cotton proportionately, if necessary.
 Taking the current prices of corn. meat and such other essential food commodities as ours farmers can pro- duce on their own farms. we have been endeavoring to convince the farmers of Southwest Georgia that they cannot with labor and live stock that have 10 be fed with provisions purchased from the West at these prices.
 We have treated our Alabama con temporarY's jocular paragraph seri- ously, and. now we want toask 1t in all seriousness If 1t does not agree with us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
shatlnr.
Chronicle.

skating is believed to have been in- vented in Northern Europe in prehis- toric times. William Fitz-Stephen speaks of it in London toward the end of the twelfth eenturyi but 1t did not erally catch hold until the Cava~ Hers who had been in exile with Charles II brought 1t with them from Holland. On December. 1883. Mr. Pepys. having occasion to cross the park, first in my life, 1t being a great frost. did see people sliding with their skates, which is a very pretty art" 'on the Sth he went purpossly to see the sight and again found 1t ''verV pretty"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
Why FTe Interr.nnfna.


 There are times when a man needs the telephone and needs it quick. saws Harris Dickson in Ringing Up Ru- raj America" in Hampton's Broadway MiIly Hawkins. the rsd.headed daurh. ter of the dairyman, had been talking Tor one half hour. when the voice of Dutch farmer broke iu: Hello, central; I vant--'' c2 'Ow, cut it out" said MIliy. Pm talking; you shut up."
 T want to speak to--," insisted Eans. fiNo matter who you want to speak to; keep on..-I went you to understand IT i20y.-- es'4 But will reimburse you. madame.' v said Hanus.
 T don't want to be reimbursed, I want to talk
 But I must taik"-his voice cams in one long yell over the wire-sAaine house is on fre.'' .t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
BLOCKING PROGRESS.
Gadsden Disappointed at Comnii.sIon IF Railing

Ruling
 Gadsden Evening Journal. X
 Alabama has, fought and suffered to secure lower freight rates. Senator Morgan said the solution of the rate problem lay in the improving of our waterways for navigation. Now comes the queer thing when the Gulf NavigA- ton Company files a schedule of rates for carrying freight on the Alabama river and the Railroad Commission. which passes on all freight tarlffs, re- fuses to sanction the proposed rates be- cause they are too low. 1t makes one Feel like sticking pin in oneself to test the question: of wakefulness. In the language of the more or less im- mortal Flannlgan, where are we iatf'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
What fhe Stafe Papers
 Are Saying and Doins
Lsft at the Post.

Left at the Post. Opeiika Morning Post.
 Owing to mistake concerning the start CTS pistol. MT. Tiisgen is not even to be chased among the also rsns"
 4 Blaff Only. Gadstsn Timea-News.
 It ia a mystery whx the government keeps on stAiling about that big fine Landis launched at the standard oii compsny now bluff and worked fine. but the time foe playing Is ended. ...-+
 Patent InfFinged Upon. ,. Anniston Evening Star. ing nominated as the Democratic candidates in 19l2 Contemporaries are warned against infringing on The Stars rights in thls re speet. The Star is the original Johnson and Harmon paper of the entire country
 Tbe wisesrass Capitalist.
 Richard TiiIis. the wire-grass raised cap italist. who has been making fortunes deal for the last dozen years. has bought out the Montgomery Traction Company. He bought one of the street railroads of. Montgomerv several years ago. then sold i;, when ne after 1t had been consolidated and bought 1t at his price. doubtless.
 snow on Msnte sano. Huntsville Mercury.
 People down from Monte sano saturday tain than we had in town. It was three Inches on the top. completely covering the whole mountain sides almost to the clty limits. The fires that have been p9rsins nrn os the old residents of the mountain says ne never saw q harder snow storm in his nie
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18

"1t is time for Tennessee to. keep cool" observes The Houston Post. Well. between the cold of winter and the work Of Governor Patterson the State is likely to cool down pretty soon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
New York Aquarla,n.

TdII NfatI dh1ttte.
 The New York aquarium. located in an old fort remains the finest in all my wanderings. but the second place Is now taken by Berlin. I am not forgetting Naples: but Naples, like New York Is one the sea. and allowance must be made for BerIin,s handicap of distance inland.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
The Iron Duke.

IaIIemache's 'Memorto9,
 One of the Duke of Wellington's sons was~ordered abroad with his reg iment. and he was concerned about the parting with his father, because he might never see him again. On hts making that announcement the Duke, who had been reading, dampsd the sons emotion by saving shortly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
These Peer atnmnn.

Atlanta Georgian.
 The New York Telegram informs us that the alleged stickum Uncle sam is now putting on postage stamps is made of sweet potatoes. Which in-. spires our poet to sing;
 This yamgum:
 Is dambum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18

The new Emperor of China has reached the age of three years but of course hell have some one to boss him when he goes into the ruling busi- ness. He'll need nurse for quite a while before he. becomes real King of, the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18

Mrs. Howard Gould kas raised the ante and says 1t requires two hundred thousand dollars a year for a society woman to live on. That lets out some women who think they belong to soci- ety.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18

So far as, we have noticed the es- teemed Houston Post has allowed sev- eral days to pass without saying any thing about asun-kssed Houston" Has the old sun quit kissing the old town?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18

The Columbus Ledger insists that we read the Presidents Thanksgiving proc- lamation. but we refuse. The proof reader takes the unpleasant jobs off us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
swnRN CIRcuLATEON.

The Montgomery Advertiser sea' ss .hs it's adverttsers (and makes II part 2. c,so sno contract when requestedl that lts oaals osI,',,~ @ . culation is larger than that ot any 1 I.OA thst newspaper printed in sAiaoenaa-ainIt nt-r.ia- ton of any edition of anS newspapSf pi ed in Alabama without exception x.,on
 The figures for october printed xe' s"" ranresant the actual net circulation. ali re- turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
She Knew the Exnct Date of the Fu-
 

Miss Jane Meredith was possessed of a culinary treasure in the person of Nancy JohrSon, and accorded her priv ileges which would have been denied one of lesser worth and ability One Tuesday, says The Rochester Herald. Nancy approached her mistress and requested to be allowed the following Sunday 'off''. in order 10 attend tu- neral Much amazed at the length of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18

That Jap statesman who sees a great war between this country and Japan must have been listening to some of our owA war prOgnosticators
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
Compllment. 10 Night Rlders.

Atlanta JoutHAl.# .s.
 When cutthroats are to be dealt with. and eowardIy cutthroRts at that, there should be no shade of tolerance. There Is remedy for the night rider. It Is a hemp rope, justly but speedily noosed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18

''Gocd-by. Charlie, good-by,r and talk ing a last look before leaving the room, the son was mortified to see that the father appeared to be as in- tent on his reading as ever.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18

Prosperity may be on the way but it's approach doesn't seem to reduce the family food bill to any, appreeiable ex- tent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18

Alabama should get busy and build theIr fortunes. There is some poetry in hard work and a good deal of prose to hold 1t together
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
Hnnaavtlle DIkIineua cOod.

Huntsville. NOW l7--(Special)- Huntsville busines men are looking forward to a prod ssous season. Cot ton is coming to rket rapidly, much money Is in cire ttien and business Is good in all lt1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
What Is Needed.

Blrmingham Ledger --
 The Montgomery Advertiser Is quot ing poetry to show that the people of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
Rnelx mt DrffK.

Driftwood Armstrong has received few letters from some brunettes; his favoriteF the blondes, won't even write to him.--Headland (AlR.) Post.
 "DriftWOod" thinks &at Goodwin has Lillian Russell beatep by two matri- monlal knots. It lo$lss lilsA tie to us.--Atla ata Georgiah
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18
OCTOBER. 1908.

C. | Finigan. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn The foregoing statement of The Advertis- CTS circulation for the month of October, 1908 is true and correct, and compiled arter aIl returns from news boys, news agents, spoiled and leftover copies have been de- ductsd.
 fC. l. FINfGAN. Circulation Manager Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of, November. 1908.
 RIGA ALEXANDER. Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-18

A girl thinks she has had 8 perfect Iy grand time at a dance fl she can or four men for each dance. But with a young man its different. He thinks he has had 8 bully time if he can dance a few times with the prettiest girl on the floor, and then sneak of Somewhere when he is hot and get 8 cold glass of punch.